NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALLERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 176, 25 July 1907, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALLERS.

MATCH AGAINST QUEENSLAND.

.WON BY 23 TO 3.

CBjE' Telegraph.—Press Association.)

BRISBANE, July 24.

The football match, New Zealand v. Queensland, was played on the Cricket Ground this afternoon. The weather was perfect, and the attendance numbered about 8000. Queensland won the toss, and Francis kicked off for the visitors. Caniffe retnrned out to the half-way flag, where Mitehinson picked up the ball and passed, it to Roberts, who handed it on to Wallace, then to Fryer, who crossed the line. Wallace failed at the kick at goal. New Zealand —. m< 3 Queensland ~< ,»« „, 0 A few minutes later, from the same position in the field, Roberts got possession, and whipped the ball on to .Wallace, and after it had passed through Mitchinson's hands, Fryer again took it, and scored a further try. Wallace failed to increase the score. New Zealand »« „.■ 6 Queensland „„ „«, 0 From the kick off the local team shifted the scene of operations into the visitors' territory, but the effort availed them little, as the "All Blacks" were again soon aggressive, and Roberts, snapping up the oval, passed to Nicholson, who sent it along to Francis, enabling the latter to register the third try for the visitors. Spencer was on this occasion entrusted with the kick at goal, but he, too, failed. New Zealand .. w ., ; .. 9 Queensland . ... „., 0 For a brief space the visitors were on the defensive, but Booth relieved by a fine run into the local men's 25, where he was stopped by Carmichael, the local fullback. Fryer, who was following up, smartly dived at the ball, and crossed the line. Spencer again failed to increase the score. New Zealand ... ~.12 Queensland ..-. .. .. 0 When in play again a local man, Parkinson, took the ball over the line, but did not go out, and turning ran off and scored. J. Carmichael failed at goal. The New Zeal-anders declare that the try should not have been allowed, a-s bouncing is not permitted. New Zealand .. .... ». 12 Queensland 3 Half-time then sounded. The second spell opened by Watson kicking off. Wallace took the ball, and found the touch line. An interval of uninteresting play followed, chiefly characterised by marks and scrums. From one of the latter the ball went out. On being thrown in the "All-Blacks," with the ball at the toe, rushed over the goal line, where Francis fell on it and scored, but he failed to add the extra points. New Zealand .. .. ~. 15 Queensland 3 For some time after this the local men were compelled to act on the defensive, and were being very hardly pressed, which was only relieved occasionally by fortunate kicks by Carmieltael. After desultory play in the centre, an exchange of kicks saw the scene removed to the Queenslanders' corner, where Francis again got possession, and put up another try. Roberts had a kick at goal, but, like his predecessors, failed. New Zealand 18 Queensland 3 No sooner was the ball in play again than the visitors invaded tlfe home territory and looked like scoring, but Carmichael relieved by kicking up the field, and Eckhold marked. The ball was placed for Wallace, but no goal resulted, the ball flying wide. Queensland, from a scrum, kicked into the centre, where Wallace stopped the ball with his body, hut, recovering it. broke away, and when being tackled passed on the blind side to Spencer, who sent it back, and the blacks forced tlje game down to the line, where Wallace once more got possession, and whipped the ball across to Mitchinson. The latter gave it to Fryer, who scored. Spencer took the kick, and registered the only goal of the day. New Zealand 23 Queensland 3 For the remainder of the game play continued in the home territory, and when the whistle sounded the score read: — New Zealand 23 Queensland 3 With reference to the try disputed by the New Zealanders, it is not clear in the report whether the Queenslander went out of bounds and then bounced the ball in, or whether he simply thought he" was out, and not desiring to run too much risk, bounced the ball.