AUSTRALIA WINS

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 154, 30 June 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIA WINS

SECOND TEST MATCH. TWELVE POINTS TO SEVEN. (By Cable. — Tress Association—Cop.vrislit.) fc-YDXEV. June 20. The ppc-onr! test match between the Australian and English Northern Cnion football teams wa s played to-dn.v in brilliant w<-utlier on a hard ground. The home team, which was strengthened by the iiu-liision of six new players, won by 12 ]»iiiii- to 7. Australia's win was robbed of its merit by the Kngiish rule which preventn the replacing of an injured player, liobinson. a visitor, was injured during the second spell, and it «as while the English team was playing « man short that the winning points, were scored by the home side. The home team opened with determined rushes to the \j>iti>rs' territory, but were unable to break the solid defence. Kven play followed until Australia was awarded a. penally ki-.k close to the oppontion goal, but no score resulted. Clever tactics by the Englishmen swept play downlield. and the loral toarn was penalised. Rojjers Jilaced a ;_'oal to the credit of the visitors. The solid combination and speed of England's forwards again outclassed tin , | Australians. The visitor- were awarded; a penalty kick, and Ropers attain scored. In spite of thy alterations to the team. the Australians were not handling tho bull with the Fame facility as the visitors, who came through tin- home defence with machine-like precision. Coldriek further increased the score by a try, which Ropers failed to convert. The visitors were penalised at midfield, from where Messenger scored. Within the last few minutes of the first half an excitinj. , melee in front, of Knpland's iroal resulted in a try for the home side. KrazPT scored the try. and Messenger converted. The half-liiae scores were:— England 7 Australia 7 In the early stages of ihe second half ihe Australians p're.-s.-ed hard, but tlie visitors saved well. At this stupe Robinson dislocated his arm, and retired, riiivinc a iimn fhorl at a critical slase. team were continually penal- j ised. but managed to hold their own in the race of lone odds. The vi.-itors' defence was eventually broken down by per-i-istent rushes, and Mil rye score,l a jrood try. which M'-ss.-n ? er ,-f.nverted. With the pajne aL'.nust them, the Wnjr- j li.-h prick betyin to lose the ila.-h and re-Rourci-fulnes> which had previously characterised their plu.c The eoneluilinp >ta"<>s were uninteresting, hut were marked by o-i-noional rushes by tie AiJ— , fraluip. forwards, who were only prevent-j ed from fcorinc by the solidity of Knfrland'3 kicks. The final scores were: — Australia - 12 ]^Wi - ' The attendance at Ihc match was 32.000. A goaJ-kicking competition wa- won by Australia. Out of four attempt? Mesplaced three yrals. and Hordcr two; while of the Englishmen. Gnerin and Wood kicked otic each. The third test match, originally fixed for Saturday next, will be played at Melbourne nt some later date. ENGLAND TJNI/UCXY. AN UNGENEROUS CROWD. I Received 0.15 a.ni.l PYUXEV. this ,;.iv. rr<-vs opinion of yesterday's football agree* that Knpland" w;i- unlucky. The absence of Moorhouse and an injury to Robnt-on smn-lied the forward combination. Had the toauu been the pame as on Saturday lCn-rlaml would have yon. The "Telepraph" refers to the tingenerous spirit of the crowds in hooting certain English tactics :i.nd cheering the same thing when done by the Australian?, and the callous counting out of injured Kn,£rlis.hmcn. FINEST IN THE WORLD. SYENEYS SFOKTXNG CKOTVD. (Received. 11.13 a.m.l SYDNEY, tiii- day. Dr. Tliack.-r (manager of the New i>a- | land J>'apuc fnottoll team in Australia last year), replying to criticism* oi the Sydney football crowds, said that he had never seen a. better behaved, better clad, or fairer crowd. Tim evidences went to show that the Sydney sporiincr culll- ! munily was the Bn'cst in the vrorM.