LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 185, 6 August 1932, Page 14

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

TALE OF THE TESTS. REVIEW DOWN THE YEARS. Following are details of Test matches played between England and Australia and New Zealand since the inception of the code in the two last-mentioned countries just on 25 years ago —in 1907-8, when Baskerville's team, after playing 16 games in Australia to establish the code there, left with sufficient funds to tour England and France, also playing at Colombo. NEW ZEALAND V. ENGLAND. In New Zealand. 1910 —England won, 52 to 20. 1914—England won, 11 to 3. 1920—England won, 31 to 7. England won, 19 to 3. England won, 11 to 10. 1924 —New Zealand, 16 to 8. New Zealand, 13 to 11. England won, 31 to IS. 1928 —New Zealand, 17 to 13. England won, 13 to 5. England won, 8 to 5. England won S matches to 3. In England. 1907-8 —England won, 18 to 16. England won, 14 to 6. New Zealand, 18 to 6. New Zealand, 8 to 5 1926 —England won, 28 to 20. England won, 21 to 11. England, won, 32 to 17. England won 5 matches to 2. AUSTRALIA V. ENGLAND. In Australia. 1910—England won, 27 to 20. England won, 22 to 17. 1914—England won, 23 to 5. Australia won, 12 to 7. England won, 14 to 6. 1920—Australia won, 8 to 4. Australia won, 21 to 8. England won, 23 to 13. 1924 —England won, 22 to 3. England won, 5 to 3. Australia won, 21 to 11. 1925 —England won, 15 to 12. England won, 8 to 0. Australia won, 21 to 14. 1932 —England won, 8 to 6. Australia won, 15 to 6. England won, 18 to 13. England won 11 matches to 6. In England. 1908-9—Drawn, 22 to 22. England won, 15 to 5. England won, 6 to 5. 1911-12 —Australia won, 19 to 10. Drawn, 11 to 11. Australia won, 33 to 8. 1921-22 —England won, 6 to 5. Australia won, 16 to 2. England won, 6 to 0. England won 4, drew 2, lost 3. The summary is that in the 44 Test matches played to date between the three countries, England has won 28 —13 against New Zealand in 18 contests, and 15 against Australia out of 26 matches, two of which were drawn.