ALL BLACKS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 76, 23 December 1907, Page 7

ALL BLACKS.

SEVENTH DEFEAT.

AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL TO TOUR. BY TBLEGBAni—I'ttESS ASSOCIATION—COrTIUOnT. (Reo. Dec. 22, 5.12 p.m.) London, December 21. The New Zealand footballers played tho twenty-second matcli of their tour at Warrington, a manufacturing town of Lancashire, with a population of about 64,000. The- match resultod:— Warrington v~ 8 New Zealand ' ... 7 Tho ground was sodden and slippery. Now Zealand, playing with a stiff breeze, led at half-timo by two goals and a try to Warrington's one goal and ono try. Afterwards, Warrington pressed severely, and cvontually scored a try, winning by one point.

INVITATION ACCEPTED. (Reo. Dec." 22, 4.16 p.m.) ' Sydney, December 22. A cablegram has been received from tho Northern Rugby Union inviting tho Australian Rugby League send a team next year on.tho same terms as tho Now Zoalandefs aro now louring on. It has been decided •to nccept tho invitation, and tho toam will leavo in August.

According to the "Wairarapa- Age," a South Island member of the team; writing to a friend in Mnstcrtou, says that on their return home, the New Zealand team will play matches in Sydney. In concluding, the writer says:—"A New South Wales team will visit England next 6cason, and Wright, our captain, has been asked by the Secretary of the New South Woles team to select six of the best players iu tho New Zealand team for inclusion in the Cornstalks combination. We aro being treated right royally everywhere, and the tour is really .a picnic on a largo scale. At St. Helen's we were entertained by a millionaire to n dinner, and in tho evening to a champagne supper." Warrington hold Bth position in the Northern Union League's conipetition for 1906-07, with the following record:—Plaved 31, won 21, lost 12; points for, 7G goals, 131 'tries, total points 551; points against, 50 goals, CI- tries, totiil points, 304; percentage, G3.23. Tho following , tablo shows the matched played and tho scores to dale. It also shows, in parentheses, lor'each of tho English teams, tho matches won and lost, and the position gained in tho Northorn Union League Competition for Inst season, 1906-7:— Bramley—Won by 25 points to C—s goals ' 5 tries to 2 tries. (Won 1, lost 19, 26th position in tho League.) HuddorsneldMVon by 10 points to 8-2 ■ goals 5 tries to 1 goal 2 tries. (Won 13, lost 19, 19th position in League.) Widncs—Won by 20 points to 11—4 goals 0 tries to 1 goal 3 tries. (Won 9, lost 10, 12th position i in League.), Brbughton Rangers—Won liy 20 points to 14 —4 . goals 4 tries to 4 ' goals 2 tries. (Won 17, lost 12, 9th position.in League.) Wakefield Trinity—Draw, 5. points. (Won 12, lost 15, 16th position in League.) . Leeds—Won by 8 points to 2—l goal 2 trios to 1 goal. (Won 13, lost 9, Gth . position in League.) S. llclon's—Won by 21 points to 5—3 goals and G tries to 1 goal'and 1 try. (Won 9, lost 17, 22nd position in League.) Merthyr Tydfil—Won by 27 points to 93 goals 7 trios to 3 tries. (A now club, not in League last yoar.) Koighloy—Won by 9 points to i7—3'tries to 2 goals and 1 try. (Won 17, lost 6, 4th position in League.) Wigan—Lost by .8 points to 12—1 goal and 2 tries to i tries. (Won 23, lost 10, sth position in League); Barrow—Lost by 3 points to C--1 try to 2 tries. (Won 13, lost 12, : 11th position in League.) .. Hull—Won by 18 points to 13—3 goals and .4.tries to 2 goals and-3-tries. (Won 15, lost 17, 13th position in Leaguo.) Leigh—Lost by 9 points to 15—3 goals and 1 try to, 3 • goals and 3.tries. (Won 12, lost 15, ,15th position, in League.) Oldham—Draw, 8 points. (Won 26, lost 7, 2nd position in League.) Runcorn—Lost by nil to-9—3 tries. (Won •23, lost 7, 3rd position in League) Dowsbury and' Batloy—Won. bv 18 points to B—3 goals and 4 trios to 1 goal and 2 tries. (Dowsbury, won 12, lost 15, 14th position; Batloy. won 8, lost 15, 21st position.) Swinton—Won by 11 points to goals ,' . and 1 try to 1 goal. (Won; 14, lost 18, 17th position in League.) Rochdalo Hornets—Won by 19 points to 0— > 2 goals and 5- tries to nil. (Won 9, lost 16. 20th position in L6.igue.) Bradford—Lost by 2 points to 7—l goal to 2 goals and 1 try. (Won 12, lost 16, •18th position in League.) Halifax—Lost by 4 points to 9—2 goals to 3 tries. (Won 27, lost s', Ist position iu Leaguo.) by 23 points to 4—7 goals and 3 tries to 2 goals. Warrington—Lost by 7 points' to B—3 goals and 1 try to 1 goal and 2 tries.- (Won 21, lost 12, Bth position in League.) Record.—Played 22, won-13, lost- 7, drawn 2 point, for 293, against 168.