THE ALL BLACKS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 94, 14 January 1908, Page 5

THE ALL BLACKS.

BEATEN AT BRADFORD. POOR FORM. ' Bradford—Lost by 2 points tb 7—l goal to a goals and i try. (>layctl on December 3. .nr TEi.EQitArlr,—ruEss association—col?yiuGht< , (Itcc, Jan. 13, 0,57p,trt.) ■ . ' Sydney, January IS. The. London "Daily News'! Stiya that tho wor&t pb&siblo conditions prevailed for -the Bradford mutch. 'Rain, which had falM 611 sovoral days;continued almost throughout tho play. -Tb6 New. Zcalfthdefs word Weakly . roproßoiitcd . in the; back division, Smith, McjlSengfti, and Todd being Ilotahla absoti« tees, ,but tlloy. lift'd their.bfist sot of forwards ill Hit! field, : . iJfadlord nils tho better side ill; the first half. A olevor penalty goal was kicked ]ÜBt, I attei;. .tho start, giving them . confidence. Wngley, hOilet'crj tifjliallsl-d this later, HaVfree wind alld n slope, and, being moreover thiec points bohind, t|io visitors had a heavy task'before thorn irt th 6 second half. •They,- howSSVor, had: the better of: matters for hdlf an hoilr, but all their attacks woio boatdli off, aitd toil'minutes before time the honlo team increased llieif lfiiid. with a prettily dropped goal froirt tho scrummage. 'l'ho, ; " Telegraph "... sayfc that this fJoW ZealandersVforni Was disappointing,. for ( ,although tlioy had lhaiiy favourable opportunities, for Scoring,! they failed oil evory ■ occasion, ox\Vfigley landed ft goal from < ft. ffeo' kick, , The passifig. of. tho baoks wrtri i iault^ii and the' fiohlliination loft mufch to be desife'di' i Bradford Wfire no bottw' tliftft.'thc average. /of tho Northern Union fllilbs, but' they were superior to thgir opponents, and Well deserved, their victory., "'•; . ' .|