NORTHERN RULES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 188, 4 May 1908, Page 7

NORTHERN RULES.

' ; • —-—P — NEW ZEAL.ANBERS BEATEN. ' ROUGH PLAY. THE REFEREE BLAMED. BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIQHT ,(Rec. May 2, 8.15 p.m.) Sydney, May. 2. Tlioro was glorious weather for tjie mate] between the All Blacks and Now South Wale under /Northern Union : Rules. . Tin game was played on the ! Agricultural Sho\ ground, and . about 15,000' persons, wen present, The teams were • New Zealand—Back, Turtill; threo-quar .tcra, Tyno,, Rowe, Kelly, 'Wrigloy; halves Bardior and . J." Wynyard; forwards, Mackrell Lilo, Johnson, Pcarco, Cross, and Wright. Now South Wales—Back, Hcdley; three quarters, Stuntz, Messenger, Derreux Cheadle; halves, Rosenficld and Butler; for wards, Graves, Hennessey, .Lutgo, Rosewell O'Malley, Davis, Moir, Holloway. l In the first spell the Welshmen played th< ,better game, putting more, dash and fire inix jtbeir work' than did New Zealand. In th< first fifteen ; minutes the Blacks kept plaj in their opponents' ground, Barder'drawing first blood with a pretty drop-kick, whicl sailed over the bar. ■ Tliis, aroused the Welshmen, who, with i fino pa'ssing rush, carried tho ball into Nen Zealand's •twenty-five; ', Messenger marked and kioked'a. good goal.' Tho local men'wer< •not long in following up tho advantage. .A fine combined rush ended in Stuntz orossing the line, Messsngor adding the exwapomts A few minutes later, "New, South Walos iwere penalised in a scrum, and Turtill took a shot at goal;' 1 but was unsuccessful. New South Wales again had the .Blacks in difficulties,'i,the; passing of the local men being ■excellent, iCheadle got away with a feinting run, and crossed the line, Messenger converting.- : After an'interval of good play on both sides, a ' penalty- for. interference- resulted. in Messenger -again sooring. Tho Blacks with ,a good rush fought it out on' the home line. Barder got the ball from Wynyard and scored, but the angle- was too difficult for Turtill to mako anything of it. Th'c score at half-time was: — ''V, . ■ New South Wales ... ■ ... • ~.. 14 New Zealand ..... . ... -... 7 In tho second-half New Zealand played the'-breezej but did not show any 'form. Messsngor,-off a-mark, added a goal; his kicking 'was splendid. The Bluos wero down on the Blacks continually, running all over them. The Now Zcalanders were slowin handling the', ball. Off a ■ penalty, Messenger, with a great' kick from over the half-way, added anothor couple of points.- In passing, the' Blacks were outclassed by their , Tho Blacks' fought hard in tho. last few moments, and in a rough and tumble ruslr, during which t-he' Blacks displayed -some roughness, Kelly managed to get over in tho corner. The angle, however, was too awkward for Turtill to convert. , Tho whistle sountkd wit-h tho sopres as, under;—, New South Walos ... ... ... 18 Now Zealand ... ... ... 10 • A SPECTACULAR GAME. . , j' - (Rec. May 3, 4.18 p.m.) ■. i ' Sydney,' May 8. Critics approvo the Northern game. Tho opinion' is .expressed" that' from' tho spectator's point of. view it outclasses tho old Rugby game; " There can bo no wasto of timo on tlio part of- a leading team. ' In oonnection with vicious play yesterday, the referoo is considered to be more to blame than the players' for; allowingHhe outburst to go unchecked.; ;■