Football

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5368, 5 November 1888, Page 3

Football

WARBRICK'S TEAM IN ENGLAND. THEIR FIRST MATCH. PULL DETAILS. ENORMOUS ATTENDANCE. A POPULAR VICTORY. [PER r-KKSS ASSOCIATION'. — COrYBIUHT.J (Received November :>, 1 p.m.) Adklaim-:, This day. News is to hand l.v the mail, under date London, October .'ith, of the lirst match of the New Zealand native football team in Ensxland. It was played on October 3rd against Surrey County". Hie attendance is estimated to'lia\c- n ached, tho enormous extent of titty thousand people. On entering the field the'Msioris w<-re received by the vast concourse with chctrs. Keogh kicked off. The natives kept, tho ball in the Surrey twenty-fives until just on the point of halttime, when a piece of brilliant passing fey the Englishmen tin bled them to secure a try. The kick at goal was a miserable failure. In the second spell the New Zealanders played up with great determination, and their ttnft condition began to lell in the si-ruiniiiiiges. Ellison ami Leo rushed the ball across the line, tind Goldsmith fell r.:i it and s< cured a try. from which MeCausi;iml kicked 'i goal. EUi-oti got the next fry. but McCansland failed with the kick, ' though he should have secured an easy goal. The victory of the visitors was deservedly popular.