THE "ALL GOLDS."

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 49, 26 August 1907, Page 7

THE "A LL GOLDS."

THIRD WIN. A CLOSR GAME. ATTENDANCE NOT LARGE. Dy Tel ezripli.— Press ,Uaoc.atinn,--C\;pjnglit. SYDNEY, 24th August. The third and last football mnlih between professional teams of New South Wales and the Dominion of New Zealand was played this afternoon, find resulted, as did former games, in victory for the Maorilanders ; though in this instance it was only by the narrow margin of a eonvortod try to a penalty goal. Tli3 weather was fine, but the attendance fell far below those of previous Saturdays, being estimated at not inoro than eight thousand. THE TEAMS. The following were the teams :—: — New Zealand — Back, Turtjll ; threequarters, Smith, Itovvc, and Lavery ; fiyo-eighths, Wrigloy and Wynyard : halves, Kelly 'and Tyler ; forwards., Wat'kins, Mackrell, Cross, Johnston, Wright, Trevarthan, and Byrne. New South Wales — Back, Hedley ; three-quarters, Sturtz, Fry, Messenger. Devereux ; halves, Cheadle, and Holloway ; forwards, Glanville, Abercrombic, Mable, Pcarce, Cann, Graves, Hanimill, and Brackenrigg. Mossenger, who played such a fino ga^ie ugainst tha amateur " AllBlacks " during their visit, and who recently joined x the ranks of the professionals, captained tho local men., and fortune favoured him in the spill of tho coin. THE PLAY. Shortly after the New Zealand "AllGolds " had kicked* off, the New South Welshmen shifted the scene of play to their opponents' territory, and there they penned them for a quarter of an hour. The strain was relaxed by WriglBy, who kicked into the local twentyfives, and, following up smartly, was down on his man before he had time to gather up the oval. Messenger, however, was near at hand and saved a score against his side by kicking out into dead country. On resuming play i was once more in New Zealand's ground, where for off-side play in their twenty-fives tho visitors were penaHssd by having a free kick given against i them, and Messenger successfully piloted the ball over the bar, drawing first blood. New South Wales 3 New Zealand 0 As the ball was sent into play the Blacks swooped into their opponents' twonty-fives, and the Blues had all their work cut out to prevent them from scoring. Johnston made fi desperate effort to get over, and looked like scoring, but Hodley — the local full-back, who was putting in some excellent defensive work — collared him right on the line. Hedley gained possession and sent the ball into tha centre of the field, where play hovered for ti time. Then Smith made an effort to break through the opposing men, but was unsuccessful, and the Blues, who were if anything moro than holding their own, gradually pushed the New Zealaudeis back. Kelly showed some slowness in securing the ball from the scrum, and tho Blues smothered the New Zealanders before tho backs got to work. Both sets of forwards were playing a hard game, but the visitors, with a dribbling rush after a long interval of play in the neutral zone, broke through and got into the. Welshmen's twenty-fives, where the superb defence of Hedley oiicq mere "saved the position. TUs local men were makiug U3e of the lino to greater advantage than their opponents, but Turtili, the viGitinjj goalkeeper, prevented anyone from invading his ground. Halftime sounded with three points up for the home team, and nothing for the New Zealanders. The "All-Golds" started the second spell by at once placing New South Wales on the defensive, and there thoy kept them for some time ; but the visiting backs were unable to got' going, Inough time and again they charged desperately. Often when the New Zealanders had what appeared like a chance to score it was spoiled by erratic passing. This gavo the Blues a chance to move forward, and, charging down, they kept the visitors hard pressed and battling to save a further score against them. From a free-kick Wrigley sent the ball down field, and Messenger failing to take it, gave Johnston — who had followed up Wrigley's kick— the 'opportunity to snap up the leather and cross the line. Turtili was entrusted with the kick, and, placing a goal, made., the score read :: — ■ Now Zealand 5 New South ' Wales 3 Open play, mostly in the centre of tho field, followed until Turtili kicked back to Granvillo, who worked 'the game into the visitors' quarters, and securing a mark Mesacnger had a futile shot at goal. A few minutes later the game ended. The New Zealanders in the three matches played ( scored 36 points, 16 being registered' against them. TEAM LEAVES FOR MELBOURNE. (Received August 26, 9.58 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Tho New Zealand professional footballers left for Melbourne to join tho Ortona for England.