MAORIS V. QUEENSLAND

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 142, 19 June 1922, Page 3

MAORIS V. QUEENSLAND

DEFEATED IN SECOND MATCH. (UNITED PRSSS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) BRISBANE, 18th June. , The second meeting between the Maori League footballers and Queensland took place yesterday in fine weather and before 6000 spectators. In the Maori team, Yates, Pitman, and Haira replaced W. Lockwood, Morrison, and Lovett. In the Queensland team, Spencer, E. Brown, Thorogood, Miebush, Bennett, and Burnett replaced Hourigan, Maguire, M. Brien, Connell, Johnson, and Richards. The Maoris showed an improvement in their combination, and fully extended the Queenslandevs. A feature of the game was clever half-back play by Pitman, who.initiated the majority of the Maoris' scoring movements. Queensland had a stronger team than last week, and always had rather the upper hand in an even game. The score at half-time was, Queensland 16, Maoris 13. The Maori scorers were* Gardner (2) and Dufty. Two tries were converted by Diifty. On the resumption of play the Maoris lost Dufty, who was ordered off for insulting the referee. Gemmell equalled the score, and Tewhata also scored for the Maoris, but Queensland crossed the line four times, and won by 31 to 19.