MAORIS IN SYDNEY.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 14

MAORIS IN SYDNEY.

There will be a ..-Ml on Sydhey premiership games now.that .the Maoris, are with as again (writes "Rambler" in the Sydney Referee). That thay nuisb be a fine combination we are sure, for ■the di'awn game against Wellington (and tile propvince had the better of the luck) stamps' them as such, but the extravagant statement about their being the best team to leave New Zealand, we can hardly believe. If it be true what supermen the All-Black team to come to Sydney next month'will be, for it is expected the whole will I«'greater" than the part, that all New Zealand will bo superior to the Native section. Itecont* ly, in more code's than one, the, iustnicfc

of the showman has stood out. more prominently than the judgment of the critic. . :

With Sir Henry Braddon—the boy 'back of tbei 1884 New Zealand, terrain the chair, ok). timers and moteni Rugby players met at the E-.CJ. rooms to say "hoeremai" to the Maoris on Monday. Speeches were brief, Mr. W. TParata—a wee bit greyer, but otherwise as youthful-looking as; lie was in 1915 — was modest but optimistic. Nino of the team., he said, were under' 21 years'of age, and when tuned upl the combination would uphold fcho football reputation of New Zealand. They played the open style football,.'which was popular, and which, if carried but, would result in very little alteration being necessary to tic game.

Captain Jacobs, the eighteen-year-old! baby, of the 1913 Native team, who crossed' the Tasman again as a New Zea-land-rep, in 1920, is looking somewhat lighter and more athletic in his mould than he did twcyears ago. "He is all the better for it,' said' General Booth later. After a few words by. the Horowhenua giant, the war cry was given. Sir Henry Brad'don,1 no doubt recollecting- how Jack Taiaroa rang iii the Lord's Prayer in his speech of thanks to the Mayor of Newcastle neatly forty yea-re. ago, said he understood! perfectly what they meant ;,. ...

Mr. G. W. Slide, chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union, referred to the fact- that it was the second official Maori tearo to leave Now Zealand, that of 1888 being the first. The others o* ere organised by Mr. Parata, but Mr.- Slad© omitted 'referring to the Te Ante boys of 1904. A team that could- play a draw with Wellington was good. (Mr. J. R. Henderson': \ "All Gloamings"). , Ml-. Parata explained that the game at Horowhenua. was not; an official Tlie-y wore trying out new players. .

WELLINGTON v, TARANAKI.. In view of the Wellington-Taranaki match on Wednesday next', the results of previous games between the provinces will' be of interest:— /

Summary (1907 match not included). — Played, 29; Wellington won, 18; Taranaki won, 10; drawn, 1. Points; for: Wellington, 251; Taranaki, 194. , '

Year, , Won by Scoro. 1894—Taranaki 6 0 1895—Drawn 0 0 1895—Taranaki 6 0 18.97—Wellington 3 0 1898—Taranaki 6 0 1899—Wellin"ton '. 9 5' , 1900—Wellington 9 8 1901—Wellington 20 3 1902—Taranaki 6 3 ' 1903—Taranaki S 3 1904—Taranaki 11 .3 1S05—Wellington 6 0 1906—Wellington 14 6 1907—Abandoned at halftime, Wellington leading ;..... 3 0 1908—Wellington. 13 8 Taranaki 15 0 1909—Wellington 15 6 1910—Wellington 11 6 1911—Tai-anaki ,! 23 3 1912—Wellington 12 10 Taranaki 6 5 1913-Wellington 8 0 , Wellington 13 9 • 1914—Wellington 12 6 Taranaki j 14 10 1919—Wellington 8 5 Wellington 18 10 1920—Wellington 16 5 Wellington 20 9 1921—Wellington ...'... 17 0