ANOTHER DEFEAT

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 31, 5 August 1930, Page 6

ANOTHER DEFEAT

NEW ZEALAND LEAGUE TEAM

FINANCIAL FAILURE OF TOUR

United Press Association—By Electric Teloeraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, 4th August. In tlio Kugby League return match, Metropolis defeated Now Zealand by 34 points to 22. The teams.were, as follow: — Metropolis! — M' Cormaek, Boyle, Woods, Black, Kessey, Johnson, Lynch, Epgers, Eenning, Thornton, Pcarce, Bishop, and Lloyd. New Zealand.-'-Gi-cgory, Tittleton, Dodds, Seagar, Meyer, Pearce, Abbott, Trautvettcr, Eckhoff, Clark, Timins, Dut'ty, and Jones. The match was poorly contested, with indifferent handling and lack of team work by both sides. The 2000 spectators were disappointed, and there were only occasionally bright enterprising individual moves. Both teams repeatedly placed themselves in advantageous positions to no purpose. Barely were the points scored as the outcome of concerted movements. They _ generally emanated from scrambles, with all the ugliness of this type of play. Although the homo side won by a comfortable margin of points, there was in reality little difference between the teams. The Dominion players opened well,'and at half-time the score was 18 to 10 in their favour, but they failed to sustain their effort. At one stage in the second half, however, they rallied and regained the lead, the score then reading 22 to'2l, but the local player Boyle relieved the tension by scoring two tries in quick succession, and before time was called another try. Two of these tries were converted. The scorers for New Zealand were Abbott (3 tries), Dodds (1). Dufty kicked 5 goals. SUGGESTION OF STKANDING. The evening! newspapers hero state that* there is likely to be a heavy loss on the New Zealandcrs' tour, and if more money is not raised the visitors will be stranded. : A conference of Bugby League representatives, ' including New Zealanders, was held to-night concerning tho welfare of the game in New Zealand. Attention was ; directed to the evening .newspaper statement' that the New Zealanders were likely to be stranded/ Mr. Ferguson, "the New Zealand man^ ager/ emphatically denied the allega' tion. It was also stated that the New Zealand return fares were guaranteed before they left home. Mr. Savage complained of such derogatory statements, and a committee was formed with the idea of trying to stop detrimental propaganda. ' Mr. Clayton declared: "Any team that comes here under tho auspices of New South Wales ia not likely to be stranded." ■■ ■. ■