EXCELLENT FORM

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 3, 4 July 1938, Page 9

EXCELLENT FORM

KIWI LEAGUE TEAM

GOOD WIN AT NEWCASTLE NEWCASTLE, July 2. Newcastle, with four of their ' s"tar players in the New South <_ Wales State side, which was playing against Queensland, were no match for New Zealand at the Newcastle sports ground today. Excellent combination, backed up by a faultless full-back game by Hemi, won the match for the visitors by 30-19. . New Zealand's last try was one of the best seen on the ground. Thrilled by brilliant passing and backing up, ■ the crowd of 5000 cheered for several minutes. Picking up in his own - twenty-five, W. Brimble sent the ball to Tittleton, who sent it to Chase, then to W. Brimble again, and then from Anderson to Tittleton for McLeod to score. Hemi kicked the goal. It was football at its best. New Zealand were badly beaten for the ball from the scrum, but the forwards, led by Anderson and McLeod, broke so quickly that the Newcastle movements rarely got beyond the fiveeighth. Newcastle looked like pulling the game out of the fire in the second half and scored eleven points to New Zealand's eight, but they were the result of- individual efforts. BRILLIANT TRY. Perry, at half-back, played an almost lone hand for Newcastle in attack. His itry from the half-way, in which he beat seven men, was brilliant. The New Zealanders joined in the applause. Only plucky tackling saved Newcastle from heavier defeat. * Time and time again the New Zealanders bombarded the Newcastle territory, always with several players in support, to be thrown back by the dour Newcastle defenders. Right to the end they threw themselves at the flying feet of the New Zealanders, and it was a tired thirteen that trooped off the field at the end. The game was played in an excellent spirit and the ambulance men had practically nothing to do. Scorers: For New Zealand,-Anderson, Tittleton, and McLeod (2), Cootes and Smith scored tries. Hemi kicked six goals. For Newcastle, Perry (2), Gill (2), and Bull scored tries. Bonnyman kicked two goals.

GOOD WIN AT NEWCASTLE