FOOTBALL

Evening Star, Issue 12732, 5 August 1907, Page 6

FOOTBALL

PRESS COMMENTS.

Proii Association—By Telegraph—Copyright

BRISBANE, August 5, (Received August 5, at 11.24 a.m.)

Tho ' Courier,' commenting on Saturday's match, says that tho superiority of tho Now Zealandors was beyond doubt. Tho ' Daily News' says : " For a test match tho play was rather poor, although tho dribbling "of the All Black forwards was superior to anything of tho kind previously seen in Brisbane." Wattaki and Otago Hi en Schools. Tho annual match between the First Fifteens of the Otago and Waitaki High Schools was played on the lattor's ground on Saturday. In tho first spell tho heavier and faster Waitaki Ik>vs (who, by t'»e way, are playing first grade) set np a strong attack, and snored five trios, nono of which were converted. On changing ends it was expected that the homo team would compile a largo score, and for I lie first fifteen minutes it looked as if they were going to realise expectations, for they scored three more tries. Thon the visitors woko up. Their forwards were not to l»c denied. They broke up the scrums, and continually swept the tk'o. The backs began to throw tho ball about, in regular 'Yansitv style, and from passing rushes Edie and Paterson scored tries, Prain adding the major poinUs in the fir>i case. On two other occasions Smart (lii nedin five-eighths) was almost ovor, aid only the sturdy defence of tho home b«:k': saved the situation. Tho game thus erded in Waitaki's favor bv 26 points *o I'. Whitton, M. Ongloy (3), and rotter {«,] scored tries for the winners, tho lastnamed converting ono of tb«so. For 11m visitors, Smart played a great game, a.*W was well suppoirted by i'lionison, Edits, a.nd Prain (barks), and Denniatoii, LRtlojolin, and Walker (forwards).

As a, curtain-raiser to the above, Second Fifteens met, when Waitaki defeated Otago by 9 points to nil. A. Pout, scored for Waitaki after a fine dribble, and Fisher converted, while Horn potted a goal. For the loser?. 1). MacFarlar.s- - splendidly.