RUGBY LEAGUE Kiwis Defeat Bradford By 17 Points To 7

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 October 1947, Page 3

RUGBY LEAGUE Kiwis Defeat Bradford By 17 Points To 7

LONDON, Oct. 11.

The New Zealand Rugby League team beat Bradford Northern by 17 points to 7. Bradford attacked promptly, but a .raking kick by Nuttall relieved the 'Kiwis. Bradford was penalised for a scrum infringement as the New Zealanders were attacking, and Nuttall only just failed at the goal from far out.

Mcßride then opened the scoring with a try. Carmichael responded with a penalty goal for Bradford. Nuttall scored a penalty goal for New Zealand, and Bradford again pressed strongly. Foster made a superb run from, outside the twenty-five line, beating three defence men before transferring to Edwards, who finished with a clever try, from which Carmichael landed a fine goal. Just before the interval Nuttall levelled the scoring with a penalty goal from an easy position.

Almost throughout the second half, the Kiwis were without Cunningham, who was injured, and Bradford launched a persistent attack, but the .home team missed several opportunities through’faulty handling. The Kiwis’ handling was much better. Their backing-up was also good, but their scrum work after Cunningham’s departure was weak. The Kiwis owed a good deal of their success to Bradford’s mistakes. The Bradford attack continued until the finish, except for occasional breaks by the Kiwis, one of which produced some excellent handling by the forwards and ended in a try by Newton, and Nuttall converted. WIN AND LOSS FOR BALMAIN TOURISTS (P.A.) AUCKLAND,. Oct 12. The Balmain Rugby League team beat Otahuhu in a return match yesterday by 13 points to 6. Balmain played its best game to date, and was superior all round. It scored three tries, and converted two, to three penalty goals. Tries for the winner were scored by Ryan, Williams, and Patton. Jorgenson converted two tries. Martin kicked three penalty goals for Otahuhu. The Waikato Maori Rugby League team beat Balmain at Huntly today by 24 points to 17 in a fast match. Tries for the winners were scored by Baracat (2), Watt (2), Maki, and Hilton. Baracat converted three. Wallace (3) and Patton (2) scored for Balmain, and Jorgenson converted one.

Brunner Successful

Against Papanui

Brunner had a double victory against visiting Papanui teams at Taylorville yesterday, in the only Rugby League fixture played. All other games were cancelled on account of the rain.

Conditions at Taylorville were the worst possible for football. The ground was covered with water and quickly ' churned into mud. The Brunner senior team adapted itself better to the conditions than Papanui and had an easy victory by 21' points to nil. In the curtain-raiser, the Brunner third grade team had a similar easy victory over Papanui by 19 points to nil. Mr W. P. Moore was referee of the senior game and Mr K. Bullimore the third grade match.