“ALL BLACKS” TOUR.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2141, 25 July 1907, Page 2

“ALL BLACKS” TOUR.

VN EASY VICTORY OYER Y_. QUEENSLAND. United Press Association Copyrighti 11 . Received July 24, 8.0 p.m. BRISBANE, July 24. ? T!io football match New Zealand c. Queensland was played on tho •<* Cricket Ground this afternoon. Tlio weather was perfect. '1 he attend- - am -’ was about 11000. - I Queensland won cho,toss, and ]■ ran- . ; <u- kicked off for the visitors. Caniff., icturned nut to the halr-ua\ nag, ’'■rulu.ro Milchinson gathered up the ball and passed it on to Roberts, who handed it on 10 Wallace, then to l''r\er. who crossed the lino. \\ allaco tailed’with the kick at, goal. A'ew Zealand J Queensland ; 0 \. few minutes later from tho same position ij, the field Roberts got possession and whipped it on to Wal].,(e and after tlm liall had passed i!,rough Mitchinson's hands Fryer ~train took it and scored a further tiw. Wallace failed to increase tlio ■ score. New Zealand, oto nil. Tr°m '/ tin: kick-off tlm local team shifted . A, the scene of operations into tho visitors’ territory, Init the effort availed • them little, as tire “All Blacks” were l ; soon again aggressive, and Roberts t snapping up the oval passed to Nicli- 7 olson. wlio sent it along to Francis,

enabling the latter to register a third try for the visitors. Spencer . :■« was on this occasion entrusted with. .-y the kick at goal, but failed. New Zealand, 9to nil. For a brief space t the visitors were on the defensive, 7 --s tu-l Booth relieved by a fine run' into tbe local men’s 25. where ho was , a stepped bv Carmichael, the local fullback Fryer, who was following smartly, dived at the ball and crossed *. the line. Spencer again failed to in- y crease the score. New Zealand 12 Queensland. 0 When in play again a local man, < Parkinson, look the ball over the line but did not go out, 'and turning ~‘f ~„d scored. Carmichael failed 'at goal. The New Zealanders declare the try should not have been • !;, -ved, as bouncing is not permitN,,w Zealand 12 f Queensland •> , >->, Half-time then sounded, and tho second s \vA) opened by Watson ,- ', kicking off. Wallace took the ball -j. an 1 found tin? touch-line. An interval of uninteresting play followed, chiefly characterised by marks and .. serums. From a throw-in tlie ‘ All jfct ' Blacks” with the ball at toe Tuslied . gggj. ; over the visitors’ goal-line, where 1 Francis fell on it and scored. He k, ; j| failed to convert. _ zggk Now Zealand .' lo Queensland For some time after this the local „ : men were compelled to act on the ; defensive, and were being very hard- \ ■ jv They word relieved o'c- -.ffSPjl ■ casionallv bv fortunate kicks by Car- \ micliaei. ~ f ter desultory pla y ill L " tlie centre an exchange of kicks saw 1 tho soano removed to the Queens- : *t. binders’ corner, where Francis again:... f o : u: possession. and put up, another - score. Boberts had a kick at g0a1,.. . . but like his predecessors failed. ' ' New Zealand 18 Queensland -• 3 V No sooner was the ball in play than - 7 x th- visitors invaded the home terri- ' f ' <r,v and looked like scoring, but Carmiohucd rr.brv.-d by kicking up | the field, and Eckhold marked. Tho : ;n,! .was plnr*orl for* Wallace, but no* •**•'■'* got.l lvouhul. Queensland from-a C

:rnim kicked into the centre, where ** Wallace stopped tho ball with . his body. 1 Pi recovering it broke away, uni v. In a being tackled passed on the vblind side to Spencer, who• sent it hack, and ihe Blacks forced the game ’ down to the line, where Wallace once mor> got possession and whipped it ,|- across to Mitchinson. The last-men-tioned passed to Fryer, who scored. I** \ Sncnrer tor.k the kick and registered 7 the onlv goal.of the dav. New Zealand i 23 X Queensland 3 For the remainder of tlie game play continued in the home territory. _ .