ELEVEN POINTS ALL

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 8 June 1931, Page 6

ELEVEN POINTS ALL

’VARSITY TOURISTS DRAW 1 TEST MATCH AT SYDNEY EXTRA TRY BY HOME (SIDE. (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) SYDNEY, June 7. A'ew Zealand drew with (Sydney in the University test Rugby match yesterday, the scores being U all, New; Zealand scored two tries (one converted and a penalty -goal, while New South Wales replied with three tries (one converted). New Zealand was leading by six to nil at one stage in a very fine game. The ground was dry land fast. Both sides played open Rugby. The home backs were in better individual form and showed more enterprise ami dash than in previous tests. King replaced -Stephenson-iW right, who was hurt in the first half. King, who suffered a minor injury in the second half, was replaced by -Peacock. The captains previously agreed to replace-

ments. , . , In the first half the game was fairly oven, due to the improved form of the .Sydney forwards and the better defence of the hacks. Bush opened the scoring with a long penalty goal and Ruru was responsible for a brilliant try shortly before the interval. After the resumption Gibson ami Booth gained tries for ‘Sydney, Hemin ingway 1 converting the last one. The first was the consummation of a threequarter rush, the New Zealand defenders being outflanked. Booth’s try was the result of a cross-kick leaving the goal-line open. Peacock obtain a try from a forward scramble which Bush converted, regaining the lead for New Zealand. Joyce equalised the scores at - the end of a passing rush iby the forwards and backs. (Sydney was still attacking in the last five minutes. Bush was again the outstanding figure in the New Zealand, team. Ruru, who was well marked throughout, was (again resourceful. The teams werer— New Zealand. —‘Bush, Mac-kay, Thomas, Williams, IRuru, E-wart, Pryde, -Stephenson-Wright, Edwards, Barker, McVeagh, Dixon, Ilodgc, Perkins, Deidrich.

(Sydney (the same team as last Wednesday.—Bohane, -Kennedy, Gibson, McMahon, Hemmingway, (Simpson, McShane, Page, Joyce ,Morey, Book, Elias, Love, Barry, IMurfitt.