RUGBY LEAGUE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 July 1938, Page 8

RUGBY LEAGUE.

NEW ZEALANDERS BEAT NEWCASTLE BRILLIANT FOOTBALL THRILLED CROWD. (By Telegraph- Press assn.-Capyright) Received Sunday, 7 p.m. NEWCASTLE, July 3. Newcastle, with four star players in the State side against Queensland, was no match for New Zealand at the Newcastle Sports Ground. Excellent combination, backed up by a faultless fullback game by Hemi, won the match for the visitors by 30 points to 19. New Zealand’s last try was one of the best seen on the ground. Thrilled by the brilliant passing and backing up the crowd of live thousand cheered for minutes.

Picking up in his own twenty-five, W . Brimble sent to Tittleton, to Chase and back to W. Brimble again. Then the ball went irom Brimble to Anderson and to Tittleton and on for McLeod to score and Hemi to goal. It was football at its best.

New Zealand was badly beaten tor the ball from the scrums, 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 seebnd half and they scored eleven points to New Zealand’s eight, but they were individual efforts.

Perry, the half-back, played almost a lone hand for Newcastle in attack and his try from half-way, beating seven men, was brilliant and the New Zealanders joined in the applause. Only plucky tackling saved Newcastle from a heavier defeat. Time and time again the New Zealanders bombarded Newcastle territory, always with several players in support, only to be thrown back by the dour Newcastle defenders. Right :o the end they threw themselves at the flying feet of the New Zealanders and it was a tired thirteen that trooped olf the field at the end of the game. The game was played In excellent spirit and the ambulance had practically nothing to do. , For New Zealand Anderson, Tittleton, McLeod (2), Cootes and Smith scored tries and Hemi kicked six goals. For Newcastle Perry (2), Gill (2) and Bull scored tries and Bonnyman kicked two goals. SYDNEY TEAM TO MEET THE KIWIo Received .Sunday, V p.m. SYDNEY, July 3. The Sydney Rugby League team to meet New Zealand on Wednesday is:— 1 Full-back, Johnson; three-quarters, Manson, Felch, Hyde and Stewart; five-eighth, Lynch; half-back, Thompson; forwards, Kirkaldy, Smith, Pearce, Pierce and Norval. N.S.W. BEAT QUEENSLAND Received -Sunday, 7 p.m. SYDNEY, July 3. The New South Wales League team beat Queensland 20-19 after Queensland had, led 17—8 at half-time.