NEW ZEALAND v. QUEENSLAND.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 174, 25 July 1907, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND v. QUEENSLAND.

ANOTHER EASI, VICTORY. FRYER AND FRANCIS HAVE A " DAY OLT." [press association.] (Received July 24. 8.16 p.m.) BRISBANE, July 24. The football match New Zealand v. Queensland was played on the cricket ground this afternoon. The weather was perfect, and the attendance about Queensland won the/toss, and Francis kicked off for the visitors. Caniffe returned out •to the half-way flag, where Mitchinson gathered up the hall and passed it to on Roberts, who handed it on to Wallace; thence it went to Fryer who crossed the line. Wallace failed with the kick at goal.—New Zealand 3, Queensland o.' ' 4 few minutes later, from the same position in the field, Roberts got possession, and whipped the ball on to Wallace, and after it had passed through Mitchinson's hands, Fryer 1 again took it, and scored a further try. Wallace failed to increase the score.— NeWZealand 6, Queensland 0. . From the kick-off the, local team shifted the. scene, of operations into the visitors' -territory, but the effort availed them little, as the " all-blacks _ were again soon aggressive, and Roberts, snapping up^the oval, passed to Nicholson, who Sfnt it along to Francis, enabling the latter to register a thirdly for the visitors. Spender was on this occasion entrusted with the kick at goal, but he><too, failed.—New, Zealand 9, Queensland 0- : For a brief space the visitors were on the defensive, but Booth relieved by a fine run into the ; local men s .25, where he was stopped, by Carmichael, the local full-back. .Fryer who was following up smartly, dived at the ball and crossed the line. Spencer again failed to increase thevicore.—New Zealand 12,. Queensland^ , When in play, again\a local man, Parkinson, took the ball over the line, but did not throw otft, and, turning, ran off and scorjsd. Carmichael failed at goal. The, New Zealanders declare that the try should not have been allowed, as bouncing is not permitted.-— New Zealand 12, Queensland 3. Halftime then sounded. : ■ __ x , The second spell opened by Watson_s kicking off: Wallace took the ball, and found the touch-line. : An interval of uninteresting play followed, chiefly characterised by niarks and1 scrums, and from one,, of the latter the ball went out of touch. „On its being thrown in vie "all-blacks," with the ball at their toes, rushed over the home team's goal-line, where Francis fell on it and scored, but failed to add the major points.—Ne#( Zealand 15,^ Queensland 3. v For some time after this the local men were compelled1 to act on the defensive, and were being very hardly pressed, being relieved only occasionally by fortunate kicks by Carmichael. After desultory play> in the centre, an exchange of kicks saw the scene re-1 moved to the Queenslanders' corner, where Francis again got possession and put up another try. Roberts had the kick at goal but, like his predecessors.! failed.—New Zealand 18, Queensland 3.- '.. ..-. . " ' ' '

No sooner, was the ball in play than the visitors invaded home territory, and looked like scoring, but Carmichael relieved by kicking' up the field, and Eckhold marked. The ball was placed for Wallace, but no goal resulted, the ball flying wide. Queensland from a scrum, kicked into the centre, where Wallace stopped the ball with his body, but recovering it broke away, and when being tackled passed on the blind side to Spencer, who sent it back, and the blacks forced the game down to the line, where Wallace once more got possession', and whipped it across to Mitchinson, who gave it to Fryer, who scored. Spencer, took the kick, and registered the only goal of the day.— New Zealand 23, Queensland 3.

For the remainder of the game play continued in home territory, and when the whistle sounded the score read: New Zealand 23,.; Queensland 3.