Britain v. Australia.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7903, 1 August 1904, Page 5

Britain v. Australia.

(Per-. Press "Association—Copyright) _ ■ Sydney, July 30, , Glorious weather; was enjoyed for the third test match between 'the tßritiah team qf foosbaUers:- and 'AustraHa; this af tern'oori, and * despite: t§e~ coantefc: ftt- _ traction of the - sculling chattipiphsbip it ia estimated',that witnessed the' ganie. The teams were':—Britain.— Back, O'Brien'; three-quarters,1 Llewellyn," McEvedy, Gabe and Morgan1; halves, Bushand Vile; forwards,Hard^ l-ingi Swannell, Bevari, Uobson, Crowther^ I Traill, Edwards and.Massey... Australia. I- —Back; Redwood.;' tbrGa-qaairt'eris, Nicholaon, Wickhain,: Fuller and McLean ; .halves, Evans -and. Fjrtley ;. forwards, Milbueh, Oxlode; ' Kicharda, ■ Dixbn, -Lutgo,; White, Judd and Walsh. ,o'Brien I went back in place of rfianger-Leathaa'-; ! MeEvedy takipg O'lirian'si place in the i I three-qaarter line, while Massey reI psaced the English skipper, Sivright, among the forward division;

A strong wind was blowing right along the ground which favoured each side iii alternate spells. During the first half the Britisher*, with the wind attheir backs, attacked strongly,- ban the excellent defence offered by the Australians held them off lill within a few minutes of the eud of the spell, when, through a mulJ by.Redwood, who got the ball but dropped it, Vila kicked along the ground to the v/ing, when Morgan scored a try. The sttempi; at goal failed and the, spell ended~ Britain 3, Australia 0.

On resuming, tho Anstrali.ans at pneo became ag-jressive, and for the; greater part of the apelt- mads tho play ver-y lively, Wickham, Futcer and Fihdlay, of the back division, and Judd and Waleh, of the forwards, specially doing good work. They repeatedly fought their way to the British line, but a stubborn defsnee prevented their : getting over. Towards the end of the spell the local men tired perceptibly, and the British coming again strongly, entirely changed the complexion of the game; the last quarter providing.fass and exciting play, tries being scored by Swannel, Morgan, and Gabo. One was converted- by O'Brien, and another by Bush, making the floßl scores—Britain 16, Australia 0.