FOOTBALL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 20 August 1920, Page 5

FOOTBALL

— (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). Australian A N Z. Cable Association)

SYDNEY, Aug. 19 The Sydney University Rugby Union team, including Lawton,, the Queensland Rhodes* scholar, are passengers on the Moeraki, which left Sydney to-day. WELLINGTON V. NELSON A representative football match between Wellington and Nelson will be played at the Park to-morrow afternoon. A good deal of interest is being taken in the contest, and.it is expected that a- good exhibition of the game will bo given. The visitors will arrive by the Patecna to-monow morning.

In view of the coming match, tho following record of matches played will-be interesting to lovers of Rugby. The first match was played as far back as 1870, and was won by Nelson, borne of tho scores of the matches played in tho seventies are missing; but iron l the .scores available it brings back the old practice of penalising .the side forced down: —1870, won by Nelson, goals to 1; 1871, Wellington, b goal and 2 tries to nil; 1872, Nelson ; 1875, drawn; 1875, drawn; 1876. Wellington, 1878; Wellington, goal and try to m 1; 1879 Wellington 3 tries to nil; 1880, Wellington. 11 to 4; 1884, Wellington, 2 to nil • 1886, Wellington, 10 to ml ; 1893, Wellington, 11 to 5 ; 1899, ‘Wellington 14 to 3; 1900, Wellington, 6 to nil; 1901, Wellington, 31 to ml; 1908, Wellington, 21 to 3.

AUCKLAND V. MANAWATU The following comments are taken from the Auckland Star sporting edition on the recent Aucklandi-Mana-watu match: Though outclassed at nearly every point the visiting team possessed the most conspicuously brilliant player on the held in O. K. Perrin (full-back), who saved bis side from further heavy adverse scoring bv bis sound defence and clever stick worlc. The match calls for little comment, and was a repetition of the two previous contests. Once a . comiovtnble load was obtained, the locals were content to ease up. It was mainly through Perrins clever woik at full-hack that the Auckland goal romained under double figures. The tally of goals hardly sums iip tho merits of the teams The o-oals were scored by Once (3), Alex Ser and Snarks. The Auckland nominations for the North Island team are: Cooper. England, Johns, Wheeler, Grice and A. Alexander. In the three Shield games this season, Auckland have scored 18 goals, the only one against them being Nc - son’s in the first match.