LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 16 July 1925, Page 5

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

NEW ZEALAND TOURING TEAM

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

SYDNEY, July 15

The New Zealand team against Newcastle on Saturday has been selected as follows Gregory, Brisbane, Dufty, Brown. Saunders, WetheralL Hall, Herring ,Green, Carroll, Dixon, ’Thoms, ami A very.

The team’s itinerary is:—July 18th, against Newcastle, at Newcastle ; 23rd, against Australia, at Sydney : 25th, against New South Wales or Australia, at, Newcastle: 29th. against Lismore, at Lismore; August Ist against Queensland, at Brisbane; sth. against Ipswich, at Ipswich ; Bth. against Queensland or Australia, at Brisbane; 12th, against Toowoomba, at Toowoomba.

A SPIRITED GAME SYDNEY, This Day Combined Universities defeated Now Zealand hv 15 to 13 after a spirited and spectacular display, in the presence oi 5000. The exhibition was infinitely superior from a scientific standpoint, than Saturday's contest, play scintillating with sparkling passing rushes from whistle to whistle. Evatt hooked tor the locals and constantly fed the halves. Lane and Finn who repeatedly paralysed the defence of the visitors. 0 Rourko played tlie game of his career, and was easily the outstanding player on the ground. The visitors incurred the wrath of tlie (spectators on several occasions through resenting tlie rulings of the referee. O'Rourke was awarded a second shot, at goal owing to Mouatt, talking at the referee. Both attempts failed.

Weatherall opened the scoring soon after the commencement. Mount converting. O'Rourke kicked a penalty. Then Universities Resumed the offensive till Finn snapped up and scored. O’Rourke converted. Brown then cut in smartly in Universities’ twenty-live and crossed. Lai tig’s kick failed. ' The scores were 3—'7 at the interval in favour of New Zealand.

Duflv handed a goal after resuming from offside play. Then O’Rourke, after a dazzling sprint from midfield, scored a brilliant try, which was not converted. "J en all. The players at- this stage were exchanging hard knocks with no beg pardons on either side. Doctor Flattery intercepted half way and sprinted to the iino. The attempt at goal failed, but O’Rourke subsequently landed a penally through a New Zealander not playing the ball. Webb scored for New Zealand, Dufty failing with the attempt at goal—--Is—i 3.5 —i 3. Wetherall was crown of the hacks. Henry, Mouatt, and Carroll, the last- named replacing Herring, forwards, were the best of the visitom