THE PROFESSIONALS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13523, 22 August 1907, Page 5

THE PROFESSIONALS.

NEW ZEALANDERS 1 SECOND MATCH.

ANOTHER VICTORY. NINETEEN POINTS TO FIVE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Copyrifht. (Received August 21. 8-20 p.m.) Sydney, August 21. The second match between the New South Wales and New Zealand teams of professional footballers, took place this afternoon. Fins weather prevailed, and the attendance numbered about 5000. There vas a strong south-westerly breeze. The teams were as follows: — New Zealand: Fullback. Turtill: threequarters, McGregor, Todd, Rowe; fiveeighths, Wrigley, Wynyard; halves, Gleeson, Tyler; forwards, Mackrell, Callan, Cross, Wright, Trevarthen, Johnston, and Lile. New South Wales: Fullback. Hedler; threequarters, Stuntz, Fry, Messenger, Devereux ; halves, Cheadle, Holloway; forwards, Glanville, Dobba, Courtney, Hennessey, Mable, Pence. Cann, Graves. Tlk.c was a good deal of ragged play at the. opening. The home team got. the ball from the scrum more often than their opponents, but were generally kept on the defensive. A superb run was made by Messenger, who feinted in and out through the " blacks,'' but his effort was finally spoiled by a forward pass. The New Zivilande'rs 8 again drove the blues back, compelling them to force. Several times the New Zealailders were within an ace of scoring, but luck was against them. Shortly before half-time, however, they scored in quick succession. Wynyard and Todd came away. The latter neatly side-stepped Fry and scored. Turtill failed to convert. The. blacks dribbled back, and from the scrum thy ball came, through to Wrigley, who dived round the pack and scored. Turtill again failed. In the. next few minutes Rowe got a try, Wrigley failing to convert. The spell ended : New Zealand ... ... ... '.) New South Wales 0 In tb' second spell the- game was fairly oven for a time. The local men then placed the blacks on the defensive, but Todd intercepting a pass got down the. field and scored in the simplest fashion. Wrigley converted, making the score 14 points to nil. The local men appeared demoralised, and the standard of play fell. They managed to obtain a score, which was the result of a fine piece of passing, in which Cheadle, Holloway, and Cann, participated, Holloway scoring. Messenger kicked the goal. New Zealand ... ... ... 14 New South Wales 5 On resuming, Dobb« was rather badly hurt, and the locals played a man short. From the throw-in Tyler got, possession and ran in. Wrigley converted, and the score stood : New Zealand ... ... .... 19 New South Walea ... ... 5 There was no a'teration in the figures when the game ended a few minutes later. MORE SUSPENSIONS. - [BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Wednesday. • The Management Committee of the Wellington Rugby Union to-night suspended six players for participating in the professional match at Sydney.

HOW WILL THE FIGHT END? t THE "ALL GOLDS" AND THE "LILY WHITES." The publication of the names of the team to meet the New Zealand professional combination, may be taken as the kick-off in the great match —Union versus League (cays the Sydney Morning Herald, of the 14th hist.). Both sides arc confident, and, besides claiming that they have the support of the best footballers, contend that the public are with them. The question as to the latter claim will no doubt be settled on Saturday, , i when the league will make its debut by | pitting its strength against a. team selected j from the "cream of New Zealand," as one i of tho visitors described the professional | combination yesterday. So far, 138 firstgrade players have declared themselves in favour of the league; but at a meeting attended by the majority of them it was decided not. to disclose the /ianies until the movement, took a more definite 'shape." '■.. ' From the attitude adopted by tne representatives oi the two bodies it would appear thai the league was going to make the I game willing ' iroiri iu. start, while the j union intends to play a wailing game and trust to its fullback "amateurism ' to det ] (!.,. „„.,] -r1... •• .1,, ;.'..,,." ~. ,1 t,.

lend the goal. The "An Golds" seemed to recognise that the contest they had entered into was going to ba a hard fought one, while on ilie other hand their opponents, who have been dubbed the " Lily Whites," j think that the affair is hardly worthy of I notice, calling the league's nine days' wonj der. The general feeling. amongst followers of the game is that the crowd will go where the best football is to be seen. Every club has its following of supporters, and if half the players go over to the league it is more than likely that they will take their proportion of " barrackers " with them. For instance, the Eastern Suburbs followers almost to a man may be looked on to give their attention to the match played on the Agricultural Ground, in which their idol, Messenger, together with seven of his club Mates, will participate. The members of the newly-formed League object to being called "professionals." Speaking on the subject yesterday, Mr. Giltinan, the secretary of the movement, said, that the Union was making a great song about keeping the professional player out of the game. He contended that the league did not aim at establishing a system whereby a footballer could make a living at thesport. What they really wanted to do was to seo that a man was paid his out of pocket expenses and reimbursed for any monetary loss he sustained through playing in a match. He would also bo given liberal expenses while travelling, and paid well if be happened to be incapacitated through injuries received during a match. There was no intention on the part of the founders of the league to split the money up amongst, the players. After providing for the contingencies mentioned, anything left ovejwould be devoted to furthering the interests ■ of tho sport, such as by providing training quarters and trainers for the clubs. The general opinion of members of the Metropolitan Rugby Union is that the new league will disappear like the comet. In fact, they regard the team for Saturday as being so weak that, leaving out Messenger, it is no n:oro than a good second-grade one —Dot bv any means representative of the metropolis, let alone of New South Wales. (The result hardly coincided with this statement). They assert that it is not the intention of the executive to take any definite steps at present, but rather to let matters work out their own ends. The public, they think, might go next Saturday to the Agricultural Ground out of curiosity, but once the novelty wears away tho . .whole thing will settle down, and before long the * Football League be a thing of the past. "In fact," said one prominent member of the union, these fellows are out lor spoil. One of them has already been promised £50 for the match. If the others don't get that amount also they will want to know why, .a . rumpus will take place, and thus a division of the spoils will actually become the lover that will upset the apple carl." The officials of the union state that their intention is to wait, and act as occasion requires*::'^; --....:■■ ~:•...■. .'■: ■■• : ,V.- :.-,:■:;; V;i^k-SJII