MAORI FOOTBALLERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13782, 22 June 1908, Page 5

MAORI FOOTBALLERS .

NEWCASTLE DEFEATED.""' A DASHING GAM?;. ojr Te'Jef lapli.—rreat' AKtoctetto*.— -C«pfAok, ,;.' : (Received Jane- 21. *..» {M&hl Stoxet, JI) IX /''■'. Thk Maori Krtgby foot bull t*nnt defeated'.;•. Newcastle yesterday :by ;':lsj points to 2. ) 'lite £.>«:».* «a« well ion teste si, but ■ the v bra displaying great :. dash, ■ ■ outplayed /'_. Newcastle almost throughout. : Pufci was especially prominent, '/'and «- ■: cured three splendid tries, Asfier ';coamt- ■ ing them all. For Newcastle, €arpent«ir kicked » penalty goaf. • [FROM OCR OWN* CORnKSTO.VPEN'T.) Srrw.T. Juno 1?. The' Maori footballers, contrary to «xp*G» tattoos, did not im*l\a a better showing on Saturday than that- of. th* previous Monday, when their first match was played. Though there \v»s soma very striking individual play, the wa;;,t of combination •■*«*;. again evident, and test the team a;'; good many points. The Maoris need not, top •.■;■ ever, lose heart. They have shown them--selves apt student* of the game, and when the members of the team know;each other; better and have a more intimate knowledge of the new rules, they should prove strong in the Held. Tuki, Pupakutt*, and Moko all distinguished themselves on Saturday. Papa&ura, whe 'played- so well as' fullback in the first game, went up. into the threequarter" division on Saturday, but in the second spell returned to hi* original position? His form proves- him to be 'one of the strongest men in the team. Ashtr, in the second match, would have played a line game also but for the tact that he repeatedly hung oil to the hall too long. Messenger was again an exceedingly powerful opponent, for the reason that his kicking was surer. About 15,000 people wit--nessed the game. /The team will go to Queensland next week, find will play three matches at Brisbane, one at Bockliaropton, and another at Gyiupie.