FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15169, 7 December 1912, Page 10

FOOTBALL.

' THE RUGBY GAME IN Amkmlfi j ..... ■ AUSTRALIANS' SECOND DI051&E. [raoM otra own coEaESFONDEj.T!i| ': San Francisco, NovertJ*r,l&.'; - The Australian Rugby team' visiting ifiali' fornia— by the way, contains"i«M : noted ox-Now Zealand footballer*, siiah.'«»,; , Jim Wylie, tho well-known • fortard-fIW; . sustained a second defeat., ;\lißvth^»wwvJ ; i-.' of the three games against the University«' California tho antipodeans were boatafi M:[ : a score of 6 points to 5. ' It was. ft-fWj., : rough game, and tho college men, after Mr ' curing the lead of ono point, put mrauo&f rugged defence that tho Australian*, i[( as they might, could not break. thrpugH. '~, Curiously enough, tho only-other*««<}»' m - sustained by tho Australians team! imjff\: one point, Stanford defeating them. Iff ;tas*' : -< , small margin. In tho third California University the visitoWGttSpgw \ themselves by a victory running tOySS'to »■•, . The University team was not, no****** »* .'-: strongest combination. Oti,er.<istt>« |3\. the Australians have been ag^'^ 6 ?. 4 *. University and other college;l«s^T* |( '£ ; which have been won without tWJSW* 89 *" : tion. ■ - '•' '"/'"'•■'J,' * '". :■'■ i The great event of tho yearifrt™pw , football in California is the annv^S?^? i between California and Stanford ,M fi, . sities. This was played last Saturday. l» ,■;.;■; interest in the contest was this- : monsoly enhanced by the visit °',"*J~T* " \ tralians, as is shown by tho fact that wree: ■: weeks before the match every ojhe Of- ™» if?; 20,000 seats was sold. W. W/.-Hdlf** tary of the New South Wales Rugby «?»»?' M referoed the game, ind the Rugby players wore gueatn of honour. > A a contest, tho match was negligible, rbeo*w> M heavy rains made the field a as*. mn ?.5 r jLai M The game was a draw, each side- toowng , : ; a penalty poal. ~ ' ' _,„. a W. na Hill* who is proceeding to JBttg land to make arrangements for ft.COjnbinea „ Cambridge-Oxford team to visit Austral"}* , ? next year, has been ompovrered to negotiate -■■ with the English footballers to *WW* ■ -..:, their tour by playing several matcoa* «* ■*-. California. ■ n}j