SECOND LEAGUE TEST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17544, 9 August 1920, Page 6

SECOND LEAGUE TEST.

ENGLAND WINS AGAIN.

NINETEEN" POINTS TO THREE. GAME PLAYED IN RAIN. [BY. TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHUBCH, Saturday. The second League test match, England v. New Zealand, was played at Lancaster Park to-day. Bain {ell all night and through the greater part of the game, and had its effect on the attendance, which was in the neighbourhood of 6000. New Zealand were out- j classed in . all departments. The greasy, heavy ground and "wet ball did not seem to inconvenience the Englishmen, who tackled and passed well. The New Zealandera on the other hand were all at sea, their tackling being very poor. Wagstaffe and Stone were the outstanding English backs,. and Guiney was always prominent for New Zealand. The teams were:— England.—C. Stacey, W. J. Stone, H. Wagstafie, E. Davis, J. A. Bacon. J. Parkin, E. Jones. W. Cunliffe. J. Cartwught, G. A. Skelborne. B. Gionow, H. Hilton, and JD. Ciark. New Zealand.— licveridge. W. P. Guiney, J. Sanders, C. Woolley. A. McClymont, W. J. Mitchell, J. Poison, S. C. Waiters, W. Somen?. W Stormont, H Avery, J. Bennett, and N. Base" The leferee was Mr. A. E. Hooper. New Zealand kicked off, and as a result of a passing bout got down to England's line, where they were penalised. The heavy ground militated against good play, but by judicious kicking and short passing bursts England reached New Zealand's line. < A. mark by Mitchell brought welcome relief. The English backs then got going, Guiney bringing Stone down in the nick of time. Sanders intercepted a pass and the blacks nwept down the field. The Englishmen infringed the rules, and 2d itchell had a good but fruitless shot at goal. Hesitation by Loveridge brought trouble, but the Englishmen's assault was staved off by Sanders, who marked The whites came again, and from a scrum the ball waa bandied by Wagtftaffe, Davis, and Stone, the last-named scoring in the corner Gronow failed to add the major points: England. 3: New Zealand, 0. From a movement initiated by Guiney the blacks jeopardised the whites' lino, but effective tackling and a speculative kick resulted in a clearance. From a penalty Stor-mont-had an unsuccessful shot at goal. Nice work by Davis saw Loveridge called upon, and he somewhat luckily rose to the occasion, although he was inclined to beat the opposing forwards instead of getting the leather smartly away. A moment or two later, w-'th a clever mark, he saved a certain try. The whites, headed by Davis, penned New Zealand up, but a penalty brought relief. A great run by Stone should have resulted in a try, but Bass threw him out over the corner flag. From, the scrum Hilton dived over, but Gronow failed with an easy kick: England. 6; New Zealand, 0. The whites continued aggressive, handling the ball better than the blacks, whose tackling was decidedly noor. The funniest incident of the match then took place. Poison slipped with the ball about 15yds from his own goal, and Cunliffo pushed him along the greasy ground, in a sitting position, right over, and he forced. On the resumption of play Guiney got possession, and after a good run centred and followed up. The ball again came to him and he got over. Stormont failed to convert: England. 6; New Zealand, 8. Just before half-time, from a mark Gronow landed a goal, and the spell ended: England, 8: New Zealand. 3 On resumption .the blacks swept down the fieftd. and the whites were penalised for not playing the ball ouic.kly enough. However, Mitchell failed with the kick. Sanders was very prominent for the blacks, who twice forced the whites, and were then sent back. From a scrum Parkin got possession and scored in the corner. No goal resulted: England, 11; New Zealand. 3. A long period of play favouring neither side followed, and then Stone delighted the crowd by taking the ball through at his feet and scoring beside the ports. Gtouow converted: England. 16; New Zealand, 3. The blacks rallied somewhat, and good work by Guiney caused England to force. The whites made the blacks do likewise a few moments later, and gave them many anxious moments. New Zealand evenutaily cleared their line and looked like scoring, but the defence was too sound. Mitchell failed with a penalty kick. At this stage Bass was injured and left the field. The whites swept down the field, and Wagstaffe banded the ball to Bacon, who raced over. No goal resulted: England, 19; hew Zealand. 3. The game ended three minutes later with the score unaltered.