A WIN AND A LOSS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17881, 8 September 1921, Page 7

A WIN AND A LOSS.

VISITSNQ FOOTBALLERS.

DEFEAT OF N.S. WALES.

WELLINGTON TOO GOOD.

SPRINGBOKS BEAT MAORIS.

Lnusnal intern.t was attached to the two football mabohes pi eyed in New Zealand yesterday, in which "the New South 'vScJffl reprwmntetives met Wellington and ».he Springboks tried conclusions with the Maoris. The games resulted in one win and one loss for the visiting teams, the scores being as follows: —

Wellington 16 v. NS W 8 Maoris 8 v. Springboks 9

In the case of the New South Wales team the visitors suffered their first defeat in New Zealand. The Wellington men showed pood combination throughout tiie game, and registered a decisive victory, some fine goal-kicking by King ftdd m L matenall y to tneir margin. The, South Africans were fully extended try the Maoris at Napier, as thoir narrow credit balance of one point indicates

WELLINGTON V. N.S. WALES

FAST AND OPEN PLAY.

KING KICKS THREE GOALS. £fiX TELSGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] WELLINGTON. Wednesday. The Ntw South Wales representative Bngby tesjn was defeated by Wellington by 16 points to 8. Bain fell during the night, and there was fine weather for the game. The attendance was about 10,000. Nov South Wales looked upon the match as more important than that against New Zeahind, and were hopeful of success. With a strong breeze in their favour and the sun in their faces, New South Wales initiated aa attack, and as the game progressed play became interestingj being open and f&ak A dnbblina rush by J. Shearer and W. Ryan altered defence into attack. Wellington forced down twice. When play was in the centre of the field Walker started a passing rush. Stanley and Oarr received the ball in torn. Each >*as tackled. Stanley secured the ball again and made progress by a kick. Siddells Sailed to obtain possession, and London following up fast, scored. He failed with the kick: New South Wales, 3; Wellington, 0.

Wellington Evens Scores. Thft visitors were not taking full advantage at' the wind, and were using the line too ranch instead of kicking high and following op. Tricky work by Roberts on the blind side let Aitken away, and he was forced into "loach almost on the line. Humphreys cleared, and a dash by Smith removed the danger. A pretty passing rush by Walks-, Humphreys, and Stanley was spoiled by Thorn getting offside, and farther infringements enabled Wellington to make a determined onslaught on the visitors' goal. A forward struggle ended in Brace kicking across, and £j lost the try by inches.

Roberta made a beautiful opening. Hutchison beat the opposition and passed to Markham, who kicked. Nothling smo.'iieTed, and Markham secured the ball again and centred. During the loose rush which followed, E. (Ryan scored. King's kicked missed : Wellington, 3 ; New South Wales, 3.

Tins Passing Bout.

The tackling on both sides was dean. The. visitors.' backs handled the ball exceptionally well, while Wellington displayed greater vim in loose rushes. Just before half-time the best rash of the afternoon took place. Loudon and Bond made an opening, and a slashing passing bout was witnessed, in which the majority of the backs took part. Shute crossed at the. corner, bat was stopped in touch-in-goal. It was a fine exhibition of back play. The wind had dropped in the second spell, and in the opening stages play centred in New Sooth Wales territory. Can- removed the scene of play by a kick. Then King came through from a scrum, and Parker assisted progress by a dribble. Can* failed to secure the ball, and Parker had a clear run in. King kicked a magnificent goal from the touchline: Wellington, 8; New South Wales, 3. The local team wsis showing better combination than the opposition, and through a mis-kick by Nothling King added another try for Wellington. He kicked another beautiful goal: Wellington, 13; New South Wales, 3.

Haired by Rough Play. The game now became exceptionally fast, bat wan marred by rough play on the part of two nailing players. Roberts was rouablv handled when not in cossession of the ball, and & Shearer was punched on the jaw by an opposing forward. The New South Wales manager went on to the field and cautioned the offender. Several kicks by the New South Wales backs were charged down, and from a free kick King kicked a goal from over halfway: Wellington, 16; New South Wales, 3. Passing rushes were frequent, and one reached the Wellington twenty-five, where Shnte was seen crossing the line, no attempt being made to stop him. Loudon goaled: Wellington, 16; New South Wales, a

FLNE GAME BY MAORIS.

SPRINGBOKS JUST WIN.

[BY XEJLTO&APH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NAPIER. Wednesday. The match between the Springboks and the \ T ew Zealand natives was played this afternoon in the presence of about 6000 spectators, and resulted, after a hard game, in a win for the visitors, by 9 points to 8. In the first spell Zeller scored from a passing rush in which the ball we.nt to Tuwnser.d from the line-out, and was handled by all the backs. De Villiers faHed with the kick.

The Maoris a little later carried play to the visitors' quarter, and Tapseli goded from a free kick.

Play was fairly even, hot the South Africans' line-out play to their backs was superior, and they were many times set in motion. The Maoris tackled well, however, and kept them out, the spell ending wth the score unaltered.

In the second spell, with the wind behind them, it was expected the South Africa-is would make a runaway win of the game, bat the natives played with more vim, and fully held their own. Townsttnd, for the visitors, played a fine halfback game. lie repeatedly set his backs in motion. From a neat movement the bail went from the line-out. and wa/s handled by all the banks, and finally Van Heerden crossed. De Yilliers aga'n missr-d the kick at joal.

Blake apparently marked near the visitors' goal, but it was not allowed, ajii; broke away. He raxed do*n the field, supported by Zeiler. On re;i.-hing the fullback he transferred to Ze'ier. and the latter nrod for the line. He was overh tuled a few yards away by Blake, but the ball railed infield, and To-vneend piekod up and dived over, though ipparently pushed into touch before crossing. The kick failed. The Mantis raJlied strongly and set up a hot attack :)ose to the Springboks' j?<->a! Garlic k dashed over, and Tureia gr»aled, makrv the snores 8 to 9. Theie wm much excitement in the closing; sr.apes, as play fluctuated from one «r,d of the ground to the other._ The South Africans were rather better in the clofiin.; stages, and time was called with thip position unaltered. Tho Maoris put up a very creditable showing, their play indicating that with a puns or two together they would be a hard side to beat. The backs fielded and kicked well, but, lacked effective combination in attack.