AUSTRALIA WINS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22230, 3 October 1935, Page 16

AUSTRALIA WINS

SECOND LEAGUE TEST A DECISIVE VICTORY MARGIN OF 21 POINTS HOME TACKLING WEAK ' In tlio second Rugby Leaguo tost match Australia defeated New Zealand decisively by 29 points to 8 in a fast, open gaino at Carlaw Park yesterday. The ground was fast, and the visitors gave an exhibition of spectacular passing, which was a feature of the game. The New Zealand tackling was very weak. Both backs and forwards frequently went high and were easily fended ,off. In positional play Australia outclassed New Zealand whose display was much below that of last Saturday. The homo backs were often caught out of position, and easy tries were made for Australia. The New Zealand forwards played with dash, but failed to keep together. The visitors' vanguard was easily superior on the day, particularly in the loose. Tho visitors' backs impressed, particularly Norman and Thicknesse, who paved the way for many tries. However, it was duo to tho fine play of tho Australian forwards that the game was won. Tho teams were as follows: — AUSTRALIA Fullback. —L. Ward. Threequarters. —R. Hines, D. Brown, R. McKinnon, S. Goodwin. Five-eighths.—E. Norman. Halfback. —V. Thicknesse. Forwards. —F. Curran, P. Fairall, R. Stehr, E. Lewis, S. Pearce, N. Prigg. NEW ZEALAND Fullback. —A. E. Cooke. Threequarters.—L. Brown, C. Hunt, E. Mincham. Five-eighths.—A. Kay ( H. Lilburne. Halfback. —R. Powell. Forwards. —J. Calder, R. Ward, J. Laird, C. Satherlev, W. Glynn, L. Hutt. Try Narrowly Missed Australia won tho toss, and from near halfway Lilburne mado a nice run and Hutt carried play to Australia's 25. The New Zealand backs were seen in a good movement and Hunt passed to L. Brown, who beat Goodwin and cross-kicked. The homo forwards stormed the visitors' goal and Laird just missed a try. Both Satherley and Lilburne missed penalty kicks at goal. The visitors' forwards attacked strongly, and Lewis and Pearce gained useful ground. Cooke, in attempting to recover, slipped, and Norman snapped up and passed to Stehr, who scored between the posts. D. Brown converted. Australia 5 New Zealand 0 The visitors, who again monopolised the scrums, resorted to kicking and Norman gained good ground. A nice Australian passing bout again had the New Zealand backs on defence. Hunt missed a penalty kick, and another a few minute* later. The home team started a sweeping attack and Sathorley passed to Lilburne, to Kay, who made a nice opening for Hunt to score. Satherley failed to convert. Australia . . . . . . . . 5 New Zealand 3 L. Brown made a brilliant run only to be stopped a yard from the visitors' line. A few minutes later xMcKinnon easily beat Kay and passed to D. Brown, who with a player in support, boat Cooke to score a good try. The scorer converted with a fine kick. Australia - 10 New Zealand * 3 Cooke Injured A few minutes later Cooke received a bad knock in a late tackle, but resumed in a few minutes. Twice Kay's weak defence allowed Norman and McKinnon to break through and only a dropped pass by Goodwin saved New Zealand. The visitors were attacking strongly at half-time, the score being:— Australia 10 New Zealand 3 On resuming a nice kick by Norman placed Australia well in New Zealand's territory, but Glynn and Calder dribbled back to halfway. Ward cleared nicely and again the visitors forced the home team to defend. D. Brown, Norman and Goodwin combined effectively, but Pearce just missed the final transfer and the visitors lost a try. Play was confined to the forwards, and it was on occasions unnecessarily hard. For the sixth time New Zealand missed goal points from a penalty kick. The Australian forwards were always in support of tho backs and Norman, when pressed, passed to Pearce, to Stehr, and raced 40 yards to score a nico try. D. Brown narrowly failed to convert. Australia . . , * , * . . 13 New Zealand ...... 3 The Australians were now definitely on top, and McKinnon and Thicknesse cut the defence to ribbons for D. Bfown to score a nice try. The scorer failed to convert. Australia . . . . „ * . . 16 New Zealand ' 3 Home Team Outplayed The New Zealand forwards played better and rushed play to the visitors' lino. Kay attempted to pot a goal, but his kick was charged down. In a flash, D. Brown snapped up and passed to McKinnon to Goodwin, but L. Brown tackled both players safely. Throwing the ball about in great style, the visitors outplayed the home team. Prigg sent a long pass to Ward, who mado a nice run and passed to Hines, Fairall scoring at the corner. D. Brown kicked a magnificent goal. Australia . . *,■ ¥ „. 21 New Zealand 3 From a sot scrum Lilburne grubber kicked and Kay snapped up. Although Kay lost the ball Hunt scored. Satherley converted. Australia . . ... . « . . 21 i New Zealand 8 Prigg mado a nice opening and McKinnon, 1). Brown and Hines combined beautifully for the last-named to score. D. Brown failed to convert. Australia 24 New Zealand 8 New Zealand was clearly outplayed and Ward from fullback mado a brilliant run and after Stehr, McKinnon, Prigg and Fairall had handled the lastnamed Bcored botween the posts. I). Brown converted. Tho game ended with tho score:— Australia . . .« . < . . 29 New Zealand 8 Mr. M. Wetherill, Auckland, was referee.