NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL TEAM.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXI, Issue 8957, 5 December 1905, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL TEAM.

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(P«» Pbbss ASBoctACtox.) Received December y, at i'.Gf) a.m. Sydney, December 5.

Tl»» London l»aily Mail, coinim-utiiiix <>ti the .Surruy match." say* : «riKt.trt»t- football farce ill hiHlory wan fV' name enacted at Richmond. Tin- s|"' ,tJ tors- expect*,! to .» Konie- wonderful foothall. l.ui. tltcv ri'i-liom-i! without 11:<• re lerw. This u<'nt!ri;):ii! -.1. r.<>n.l»iuvr and. a. niciiilu-r of the- Ku-by t'nion- Committee--was evidently nnil.T tin- ..'.Miircssiou that, .•very body Jj.nl cnmo l» hcar'lum perform, on the whistla. L'lic f;itit.i.-sj.i. commenced iluriii'; tlit* lirst minute, anil continued with brief "inf.orv.ils f«>r respiration, throughout, flit- it.'iiiii". The rain fell in. torrents, .i.iiil lict.ween tin' Imre <>f tin- rufcrcu's. uitcrni.iu able selections, the players Hipped a.nd Mopped aliout fin- niimiei-yV"" 1 " 1 I' 1"" •'"•"I* «m .111 ieu-lloe, Imt. then* w,i.i no football. 'X'v/mly five minutes from flu-' shun the, /.HlVre*. showed sinus of fatiijiii? and the Shiv Z.HaUini.-1-s seized this opportunity t.> <•«*» the l.'.w and kicked, a n»xil. Several explanations »>v advanced foe the referee's (extraordinary lapse, but two of the most jaciu-mJIy accepted were that, he had either 4lA*j.-n»nl" bis whistle or the pea. m it had aturlt. Unabashed l>y hj» temporary .eclipse, he, blew harder than «"v»c for the wniaijitW of the spell an.l football was out of tin- i)U>'»*.'on. Durinif tin- interval lui was tht" of congratulations on his sustained musical elWt. but- fears were exUH'SSell tll.lt his severe KSlTtiotlß would: t.rli on him in the second Iwilf. This wiu* only too true. The whistle failed on two wtu*ii>ns anil scows followed. But still there -wan no football in, if—it was an expc.eitio.ti the power of music to tame even New Znulaml footballers." Mr J?«rcy I'oles, f.lio Rttirby t'liion .St TcUry, published tut opinion tliat tin- Kiu'liidi Iviiiihy team would beat th» colonial.*. Icavinir VVa.'cs out of th« qucsfiou alto4et.be r.