LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21723, 15 August 1932, Page 8

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

SECOND TEST MATCH ENGLAND BEATS NEW ZEALAND TWENTY-FIVE TO FOURTEEN (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 13. England won the second Rugby League test to-day. beating New Zealand by 25 points to 14 in the presence of 7000 people. At no stage was the game very exciting, for although New Zealand started off well and attacked consistently in the early part of the first spell, the Englishmen still looked (be more dangerous side, and in the second half clearly held the upper hand. At times it almost seemed as if they were taking things easily, for their passing, which was brilliant in flashes, was often careless and wild. Neither sot of forwards showed a great deal of life, the New Zealand pack in particular being sluggish. A strong north-east wind blew cold, but the sun shone brightly and the ground was in good order. The following were the teams: — England.—Full-back, Sullivan; threequarters—Ellaby. Atkinson, Risman, and Smith; five-eigthth, Brodgden; half-back, Evans; forwards—Thompson, White, Silcock. Hodgson, .Fildes, and Horton. New Zealand.—Full-back, Watene; three-quarters —List, Brisbane, and Davidson; five-eighths. Hassan and Cooke; halfback, Abbott; forwards —Stevenson. Campbell, Hutt, Calder, Lawless, and Amos. • New Zealand won the toss and from the outset England tried to open up the play, but the New Zealanders bustled the visiting backs effectively so that the passing movements could not develop. When New Zealand hooked the ball aud tried passing efforts the English tackling proved too deadly. Cooke, following up a New Zealand kick very fast, caught Sullivan with the bail, and from the ensuing play the ball was whipped out to Brisbane, who made a good opening. List topped off the movement with a. good try at the corner, but Watene’s kick failed. New Zealand 3, England nil. The :New Zealanders were smothering the English backs well, the result being that play was kept very close. Presently the Englishmen attacked with a series of short rushes. Two such dashes were arrested, but a minute later Evans sent Brogden off on a fine corkscrew run which ended in a try under the posts. Sullivan converted. England 5, New Zealand 3. The New Zealand forwards rushed play speedily into England’s territory and there a free kick was allowed, Amos kicking a goal. New Zealand 5, England 5. A bad mistake by Watene gave the Englishmen an easy opening. Smith ran almost to the New Zealand line and then sent the ball to Atkinson, who scored wide oat unopposed. Sullivan converted. England 10. New Zealand 5. Cooke was injured in a collision and had to be assisted from the ground, but later'limped back. The Englishmen were breaking through in the centre continuously, but were not getting far. Abbott made a good run and passed to Brisbane, who sent List streaking for the corner to score wide out. Amos converted. New Zealand 10, England 10. ) Cooke was hurt again a few minutes later and left the ground, but returned with his knee heavily bandaged. Amos put New Zealand , ahead with a penalty goal, the half time score being New Zealand 12, England 10. The second half opened with long kicking exchanges. For a penalty for a scrum infringement Amos kicked his fourth goal. New Zealand 14, England 10. England rushed away from the restart. Atkinson ran «down the line and centrekicked to Smith, who took the ball clearly and scored under the posts. England 15, New Zealand 14. Hodgson was cautioned by the referee and hooted by a section of the crowd when he showed resentment after being tackled. After a few minutes the English side set off on a passing rush. The bail ment to Atkinson, who had Ellaby outside him. Three New Zealand backs went for Ellaby, and Atkinson swerved inside to score an easy try. England 20, New Zealand 14. After an interval of desultory play, during which the crowd began to leave the ground,/Brodgen and Risman set the backs going. Cooke tackled first Risman and then Atkinson, but the movement went on until Horton raced over and scored wide out. Sullivan converted. England 25, New Zealand 14. The rest of the game needs little scription, For two brief periods New Zealand had the territorial advantage and scoring chances, but the, efforts broke down. The final scores were: England .. ■, 25 points. New Zealand 14 points. LOCAL GAMES MAXWELL CUP COMPETITION The Maxwell Cup competition advanced another stage on Saturday afternoon. Christian Brothers beat Pacific on a heavy ground at the Oval, and City accounted for Athletic on a dry ground at Chisholm Park. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS v. PACIFIC In the game between Christian Brothers and Pacific the former dominated the play from the kick-off, the forwards bustling the opposition in the loose and the backs frequently gaining ground with passing movements. Pacific became dangerous later, when Hobson intercepted a Green pass and ran well down field before transferring to Darling, who was brought down in the Brothers’ twenty-five. Some ragged play followed in midfield. Pollock then made'a good opening ior the Green backs, but the Pacific tackling was solid, and little advantage was gained. Pacific then came away in a combined passing movement, in which the ball went out to Blackwood, who was tackled when the Brothers’ line was in danger. A few minutes later. Pollock brought Reid down when he was racing for the line. There was no score at half time. Shortly after the game was resumed the Brothers launched an attack, and the backs were almost over at the corner. Bryan relieved with a strong kick, ana ragged play ensued in midfield. ihe Brothers then livened up, and crisp passino' among backs and forwards ended m Walsh going over at the corner for a try. B. O’Connor missed the kick at goal. The Brothers kept up the attack, and after further passing Schmelz dashed across for B. O’Connor to convert. Just before time B. O’Connor kicked a penalty goal. , Christian Brothers • • 10 points. Pacific Nil. Mr J. White was referee. CITY v. ATHLETIC Citv attacked from the kick off, but Athletic sent their opponents back. The City backs again broke away, and Richards went over to score an easy try which Luskic failed to convert. Almost immediately afterwards the City backs again went down the field, the ball going from man to man, and Eckhoff sent N. Barbour over. Nelson missed with the

kick. Athletic rallied and carried play to City’s territory, where Townsend accepted a pass and scored behind the posts. H. Gray added the extra points. City returned to the attack, and Clydevale scored at the corner. The try was not converted. A passing movement by the City backs ended in Eckhoff sending Barbara over. Clydevale failed with the kick. Athletic again rallied, aud Lawless scored near the posts, after Townsend had made the opening. . H. Gray converted. The scores at half time were: City 12 points* Athletic 10 points. In the second spell fast scoring was recorded. The scorers for City were Richards (2), N. Barbara, Clydesdale, Luskie, Hayden, and Nelson. Tries were converted by Clydesdale, Hayden, and Luskie (one each). The scorers for Athletic were Lawless, Bain, and Bartholomew (2), goals were kicked by H. Gray and Bartholomew. The final scores were: City 39 points. Athletic 26 points. Mr L. M'Donald was referee. IN OTHER CENTRES (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND. August 14. Ponsonby 20, Richmond 11. City 19, Devonport 13. Marist 10, Newton 0.