ALL BLACKS BEATEN AGAIN. LONDON, January 8.

Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 58

ALL BLACKS BEATEN AGAIN. LONDON, January 8.

The New" Zealanders met Cumberland" _at iWorfingtoh -yesterday. - Scores t Cum-" berland,-_ three, goals and* five tries (21". -points); "New Zealand, three goals and "on© try (9 points^ .Cumberland pressed all tHe first half, scoring 1115 1 pbintshto nil." t - - / ~- -. THE SWINTON MATCH. - j -" " SYDNEY, January- 9. The -Telegraph" says "that a heavy' turf and a greasy ball have been particularly '.severe, on the- New Zealanders-in several' ,of-" their " recent.- engagements. They .had: ppposed : ~ SwintoV -under conditions - that were", very damaging- to "their prospects. .So -; heavy was r the -rain after the. commencement .of -theVsecond ■ half that play' Jjras. stopped~fdr five minutes, and for the rfemainder:-of the match, the -ground was in a terrible condition. Under the circumstances, the colonials' win" by 11 points to -2 was a good performance, and the victory, though claimed chiefly as a result of the "goal-kicking by Messenger,- who .was- successful,- in four place-kicks, „ was - deserved on .the general run of the play. ■The colonials gained all their point's \in the. first half: -.- V "/'>-- ■--The Daily News says that the "oqlpnials,with" .the wind against them, were Jtiaxd pressed at starting, but their defence held out, and in, the: second .half there was Jittle to..chooEe "between the "teams. J" -The - £ne play >of' the Swinton; forwards was counterbalanced . by the* superior " form of the New Zealand backs. » "■ -. "^ The Chronicle says the victory . was. gained by superior play all round, andthat considering the shocking state of the field the -.football ;was .of a very "high class. The result was thoroughly in keeping -with the New ZealandersL marked superiority.