The New Zealand Footballers.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume V, Issue 521, 12 July 1897, Page 3

The New Zealand Footballers.

Second Test Match. Visiters Ingloriously Defeated.

ficceivcd July lOtli at 9 p.tn. Sydney, July 10. The New Zealanders sustained defeat at the hands of the New South Wales fifteen in the second test match to-day by 22 points to 8, The downfall was due precisely to similar | causes to the defeat of the 180!! i team, viz., the folly of playing so many matches with too few men. As compared with the form shown ill the last half in the Bathurst I match on Tuesday the New Zealanders were dead stale, due to playing two Intercolonial matches ami two outside matches with four hundred miles of railway travelling ! thrown in within eight days. Humphries and Orchard, who phned faultlessly m previous games, were sadly off color. The hero of the N.S.W. side was Curley, who scored repeatedly, but met with a nasty accident in the last half, otherwise lie would inevitably have further inert aw d the mom. The Pines played a dashing game t.Vniglmiit, anil constantly kept N, Z< ..in. 1 »ii ih' di fensive. There was beautiful weather today and 90,000 were mm nU Soon after the kick off tlie New Zealanders were in trouble, but llayley temporarily relieved bis side. Attack after attack followed on the New Zealand line, and as a result of some line parsing Walker drew first , Mot d, from which a goal reeultud. j New Zealand was soon again in a j tight place and Curley dashed across | the line, but the kick at goal failed. ; At half-time the scores were New i Booth Wales eight, New Zealand ml. j (>•■ resuming the home team made ‘ ~igs very merry, their passing being splendid, Curley again scored, but the major score was not added. Shortly afterwards some passing from a lor-e arum in New Zealand s j twenty-live enabled Curley, who smartly dodged Orchard, to score his j third try, from which Wickham j placed a goal. The New Zealanders rapidly tired 5 and could do nothing with their opponents. As the outcome of a 1 dribbling rush Wickham crossed the \ line, but fail, d in the attempt at j goal. The New Zealender* then pulled i themselves together, and with a | detenu .0 rush headed by Smith j removed the pluv to local quarters, and All ui scored from a pass from ! Humphries, the latter being successful in the kick at goal. Later on, i from a loose »cruin, Smith passed to : Allen tu Armit, the latter ju-t fulling j home. V, .I n ilted. Tin Wel-hmtui again attacked vigorously out i" Walker enabled him to core, hut Wickham's kiek cammed off the post. Time was then called.