FOOTBALL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8588, 7 August 1899, Page 3

FOOTBALL

> ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA.

AN EXCITING GAME.

.','-< : .; Eleetrio Telegraph- Copyright— Unites Press ;I;.=--C~ {-'. •'■" " ABSOOiation.) ■ ifjr^;; ; ' -'■"■■ ' Sydney, Angust 5. $i-"' i.Tlie football match England v. Australia in a win for England by eleven fe^pp:iit«.to ten. IV- .• vTtiere- was fine^ weather for the match, ; /?;-Vufcla>t night'srain rendered the ground sr-: v very greasy. Aboutl6,ooo persons witnessed famine match.: The. Englishmen had all the " ' "'best bf. v the firit spell. Owingto the state •/'■'! ofi'tHe ground play was chiefly' confined to :-V. the forwards, and the visitors displayed s:l" excellent' form in this branch. With the =&f-.'«jception ..of.]one or two rallies the local |»£: ni'eif.wer'e'W tha defensive in the first half. Su.-The only, soon in this spell was secured by j^itfio'/Engliihmen, Biicher getting away on the local back and beatiDg him yAf.iri.a'race dyer (he-line, He. secured a try !#; which': Adanjspn ' easily converted. ' !%---7-"'-In ; the" second half; Timras immediately at a "great pace, and was only I'/^stopped.by Cpbb' when almost on the line. Ife^The Englishmen were making the game securing the ball S|*,t>a'sged to Adamaon who handed' it on to j^ißifcHerV- who secured a second try for the g^yisHbre.. •••'rAdiunson was entrusted with fl^ih'B kick,, which was at a, difficult, angle, |f&^tfut;failed-iri.?coring the major points. gV'i;,o^On;play.feßuming_ the local men got on a Li"*r fine n«hj\ from which Ward mad.6 a neat (f^las^tfl^O'Dprinell. .'.The fullback of the his attention on the feSSl^tte'rvaindJfailed to watch Spragg, who, llj'Sufeing s a. brilliant .pass 'from O'Donnell, !«;?whipped ; 'over the' line and/registered the ■.'■cVfirst. ;soore ! for' Australia.' He took the ■ ' |kick^himself, scoring a goal. An exciting .-'""■iganiiiollowed, arid Ward narrowly escaped asecond score for the liome team. ' Gradn-. kj^ally.'.Bowever, the Englishmen worked the •? "bftfl-.dowri the field, and when in the local y-yJtwepty-five'Nicholls passed to Timms, who j7,vW,ourid ug a dodgy run by touching down,. &;~;bui.;Adamßon -failed to convert the try.. the Englishmen rel;^;turned. *. to vthe attack, and a pass. by iT4' T C6pkspn*tb>Swiinhell allowed' the latter to the liud, but the try was disallowed. end of the game Ward finished */^vCa'p*a^fine'run--by' handing the ball on to -% 'Bpragg]:.who'fqr the second time crossed fey:;tnef.yi»it6rß' line. He was was again |"; 'entrusted with the shot atfgoal, and placed $> : . the ball between 'the post*. From this out ffl'lihe Visitors; were hotly, pressed by the T&jAustraliaha, but no further score resulted, K% the game ending in favor of the English-i-'inen i by. 11 points to 10 points.