NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14237, 3 March 1917, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES.

A EOOTBAU^ VICTORY. LONDON, January 11. , Although our men at Hfi»rnchurch have not played much football this sea% son, they managed .to defeaib the Canadians last Saturday at -.Ri-rhmond, and showed that they had not forgotten how to play, the game. As amatter\'of fact, the New Zealanders were m capital .condition. The first half was a great struggle, and the respective defences were more successful -than •- the with the result that- at the^vinterval neither line had bee. i Grossed*- • Each side, however, had scored?? penalty goal, our men thr,»Hgh Meuli andvthe Canadians through EeWy. r« ) The superior stamin*. and spesd of the New Zealanders told -ifi the second half, and they scored --three times. '. Meuli crossed once, and fiorlase (left wing) twice, but none of the tries -was .converted. The Niew- 1 -Zealariders '•therefore won by a penalty goyl and, three tries (12 points) to a penalty goal' (3 -points). Our team consisted of: Rolura, JHesketh, MeuU, Borlaae, /Howie j Grifßtlis, Clifford, Fuller, Orm"ste_j»y Sullivan, Harding, Slad<3, Bass, Neijson, and Allardyce. .■ • ■ -. • . ?-,. +• -.- * The Athletic News observes tbat the Canadians did not show <Ifae feame amount of staying power as the victors. There was little to choose' between 'the teams m the first half, but m the second half the Canadians felt -the pace «nd fell away. Mr. ___• H. D. Sewell, the well-known sporting critic, contributes to, thej Winning Post ai long account of the previous Saturday's; ! game against the A. 5.C... also at _Sicbm<lnd. H^ s4J^ that; the New Zealand backs, as a- set, rwer^ m the class next below their fainvards. They had*-not real __ace^: hut their- Ijand. ling -and -'tackling vreve as near' > perfection as could be. ; - In the Army ServiceV Corps, fi-teeii which defeated the vAU Blocks -at Richmond on December 30th, vtev.e "two -New Zealandeis. Air. ILiesU* Campbeil: (fflaiz kato), an Auckland player, .came to England m May: Jast and entered r . the .-■ •' M<>tor '' TrAnkpb rt branch of the Army' Sei*vice G6rps; ; The othe..*- New Zealandei- wa-s^Mr. 'P. j Tre-., varthen, also a represerttati-'e 'player. in. New Zealand: The wihg, -tj^ee-qi^arter, of the English gide was A. Bosenf^ldj ".-of. N.S.W. '■'«*. ---■'• •-, X-"'X v BOXING TOURNAMENT, v Private Cus Venn (fe^itl^^wfeMhl champion of: - . Sew Zealand) conducßecT'ai

mmmmmmmmmmmwaaaaammmmmWmmmmwmammmmmm „. . ... •■■ i ,i 1 .'.i.,t ■; l -:">r_ ■-. -■ — .-- : ;ip successful -^tc.n*nament -at Ciodford ijecently. There -Were three six-roitijid contents. . Rifleman Chisnell b«*tt I*ri. vat« ' Nar.roway' (Aucliland) on.jpdints. Gtinner Leai'y luiocked out fiflemjin Walsh m the last- "*onnd.- ancl* Private Wells beat' Lance-corporal ' Houston (Auckland) on ptJ-jnts. The chief event larranged was between Private. Gus Venn and Private March, biit the latter failed to appear} having missed his train from London. Mat-sirs place was ytaken by Private Lettty WillT.-.'. N.Z. ■"Rifles, and -tW' match weuf - the- whole ten rounds. Excitement ran very high, and both men gavfeva grand display of the ; boxei-V'^rt.' '■'5.1.11s comes from Hawera, and fought the final of the New Zealand ama-tetu* . Championship two -yea;i*s ago. Both-AVills amd Venn aro anxious to tri'^H men of their own (weight -beforE. -returning to France..