AUCKLAND DEFEATS ENGLAND.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15276, 26 July 1920, Page 8

AUCKLAND DEFEATS ENGLAND.

AUCJiLAND,; last night.. The Lcamie match l^iid V. Aucklaiid was played on the Domain in perfect weather. There was a .light f breeze across the ground, which was in -peVfCct order. f The attendance is estimated at 30,000. The teams were: y... - V -> •'"•-* ■ England: l-'ull-bacU, Gwyn- Thomas; three-quarters. W. J. Stohe, D.' Harcombe, J. A. Bacon, S. 'Stockwell; halves, -J. Rogers, J. Parkin ■• forwards. J. iCart- ■ wright, V. Cunliffc, l-\ J. Skelhonic, ■< F. Gallagher, A. Johnson, i). Clarke. Auckland: Full-back, -,-..V. .-■- Davidson; three-quarters, W. Cloke. K. Ifwerson? C. .Woolley, E. C- Grey; five-eighth, StcLymonl; half-back. C. Poison; forwards, S: i Walters. V. Somei-s, Stoimont, B. Avery? : Wilson, S. Bass. - ■ , . ■„..',.: ' Early in tbe gain e a weakness, iii hand--1 ling by tlie English backs wHs disclosed? and this wa.s taken full advantage of by the Auckland forwards, who followed, up remarkably well, frequently' smothering the returns of the Englishraen.. By t,his means Auckland kepi flioYvisi'tbrs:" defend-, ing for a considerable "portion of fhe .first spell. The Auckland 'forwards frequently' dominated the. play for a' time,, their dribbling rushes and" passing 'movement's - being punctuated by brilliant passing bouts by the English backs. Tlie opportunities 1 ■that came to Auckland by good following; up were taken advantage, of, and. the, Auckland scores came chiefly ; 'through these movements. in thc second- spell England gave a better display:? but evidently felt the loss of th'eir passing piovenients- being- i-epeatedly nipped in' th* bud by the Auckland backs. Midway through the spell the -visitors gave a taste of (heir quality in combination and scored two brilliant tries, but were, unable: to sustain their efforts,- the Auckland forwards continuhlg to show superior,, form. Auckland -.'-kicked' -off against Ihe sun,- and-piay" settled in hiidfiQld, whejpe. Davidson secured and found the line iii England's . t wen ty^ftvei' VFrcmi | a scrum the ball Yw'ent'to 'PolSon; Who 'was tackled, but immediately "the'Auckland .forwards carried "play to the \Kiiglish line, where Bass got ovei* within the firs: three minutes. If worsen •- 'failed' with the kick. Loose, play 1 in mid-field followed, from which' Rodgers ;obtained the ball. He was tafckled hard; and as a result had to be carried off ivitli strained muscles in the log. The Auckland forwards seemed to have the better of the play, and soon had play iiv England's twenty-five. ,, Parkin hei-e obt&ihea- possession, and a. passing rush' between him, Stone? Havcomlw. and ; Stockwell* -took play right to the line-;, Avttfej>e'l-lic''latter-was collared ahd the balb fell rCle&W^ftnd Parkin,, following, up fast, got over. Stonecpnverted. The .Ehglishmen t^hlfhV^ed'Yto'• .attack, and ovenliially the" Bali'^ivafe'*"kick--ed over and forced. The- Aufftla'ml'V-'fbr".-' wards then, assumed the offensive; and a loose rush ended in Somei-s ?scorirife and Ifwersen converting. , AUqk'laiiji .'nialhrialned the pressure, and - a -little "-later r'thovisitors were penalised, -Ifwersen being, unsuccessful with the J-ic*k at 'goal. Ahck-' .land .continued" to attack; and.-fropf "joosja play iii mid-field, Jfwei*sen ihade an "operi*ing. The ball was 'secured by Walter^,"who started a parsing rush "with- .■Av*^. Grey, and Woolley /; Thje'* Inltir waU ! tackled, but lacked across .?to- Mcliyih6iii; ; who daslied over .ap^scoredi - Davidsoiiconverted.. Almost immediately St^rniopt' started another passing rush hy seriding out to lf\\ersen, -Who pasSe^ tb -Soimfcts?. who was tackled .in goOl, arid. Waiters, dashing up, scored, Davidson converting. A. little later. Grey lcicke'd ; .across io 4 Thomas, who? lijow.eyer, ■ f afti&d -to Hake the ball, and attempted, to .Irito tbucli in goal, but missed v ?ah'dYClo , keY l foUpw : -' ing up fast, 't6uc?hedflowp.\' Davidson .failed with the kiqkYrAt half-time the Kcor'es were Auckland- w.-'Engjand'S. • .Oji, resumtpg, AucKland . attacketT; •• but Parian broke away, carrying- the .ball to mid-field, ..where .Stone, gained :poss(osisioh and; side-stepping about 'six - 'opponents, rushed over. Thpmas' failed, with, the kick. Play, was .then taken to the Eng'flisli:" tweniy-flve. whore a passing rush left Bacon in liossession, , t He put : in. ■ agood run. and sent tlie* ball tp Parkin, who outpaced tlie Auckland backs and scored? ThomascpiivcTted. ;Ai;ter play in mid-field Ihe Auckland - forwards carried the baU by. a passiitgrpsh to the,English twenty-five. ;.w.h'ere;c frbm. a . nielee, Walters, scored,' .Dayldjson. *. converting. Play, became very, exciting., England shoved. sonie beautiful combined rushes. Eventually ,'frqin' , a scrum, in the AuckJ land twen ty-flvc. the. ball went out • tp Parkin, who passed to ; Stone, from whom it wcht.'to Harcombe and tlien to Bacon', who scored a good fry ;. Tlibmas converted,, making the tynal..scoreY Auckland 2i, England le.— Pros'i As'si-., „ Y' , .•. ' .*; CAItTEItTpN; this day. The Ilaw*ke's ,Bay: v; . Wati^rapa match tdolv place .Jn ;splendi.d : ;\v^thQV. At?; half-, time the . scores wbj-?:. l(aw ( K'e's ', Bay 5,: WairarapS, 3. '-Tlie * second? 'ifj^li w^s.all; iii Wairarapa's favor. The "gaine 'ended: Wairarapa 12, Haw,ke.'s Bay &• '.There' were 2,'00d spectafo'rs.-^Press A-*snY' Y