Previous British Tours

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1028, 19 July 1930, Page 17

Previous British Tours

FIRST TEAM HERE IN 1888 Records of the Matches FE records of previous British touring teams in New Zealand are as follow: BRITISH TEAM IN NEW ZEALAND, 1888. MATCH RECORD Matches played, 19; won 23, lost 2, drawn 4. Points: For, S2; against, 33. VERSUS AUCKLAND May 19.—British won, 6 points to 3 points. May 24. —Auckland won, 4 points to nil. September B.—British won, 3 points to nilSeptember 12.—Drawn, 1 point each. VERSUS CANTERBURY May s.—British won, 14 points to 6 points. May B.—British won, 4 points to nil. September 20.—British won, 8 points to nil. VERSUS HAWKE’S BAY September 15.—British won, 3 points to 2 points. VERSUS OTAGO * April 28.—British won, 8 points to 3 points. May 2—British won, 4 points to 3 points. September 22.—Drawn; no score. VERSUS TARANAKI May 16.—Taranaki won, 1 point to nil. October 2.—British won, 7 points to 1 point. VERSUS WELLINGTON May 32.—Drawn, 3 points each. _ _ May 14. —British won, 7 points to 1 point (H. Roberts’s team) • VERSUS WAIRARAPA September 17.—British won, 5 points to 1 point. VERSUS WANGANUI October 3.—Drawn, 1 point each. VERSUS SOUTH ISLAND September 26.—British won, 5 points to 3 points. September 29.—British won, 6 points to nil. N.8.—(1) Scoring in New Zealand and Queensland: One point lor a try, two points for a goal from a try, three points for a field goal. (2) Scoring in New South Wales: Two points for a try, three points for a goal from a try, four points for a field goal. BRITISH TEAM IN NEW ZEALAND, 1904. MATCH RECORD August 6.—Canterbury, South Canterbury and West Coast, at Christchurch won 5 to 3 August 10.—Otago and Southland, at Dunedin won 14 to 8 August 13.—New Zealand, at Wellington lost 3 to 9 August 17.—Taranaki, Wanganui and Manawatu, at New Plymouth draw’ 0 to 0 August 20.—Auckland, at Auckland lost 0 to 13 22 to 33 SUMMARY Piayed 5, won 2 lost 2, and 1 drawn. Points: For, 22; against, 33. An informal game was played against a Maori XV., at Rotorua, on August 22. The Maoris won, B—6.8 —6. F. Macfcie refereed. ANGLO-WELSH TEAM IN NEW ZEALAND, 1908, MATCH RECORD May 23.—Wairarapa and Bush Districts, at Masterton .. won 17 to 3 27.—Wellington, at Wellington lost to 30.—Otago, at Dunedin -- l° st 6 to 9 June 3.—Southland, at Invercargill won 14 to 8 6.—New Zealand, at Dunedin .. .. •• •• •• lost & to *- 10.—South Canterbury, at Timaru won 12 to 6 13.—Canterbury, at Christchurch l° st f to 13 17.—Buller and West Coast, at Greymouth .. .. •• won 22 to o 20.—Marlborough and Nelson, at Nelson won 12 to 0 27.—New Zealand, at Wellington draw 3 to 3 July l.—Hawke’s Bay, at Napier won to 3 4.—Poverty Bay, at Gisborne • • won 26 to 0 B.— Manawatu and Horowhenua, at Palmerston North won 12 to o 11.—Wanganui, at Wanganui won 9 to b 15.—Taranaki, at New Plymouth lost 0 to 5 IS,—Auckland, at Auckland | ost to 11 25.—New Zealand, at Auckland lost 0 to -9 184 153 SUMMARY Played 17, won 9. lost 7 and 1 drawn. Points: For, IS4: against, 153. An informal match was played at Rotorua on July 21 against the Maoris, the Anglo-Welsh team winning, 26 —3. F. J. Ohlson (Auckland) refereed.