FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12869, 3 January 1906, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

AT HOME, THE JtAffCH AGAINST FRAS&E. United . Psess Association—rPer EUectric KflSelegraph—Copyright. | | PARIS,- January -1. . : . For tfihesnmtch between' France and; New Zealand the Attendance numbered ten'thpusand. The :;jground was heavy. The-N e ? r Zealandersfpressed their opponents throughout the firstfhalf, except for an occasional breakaway, ;jand scored; three goals-arid; one try to IhraScl's one try! After the interval the scored a "bxilMant try,' which was converted. Walaiffi iplaeed.two of the four goals obtained, -and. J'Abbott- and,. Tyler one each. The matcl£ ended—y js •;'■ PrantsV - New?- Zealand ". 38 Frahcej • B " THE irapß'S OFFER ACCEPTED. v THE Cg|;|nY TO PAY THE G©STv Press Association. , JfELLLNGTON,. : January 2. The Premier's offer that the colony shall pay the cosj §f the return of the New Zealand footballers via Canada and the States to give a treat and- to .mark; the colony's -appreciatian, was considered J)y the ISaffiagemehtf Committee of the "New Zealandrjßugby. a meeting-vto« day. Dr was decided to accept the, offer, and- to. cable the manager of the team; {Mr Dixon) to ithat effect, aUd suggesting.,, thatfj the .team play matchesv ':m> Canada and America en route, and that the team leave San Francisco on the 15th of February. will give the players three -or*'four" weeks in Canada and America. The cable message contains congratulatory references' to the Ream's .brilliant performances. : The "committee; also, decided to send a message .to the Prerhierexpressing high appreciation of the Go- : vernmeht's ': V ;■"■-■'._ -M

ASP" INTEMJIGENTV ANTICIPATION;: FRENCH KEPOBTOF THE MATCH. forthcoming edition -of bur~ esteemed contemporary "Le Petit /Sport" : <r M. le, President Xoubet, together with M. Rouvier and the Very distinguished laembers of his Ministry, honoured • yesterday the great match' between the New Zealanders and All Trance. In the Bois de Boulogne,'2so,ooo -were presents and persons. from all the chancelleries of Europe had the honour of ■witnessing ' the never-to-be-forgotten con test. His Imperial Majesty the Czar and his Imperial Majesty the German Emperor both' sent autograph letters regretting their absence, which was of a character quite unavoidable. Owing to the great strike at the - foundries at Labau his Majesty the Czar .had been unable to' obtain a needed, fresh supply of "bomb-proof tmdfervests, and his Imperial Majesty tße Kaiser' was too busy sharpening the sword of Ho-henzollerns-for;those accursed: Poles to-be able to accept the hospitality so amiably proffered to hinv by the ■Parisians. ■•" " On commencing the game, just heavens what a scene exhibited itself! Scarcely had the ball /touched theyground when it was seized by a.'winger' of a speed, an agiliiy and % gigantic force. unbelievable. Behold then winger! ;Our brave ones advance at the charge to meet him. They shout madly to encourage the one the other. Their hairs erect themselves. They run, O heaven, with what incredible rapidity they run or rather leap V like wolves upon him. But he, the winger of New Zealand, ah, he is a hero. Yes, . we confess it, of a velocity abnormal. Pst, pst, our brave ones are outstripped!.; the ' winger' is ho longer;a man, he is ai demon. But the sonsr.of France still oppose themselves to. ; him; they:shrink -'-not from the 5 combat., : ; Their beeomingC*" jersey* 'are torn and soiled, -Behold- the nose "bleeds,the ear is crushed, the shin receives a terblowjof Sfcheifoot. x: They rally, they make an effort of a magnificence to cause one to shed tears. "Fifteen heroes, conscious that the eyes of La Patrie are upon like tigers' all together upon-that demon of -a 'winger.' The assemblage of 250,000 spectators are electri--fied. They cheer, they shout. Their 'bravos' rend! the air: For to them the downfall of that incredible demon appears to be inevitable. But figure now to yourself that New Zealander. Fifteen French heroes on his back, what are they to him ? Pehut! They are nothing but fifteen Europeans. He is not incommoded at all. He runs on. he touches down the ball. Homage to the.'winger!' And then one brags it cut. One kicks. It elevates itself-a quarter cf a league high. It rushes through the avr 'for several kilometres. And it passes over the goal directly in the middle. Vive "e sport, Vive Je. Neo, Zela'adais, Vive, tout le mondeT— (" J"'.S." in the Sydney " Daily Telegraph.")

FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE TOUB. MONEY POURING IN. One of the officials of the New Zealand' Rugby Union says the tour has caused money to simply pour into the Union's coffers. All tha expenses of the tour ■were covered- when the eighteenth match, (that -rcitli Richmond) was played, and the attendances greatly increased from the Richmond match onward. THE HISTORY OF OUR VICTORIES. ... In view of the prodigious record of 1905 'put up by New Zealand in the Old Country, it will perhaps be of interest to instance the performances of other New 'Zealand teams abroad. In 1884 the team dispatched to New South- Wales won all its matches. The native team which visited England in 1888-89 played 74 matches, of which 49 were won, 20 lost, and 5 drawn. In 1893 a New Zealand team played ten matches in Australia, losing one only. Four yeats later Australia was visited again with the same result 9 wins and 1 loss. In 1903, ten matches were played in Australia, and all were won by New Zealand, who scored 276 points against "13. The next year New Zealand defeated England in Wellington by 9 points to 3, and last year the New Zealand team now in England visited New South Wales, 'and scored two big wins and a draw. —" New Zealand Times." -