LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18627, 24 July 1930, Page 10

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

NEW ZEALANDERS DEFEATED BY IPSWICH. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyrignt (Received July 23 10.15 p.m.) IPSWICH July 23. , Ipswich met and defeated the New | Zealand League team at Ipswich to- ! day by 10 points to 3. | The New Zealanders were somewhat j sluggish but despite the scores, they ! gave a better display than against j Queensland. This is Ipswich’s fifth J victory in seven matches against the All Blacks. j After twenty minutes play without I score, in which the visitors threw the j ball about in great style, but encoun- ; tered stubborn opposition, Ipswich j opened their scoring account with a ; penalty goal by Porter. I Shortly after Ipswich, still continu- ! ing the attack, Bennett secured and | scored a good try, which Porter converted. Ipswich kept up the pres- ! sure, and Thornton, from a scrum near ! the line, hurled himself across. Por- | ter failed to add the major points. The | half-time score was:— Ipswich .. 10 New Zealand 0 In the second half, play was more even. Stephenson and Rake continued to give the visitors a feast of the ball, but there was little understanding among the backs. As on Saturday, cohesive movements were (lacking. However, ten minutes before I full time the New Zealand backs com- ; bined in a fine rush from the fifty ' yard mark. The ball went out to Abbott, who with a clear field touched j down with supports handy. Dufty ! missed with the kick. Although Dufty ; also failed with three penalty kicks during the earlier stages of the match, the big New Zealander, whose third match this is against Ipswich, was a tower of strength to his side. His kicking for gaps in the field was extremely effective. The forwards worked hard. Eckhoff again played a dashing game. The weather was fine and the ground hard, but the attendance was poor. The New Zealand team was: Backs— Dufty, Abbott, Littleton, Pearse, Meyer, Seagar, Dodds. Forwards—Calder, Stephenson, Clark, Griffiths, Timms, Eckhoff. | The game ended:— , Ipswich . • .. 10 I New Zealand 3