BRITISHERS V. AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10692, 22 August 1904, Page 1

BRITISHERS V. AUCKLAND.

BUMMABY OF THE GAMI Some Interesting Jottings. Notes on Play and Players. What the Britishers Though' Praise for the Auckland. Players. (JJy Our Spe-ial I'eporttT.) AUCKLAND, August 20The nuitfli of the season is over and the Auekhuicl representative.li;ive. decidedly .l.ciuen Great B.itain winding up with a si:ore of 13 points to nil- Hie protessiun to the irroimc at Alexandra* Park stunted out at nine o'dook, and thence until 1 p.m. tin: crowd continued to fknv E]:r.«oni\viird.witho'Ut. a Iji'ca-k. At that .hour thcr-: wore I'C.OOO people on the tivound. A; hour later fher.o wove neaily 20,00UTho woiiiher j-eniained line, and the ground 1 was in very fair orderThe exact disposition of the iev.wenumerated elsewhere ivcc ;i..s under: Great Britain : Full-ba.-k. 015vien ; tliroequiu-tcrsi, !Morp:;vn. Gabe. MvEvedy, Llewellyn ; halves, Bush a.ntl A ile; furw'a.rdf?, Kogei;s, Saundevs, Dobscn, Edwju-dU, ilivan, Hwannell. 1 Harding. -C'rowthor. Aui-.-kland 1: Fvilibiiek, llai'i-ison ; thvee-quart&vs, l!enwiok, Mmrray, JleKoiiKio : iive-ei.tjlit1 .'.-. Wood and McGregor : lull, Kicrnan : forwards, Galhilier (winu^, Tyler M.-.,-■----krcll, C'uuningliain. "N'ii-.lK.ilyon, Se.4----iu-g, Jiiyoo, ami llavward. Mr P. Ma/.tie.. of Welling!on.. \t;-.:-, rcfbiee. -—A Suuunary of the Game— Britain Yon Ibe toss, and ]ilay:(i with a stiong wind imil the sun i:':hind them in the first spell. Mnrg.u having charge, of them, while Wooii captained the home> team- For a fov minutes IJio pltiy \va,n of a, Li'ive and tii-ke order, but had nob far before it was clear that, the British t'V>Ward's hud mot. move than their mnM> in thet.kii.ul vanguard, the meml-e.--. of which .kepi —Galloping Ovvr their Opjvuieuts,— hut only to be 'brought, back by lino kicking among the hacks, who mad" good' use of the wind 1. Once duvir,-.: the spell :A luc:'kla.iid v.-ent near scor'v: by ii, passing rush, but the ball camelow to and a rare char.o? was missed. The only Uiu-a.^iuess rho visitois ca.used was on two oceasio '.?. wheu they —lulevceptid Long l'as:-Jos— and were given free kicks for broav,-.; :- of the rules- It wa.s not, ho we ■>■, their day out for gos'l kiokiim. u-.-d llai'ding. re-nowned %:v his a-ecurai. v 'n thin deparlemcnl., missi->d on three o."----casion, while McEvedy also failed in an attempt to -pot a Held goal. In thesecond spell, with the wind, th >,- was only one side in il, and I . —That '-ide w;:,« Auckland- — [ They had not gone, far into be cU before they wound up a jiassmj; rt.-ih by crossing the Britixh, chalk 'i;ic amidst a aiene of the wildest .-■ntl.u.v iasm. Cu.uningliiiiii faikd_.to cciivertThe second SLOie was obtained i:y Gal lalier, wLo cut in very cleverly at'l.'] 1 RvMiivuig 1 from AVooil, who ipi(i-i i■] j the ru.-'h. Murray converted- 'I'm: linal score was tlio outcome %t a p-i=s ing rush by the forwards, C.imiin"hani being; the one to score. Mui!';iv adding the exlia. point:-:. The .Aink l;.nde>-.s kej;t tin breakir.L' 1 thror^l: but failed to increase !ho >i:;>? the game thus endimr: —Auckland, 13: Great Britain, nil-