FOOTBALL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18577, 27 September 1928, Page 9

FOOTBALL.

ALL BLACKS LEAVE SYDNEY OCTOBER S. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, September 27. With regard to a cable from Adelaide regarding the departure of the All Blacks from Sydney for Auckland, the New Zealand Rugby Union states that the team is expected to leave Sydney on Friday of next week by the Maheno for Wellington, not by the Marama. WAIRARAPA SCORE FINE VICTORY. (Special to the “ Star.”) MASTERTON, September 27. The Wairarapa team finished up the season yesterda- afternoon against New South Wales with a splendid victory which should have been greater than the scores indicate, for Wairarapa dominated the play for by far the greater part of the game. In fact, the visitors never really looked like winning at any period. Both back and forward the Ranfurly Shield holders were the better team. Rain which fell at intervals made the ground very heavy and slippery, and water lay on portions of it. Had the weather been fine doubtless a very exciting and brilliant exposition of football would have been witnessed. But for the magnificent play of Malcolm, the scrum half, and Westfield, at full-back, there is no knowing to what total the Wairarapa score would have reached as time after time these two players saved New South Wales from having scores registered against them as the result of determined Wairarapa onslaughts. The Wairarapa forwards played great football and kept the visitors busy defending their territory. Sheer bad luck robbed Wairarapa of at least three other scores. The visitors gave glimpses of smart and fast play among the backs, but the team generally was too inclined to play off-side, while more than one of the forwards was a pastmaster at obstruction. One or two of the Blue forwards used their fists freely at times, and one Wairarapa forward just missed an uppercut that would have done credit to Tunney. Summed up, Wairarapa on the day's play outclassed New South Wales. The unrelenting play of the Wairarapa pack paralysed the visitors at times. INTER-BOROUGH GAMES. The following have been selected to represent Sumner In the inter-borough soccer match, to be played at New Brighton on Saturday next: A Hawker, E. G. Allen, R. H. Neville, H. Trevine, R. Neville. C. L. Allen, T. Dacre, H. Stoneman, M. Petersen, G. Browne, EL Stoneman ; emergencies, J. Bamiord and Renwick. The Rugby team for a similar match the same afternoon will be selected from the following: E. Merritt, E. Prebble, Robertson, S. East, H. BLshop. W. Merritt, E. Newburgh, J. Hogarth, M. Thompson, D. Coleman, P. Thompson, C. Tru«cott. L. Wiggins, C. Dacre, H. Taylor, L. Woods, G. Browne, H. Read and Freyer.