FOOTBALL.

Waikato Independent, Volume III, Issue 167, 14 December 1905, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

CAMBRIDGE v. OXFORD,

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.] (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received December 13, 8.31 pan. London, December 13. In the inter-university football match Cambridge beat Oxford by 3 goals to two goals and one try. NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME. MATCH WITH YORKSHIRE. London, December 13. New Zealand 40 Yorkshire ... ... ... 0 The score was made up of five tries and five goals. Booth, Mynott, Hunter, Deans and McGregor scored two each. Forty thousand people attended the match. The following table gives the number of points scored in each match up to the present:—

The New Zealand footballers have played 27 matches, scoring 806 points to their opponents’ 22. On Saturday they play Wales, and this match is being looked forward to with the greatest interest, as Wales has gained the reputation of possesing one of the best Rugby teams in England.

Opposing team. N.Z. scores. English scores. Won by Devon County 55 4 51 Cornwall 41 0 41 Bristol 41 0 41 Northampton 32 0 32 Leicester 28 0 28 Middlesex 34 0 34 Durham 16 3 13 Hartlepool ... Northumber63 0 63 land 31 0 31 Gloucester ... 44 0 44 Somerset Dcvonport Al22 0 22 bion 21 3 18 Midlands 21 5 16 Surrey 11 0 11 Blackheath ... 32 0 32 Oxford 47 0 47 Cambridge ... 14 0 14 Richmond ... 17 0 17 Bedford 45 0 45 Scotland 12 7 5 West Scotland 22 0 22 Ireland 15 0 15 Munster 35 0 35 England 15 0 15 Cheltenham... 18 0 18 Chester 34 0 34 Yorkshire 40 0 40