Football.

West Coast Times, Issue 13731, 30 January 1906, Page 4

Football.

THE NEW ZeTIANDERS' TOUB. PRES S COMMENTS. THE MATCH AGAINST SOUTH WALES. Sydney, Jan 29 The Mail eajs that either the »' All Blacks" met foe men in Sonth Walea fat more worthy of their steel than they met elsewhere, or eke the strain of their tiftnendous tour was beginning to tell its inevitable tale, for they were hard put to it at Newport. The visitors left by far the hardest land most difficult part of their task to the end of their tour. It was asking too mnch of even so wonderful a football phalanx, ss they undoubtedly art, that after the protracted, exhausting experience of- hard'fooght encounters they nhonld retain all their pristine freshness. There was little to chose between the teams at Newport. So far a« the actual balance of play went, the Home teajo might have won just as well as the New Zealanders. For tbt first twenty minutes of the opening half the visitors b»d pretty much their own way. After two fine efforts to ecore.Robeits set the other wing in motion. The ball came from Stead to Deans, snd then to Harper. The latter swerved most artistically round Griffiths and scored the first and only try of the gam?. Harper failed to concert, but a few minutea later Wallace dropped a magnificent penalty goal from ntarlj half nay. It seemed as if the Colonials were contented with this advantage, for they were seldom dangerous afterwards. In pro portioc.however, as they fell off Newport imyroved, and in the second half the Usksiders were in their opponents' territory most of the time, and the Colonials were fortunate iv possessing a had of six points. Wallace's coolness aod splendid kicking saved h:s side from disaster more than ence. Roberts, Seeling, Tyler, and Myuott played a great defensive game.