THE N.Z. FOOTBALL TEAM

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1489, 23 November 1905, Page 2

THE N.Z. FOOTBALL TEAM

West Scotland Match ".. Colonials Win by 22 Points toNil Gams Played on Heavy Ground' \ • ' • / V in-j) FrM isMcUtloß. . ■ London,-November 22 - Twentt - THOfSAND opoolfttora witneßaed tho matoh Bgaini't West Scotland at Glasgow! The turf was very Boft.-. In the first hftlf the New Zoalauders had the advantage of the wiod :and preaßed the home team from the start, McGregor securing n try within uins tninntes. W lace failed' with tho .shot for goal. Tbe Scots then livoned up, and played brilliantly for twenty minntes, bin failed to uooro, Smith wne tho next to score, and got a fino try fair bbtween the posts, which Wallaoe converted. vTho score >at half 1 time .was New Zealand 8, Wost Sooiland 0 1 The brilliancy displayed by the, Homo i team in the first naif was not.maintained in the latter portion of tho game, and they wore outplayed mid outpaced by the yisltors, Roborts,. Smith, Mynolt, and Seeling obtained tries in quick succession, but only one, that secured by Mynoi t, . was convortod by Wftllnoe, ; The game ended -New Zealand, 22; West Scotland, 0. CARRYING ALL BEFORE THEM The following versca appear oil an qdyet tising sheet issued at Home in connectioi with the football match, Middlesex versus NewZealanders Dad, how 'boot the great New Zealandon The mighty, conquering land ?;. v , Can none of England's stalwart ion«, ■ Against snch rivals stand ? Are they to immortalize (( The far off Maori land,? Thoir hoarts are in their task, my boy, ' Rare zoal Now Zealand show,■>: ~s - They're bravo »t heart, and strong of-arm Against their worthiest foe; ; ?'i All yok assert, dad, may belrtle, ■ ' . Bat England boasts of bravo men too. : Their grit is indisputable, ' No diones are found Btfiongjt them, Thoji'ro all equipped and practising, ; : la form by 1 a.m. Quito oarly birds—tho simple factis, . Their bre&Ulast follows morning practice They've vanquished all they've met, mj boy, Tho falls have boen severe, < . ( ; Bristol and Leieosteri and, alas, ■ ; The p'ido of Libouohwe; i , ill," liek'd tho dust," all beaten hollow, I'fear poor Middlesex will follow; NoiV Zealand, dad, yon Bay, haro grit. And energy and nerve—- , That every man is fit,- ! Strives hard, and scorns to Bweryi ; , ■ That they're cou.'flgeom to the hilt, V Well, that's how Middlesex aro built. - I'vo read, dad, glowing articles, . . Prom Hamish Stewart's pen, . ' About tho dear old Rugby gamo, ■ ut Ani Bugby's famod men; But neror' read of English teams , At play by 7 a.m. They;leave tho well-worn rnt, my boy, , Thp benofita they're roaping. . ■ Whilst tb'oy are primed with onargy, Their fots are soundly sleeping; The way thoy get their ."goals" ant "tries" in, , I« partly through their early rising,