LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20523, 13 June 1938, Page 12

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

\EW ZEALAND BEATEN WIN FOR NEW SOUTH WALES

VICTORY BY 25 TO 12 United Press Assn.— Elec. T Copyrlgr’ ! SYDNEY, June 11 In spite of a magnificent open dis- ■ play in the first spell, .vhen it was definitely superior in many phases of the Rugby League code, New Zealand was defeated by New South Wales in the opening match of its tour to-day by 23 points to 12. There was an j attendance of 28.303 spectators. New Zealand held the lead until 13 ; minutes after the interval, when Kay j retired with a dislocated shoulder. After this stage the visitors were outweighted with a man short and were unable to resl.it an avalanche of tries. The score at half-time was B—38 —3 m New Zealand’s favour. Scorers for New South Wales were Dawson 2 . Narvo 3 . Goodwin and Bober. Williams kicked two goals. For New Zealand Kay and McNeight scored tries and Hemi kicked three goals. Evan with a full team on the field throughout it is extremely doubtful if New Zealand could have withstood the superior weight, back and forward, of New South Wales. Brilliant Football The first spell produced brilliant football, the visitors outpacing the opposition. featuring in mutual support positional knowledge. The visitors’ speed nonplussed the ; home backs, Broderick, McNeight and Herring often combining with the threequarte* s in dangerous rushes. New Zealand deserved a bigger lead 1 than B—38 —3 at the end of the spell, Hemi having failed with several kicks from : good positions. New Zealand pressed early and was j unlucky when McNeight, following a i charge clown, failed to gather the roll- ; lng ball five yards from the open line. Dawson opened the scoring, grubber kicking 30 yards down the wing and following- on. Kay equalised the score, accepting a pass from Tittleton when 1 Johnston failed to clear. Frequent Penalties New South Wales was frequently penalised, and Hemi goaled from the twenty-five yards line but missed two other easy kicks. Doubling round the threequarters, McNeight crossed at the corner, carrying three rivals over with him. New Zealand had much the bet- 1 ter of the spell. New Zealand faced a fairly strong breeze in the second half. Tt attacked with astonishing dash, and looked certain to score twice, but mishandling by the centres prevented tries. More- i over, two easy penalty goals were j missed. These lapses proved costly and from 1 this stage New Zealand was continue j ally defending. Weight began to teil and New South Wales repeatedly won i the scrums, but the visitors continued to tackle nobly. Kay Injured Kay was injured in tackling the winger, Goodwin, who scored at the corner. Tetley was placed at fi\eeighths and Tittleton at centre.. With 12 men New Zealand was outclassed. Wilfred Brimble gave good service with few opportunities in the second spell. He also .ackkd well. Chase was the best back. Herring and Brodrick were the outstanding forwards. Kay is unlikely to play for a fortnight.

NEW ZEALANDERS PRAISED PRESS COMMENT IN SYDNEY FOOTBALL FANS DELIGHTED United r-ress Assn Fiec. Tel. Copyright. SYDNEY, June i*2 Sunday papers praise the New Zealand Rugby League team's showing yesterday. They declare that the team missed golden opportunities, chiefly in the first half, through failure to gather the ball. It was tragedy for the visitors when Kay retired injured. Only New South Wales advantage in weight and rough tactics in the last few minutes, in which Pearce was the chief offen- ■ der, enabled the home side to triumph. : Football fans are delighted with the Kiwis. They describe them as the cleane'st team seen for years. Team Against New South Wales The New Zealand team to meet New South Wales to-morrow, three to be omitted, is as follows: —Smith. Hemi, Brown. Chase. McNeil. Tit t let on, Brimble (2 >, Grotte, Tetley, Anderson, McLeod. Broderick, Cootes. Orman. McNeight. A. Kay underwent an X-ray examination and was found to have dislocated a. shoulder. He will be unable to play for a fortnight. Auckland Result* Marist f>, Newton 2: Ponsonhy 13, Manukau 5: Mount Albert 27, Papakura 0; Richmond 19, City 3. POLAND CUP MATCH TE AROMA AAD WAIHI DRAW (special to Times) ih'- AiioHA, Sunday. nn a heavy ground Wallii met re Aroha in the Poland Cup match at Merries Park, Te Aroha. on Saturday. I lie teams lined out as follows:Watht.— Johnson, Sherman, McNamara. Ainsley, Hearn, Woodlands. McNamara. Mulhearn. Morrison, Jesnoy, Moyle, Hughes, Finlay son. ,ionn*. Te A roha.—Met'Ma«han, Tl‘p|)i|cn. net - rlier. Range r.lotworthy, Johnson. Wilkinson. Stoekley. Mei.eorl. Howard. Rowe, Haggerty. l.averfek. Carter, Maddreti. First point' came when »rom loose plav Mr Ola sh-an (ailed to tak® the ball and Mulhearn. following up last. crossed the line to score. Johns failed with the kick: Walhi 3. Te Aroha U. After Clotworthy and Fletcher staged a dash for the line and Waihl had accepted a force, clever bark division passing saw the ball go out to Rangl. who dashed over t oconvert: Te Aroha a. Walhi 3. Early In the second half Rangi crossed the line at the corner, McOlashan railing toconvert: Te Aroha ft. waiht 3. The best passing rush of the day. in which all the local backs figured, took •play Into Walhl’s twenty-rlve. where Rangl was forced out. With a brilliant run. Rangl streaked for the line, but was effectively tackled by Johnson. A vigorous forward rush by Walhi saw Pat McNamara score: Walhi ft. Te Aroha ft. The game ended without nrtner scoring. Mr s. Mclntyre, of l'aeroa, was referee. AT PUTARURU TECH.MCA L OLD 1'• 01 ' WIN (Special to i imp* > PI I Alt! Ml , Sunday. Greater football experience and bet’er knowledge or the liner points oi the game gave Technical Old Roys victory bv ir, to 0 over i Tit arum representatives at Glenshea Park oil '.at urday. Wakeneld proved ve y last and was the out-standing back. Murphy. Putaruru. being the best forward of the nay s pny. Points for Tecnnicai uid Roys were gamed by Rythell and Wakelleld. .Mr iymcocii was me referee.