OUR FOOTBALLERS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 259, 12 February 1889, Page 2

OUR FOOTBALLERS.

WARBRICK AND HIB LAURELS. The Maori footballers defeated the United Service Club at Portsmouth by three goals and a try to nil. Now that the Native footballers have almost completed their tour to the Old Country a list of the matches lost and won will be interesting. At present it is impossible to tell how the team will come out financially. The list is appended;— October 2—v Surrey at Richmond. Won by a goal and a try to a try. October 7—v Northamptonshire at Northampton. Won by two goals and four tries to nothing. October 10—v Kent at Blackheath. Won by a goal and a try to a try. October 12—v Moseley at Birmingham. Lost by two goals to a goal and a try. October 17—v Burton at Burtou-ou-Trcnt. Lost by a goal and a try to a try. October 20—v Midland Counties Union at the Warwickshire County ground, Birmingham. Won by three goals and a try to nothing. October 22—v Middlesex. Lost by two goals and three tries to nothing. October 23— v Hull at Hull. Lost by a try to nothing. October 21—v Dewsbury at Dewsbury. Won by two goals to nothing, October 31 —v Wakefield Trinity at Wakefield. Lost

by a try to nothing. November 3—v Northumberland County at Newcastle. Drawn, one goal each November 4—v Newcastle Miners’ Club. Won by a goal and five tries to a goal and two tries. November s—v Stockton. Won by two goals to a try. November 7—v Borough of Tynemouth at North Shields Won by two go ils and a try to a try. November 9—v Halifax Free Wanderers. Lost by four goals and a try to a goal and a try. November 12—v Newcastle District Club. Won by four goals and two tries to nothing. November 15—v Hartlepool Rovers at Durham. Won by one try to nothing. November 17—v Cumberland County at Maryport. Won by two goals and five tries to two tries. November 20—v Cumberland County. Won by two goals and eight tries to nothing. November 22—v Hawick at Hawick. Won by a goal

to a try. November 23—v East Cumberland. Won by three goals and three tries to nothing. November 21—v Westmoreland County at Kendal. Won by a goal to a try. November 26—v Swinton at Swinton, Lost by two tries to nothing. November 28—v Liverpool. Won b£ a goal and six t ies to nothing. December I—v Ireland. Won by four goals and a try to one goal and a try. December' 3—v Trinity College, Dublin. Drawn, each side scoring a goal and a try. December s—v North of Ireland. Won by two tries to nothing. December 9—v Lancashire County. Defeated by a try to nothing December 10—v Bateley. Drawn ;no score. December 12—v Yorkshire County. Won by two goals and four tries to one goal and three tries. December 16—v Broughton Rangers. Won by two goals and two tries to nothing. December 17—v Wigan Club, Lancashire. Won by a goal and two tries to one try. December 20—v Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. Beaten by a goal to nothing. December 22—v Wales. Lost by a goal and two tries to nothing. December 24—v Swansea. Won by one goal and two tries to nothing. December 26—v Newport (Monmouth). Won by three tries to nothing. December 29—v Cardiff. Lost by a goal and a try to a try. January I—v Bradford. Lost by a goal and a try to a try. January 3—v Leeds Parish Church Club. Won by two goals to three tries. January s—v Kirkstall Club. Won by two goals and a try to a goal. January 7—v Brighthouse Rangers. Won by a goal and a try to nothing. January lU—v Huddersfield. Won by two goals and a try to two goals. January 12—v Stockport. Drawn, each side scoring a

goal. January 11—v Castleford (Yorkshire) Club. Lost by three goals to three tries. January 16—v Warrington (Lancashire) Club. Won by two goals an J a try to a try. January 20—v Yorkshire. Lost by five goals and a try to one goal and a try. January 24—v Spen Valley United Club, at Cleckheaton. Won by two goals and two tries to two goats anti one try.

January 26—v Somerset. Won by four goals and five tries to one goal and one try. January 30—v Devon County. Won by two goals and seven tries to nothing. February 2—v Gloucester County. Won by a goal and a try to a try, February 4—v Midland Counties. Won by a goal and three 1 ries to one try. February 6—v Blackheath Rovers. Won by two goals and three tries to one goat February B—United Service Club, at Portsmouth. Won by three goals and a try to nothing.

Number of matches played—s 3. Won 35, lost 14, drawn 4. Score for—6B goals 91 tries; score against—34 goals 39 tries.