FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 274, 16 March 1889, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

THE MAORIS ABROAD. MATCHES PLAYED UP TO DATE. October 2—v Surrey at Richmond, Won by a goal and October 7—▼ 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—r Moseley at Birmingham. Lost by two October 17—v Barton at Burton-on-Trenfi. Lost by a r*l and a tiy to a try. October 30—▼ Midland Counties Union at the Warwick- ? ni y C-ounty ground, Birmingham. Won by three _ 4 «<*«and a try to nothing. October 33—v Middlesex. Lost by two goals and three tries to nothing. Hull Lost by a try to nothing. October 34—v Dewsbury at Dewsbury. Won by two goals to nothing, October Sl—v Wakefield Trinity at Wakefield. Lost oy • 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 fire 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 goals and a try to a try. November •—v Halifax Free Wanderers. Lost by four goals and a try to a goal and a try. November 13—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 33—v East Cumberland. Won by three goals and three tries to nothing. November 34— v Westmoreland County at Kendal. Won by a goal to a try. November 36—v Swinton at Swinton, Lost by two tries to nothing. November 38—v Liverpool. Won by a goal and six tries 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 i— v North of Ireland. Won by two tries to nothing. December 3—v Lancashire County. Defeated by a try to nothing December 10—v Bateley. Drawn; no score. December IS—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, Laneishire. 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 34—v Swansea. Won by one goal and two tries to nothing. December 26—v Newport (Monmouth). Won by three tries to nothing. December 28—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 •—y 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 10—v Huddersfield. Won by two goals and ft try to two goals. January 12—v Stockport. Drawn, each side scoring a January 14—v Castleford (Yorkshire) Club. Lost by three goals to three tries. January 16—v Warrington (Lancashire) Club. Won by two goals and a try to a try. January 20— v Yorkshire. Lost by five goals and a try to one goal and a try, January 34—v Bpen Valley United Club, at Cleckheaton. Won by two goals and two tries to two goals and one try. January 36—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 tries 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. February 16—v All England. Lost by a goal and four tnes to n othing. February 18—v London Welsh Club. Won by two tries to a try. Februa y 19—v Cambridge University. Lost by two goals and one try to one goal. February 22—v Oxford University. Lost by two goals to nothing. February 23—v Manningham Club. Won by a goal and a try to nothing. February 28-v Leeds St. John’s Club. Won by two go ds and three tries to nothing. February 27—v Leigh, Lancashire. Lost by a goal and a try to a try. March I—v Runcorn Club, Cheshire. Won by two goals and two tries to a try. March s—v Oldham. Lost by a goal and three tries to nothing. March B—v Halifax. Won by a goal and three tries to nothing. March 7—v Barrow Club. Lost by a goal to nothing. March 10—v Widnes. Won by two goals and two tries to one tryMarch 12—v Manchester. Won by two goals and a try to a try.

Number of matches played—66. Won 42, lost SO. drawn 4. Score for—79 goal, 101 trice; soon against—42 goals 52 tries.