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WALESWIN 9 POINTS TO 6. Visitors' Rough Tackle I TREW SEVERELY HURT I CROWD HOOT AUSTRALIANS I Travers Indignant I REFEREE PREVENTS FISTICUFFS I [By II FORWARD.111 I Following1 in the wake'of the New Zea- land-era and South Africans the representa- tives of Australia engaged in the first inter- national contest with Wales on the Cardiff Arms Park this afternoon. Such is the" fame of Welsh football all the world over that it is not necessary to state that the occasion was attended by all that interest and enthusiasm which serve to make the match one of historic importance, and one which will rank with preceding contests of a similar character as a battle royal in the best sense of the term. There were early indications tihat the crowd would not fall far ehort of a record one, not- withstanding the abnormally high level of public interest attained on the memorable occasion of the All Blacks' visit three years ago. As eraly as 12.30, when the gates were opened, there was a big rush for seats, and within the space of half an hour eome thousands of people had taken up their positions on the shilling stand Most of them were surprised to find the ground having made such a satis- factory recovery under the influence of the drying wind and the bright sunshine of the morning, and except that, it was soft in front of the grandstand, its conation in other parts were such that neither team could find fault with it Wallabies' Fitness Throughout the morning eome thousands of people from all parte of South Wales and from several of the English Rugby centres, and also from all points of the compass, poured into Cardiff, and the majority of them made a paint of visiting the Queen's Hotel, the headquarters of the two tea-rag. with the object of seeing what manner of men were they who had been chosen to represent the two far-distant connitries a few hours later m the day. Nome of them could help being impressed by the fine physique and the palpable fitness of the Wallabies, and it needed no gre&t power of observation to notice in the tight-drawn faces an expres- sion of determination and keenness. It is but the dark truth to say that ever in the annals of Australian foot- ball has a representative side felt the. weight of responsibility more than the Wal- labies did ono the occasion, and it is equally true to say that the determination to be qual to that responsibility was never a greater reality In Colonial football. Our kine- men realised that the result of this match would have a far-reaching influence upon the future history of the Rugby game in the land of the Southern Cross, and?this trans- parent spirit of sincerity may be properly regarded as a striking proof of the intensity of the patriotic fervour which animates the strong sons of our dominions beyond the seas. Whatever fault may have been found with their methods in previous matches thero is no gainsaying the fact that one's admira tion of the Wallabies grows stronger with the improved acquaintance of them as men. They are absolutely free from that undesi- rable characteristic, which is known as "swank." A Distinguished Visitor Hall-an-hour before the kiok-off the stands all round the ground appeared to be quite full, and yet people poured in incessantly, and there was a very distinct prospect of the attendance reaching record dimensions. Special seats had been reserved for the mem- bers of the Walsh Union and also the mem- bers of the Australian party, and one of the most prominent and picturesque figures in tho group was Mr. PaJLeser, the Agent- General for New Zealand, whose first acquaintance with Cardiff was made when the "Femlaaders" paid their visit in 1905. Until about a quarter of an hour before the time for starting operations, the crowd had been strangely quiet, being seemly content with listening to the lively selections played in very good style by the Tonigwynlais Band. On the far eida of the ground many of the old warriors of the past were privileged with reserved seats labelled "old internationals." An interesting diversion was the holding up of a flas by a couple of enthusiasts on the cheap side of the field, bearing the historic injunction of even the most serious occasion: j Wales expects every man this day to do his duty. 30,000 People Present This reflected the feeling of the thousands assembled, and there was no reason for believing that the champions of "Gallant Little Wales" would not rise to the occasion and fulfil the universal expectation All the arrangements, which had been made under the supervision of Mr. Walter Rees, were absolutely perfect, the comfort1 and convenience of all sections having receivod attention. Ten minutes from the scheduled time for kicking off there were fully 30,000 people present, but it was any- thin,g but the usual demonstrative assem- blage to which Wales is accustomed to in international matches. This is probably. accounted for by the intense anxiety con-1 earning the ultimate resuft of the game. PLAN OF THE FIELD WALES. Winfield Hopkins Trew Jones Williams Owen Jones Webb Morgan Waller Thomas Travers Evans Watts Ha-yward o Moran Richards Barnett Griffin Oraig M'Crue Hammond Burge M'Kivatt Ward Prentice Russell Mandible Hickey Carroll Carmichael WALLABIES. Referee, Mr. Gil Evans. The Game. The Wallabies, led by Dr. Moran, entered the enclosure punctually at a quarter to three to the accompaniment by the band of the "Old Colonials," and the ringing cheers which greeted their a-ppearM?oe were re- doubled when the Welshmen came on t?e scene to the tune of "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau." There was practically no wind when Travers kicked off from the Westgate-street end, and Hickey returned with a short punt to touch near the centre. From the line-out Watts received possession and tried to break through,* but was promptly prevented. From the first scrum the ball was heeled out to M'Kivatt, and he passed to Eussell, who kicked up to Winfield, and he returned to Mandible, who knocked on in trying to field, and a scrum was ordered on the Colonials' 25 line. A fine rush by the Welsh forwards took play to within a few yards of the Wallabies' line, the ball being kicked into touch by Haywiard. The Ooloniatlis gained relief by long kicking, and Winfield, who was bothered by the sun, failed to hold at the critdoal moment, and looked like letting his side down. Fortu- nately, the ball was kicked into touch just in the nick of time. From the line-out the Australians Pressed Hard I with anotiler rush, but the he ^fcvorwards gained relief with a fine rush Headed by James Watts. Thiis, however, was only tem- porary, and the Wallabies, again becoming aggressive, kicked over the line, wnd one of the forwards, following up at a great pace, forced Winfield to kick omt of bounds. So far the play had been in favour of the Colonials, who were playing a stronger and more bustiEimg ganne, A free-kick was given Wales for offside play by M'Kivatt, but no real advantage was gained by the kick. In the next minute one of the visiting forwards got palbabJy offside tod another free was given to Waaae, but -i.o the toudh-ikio was not found. From tihe next scrum t'he ball came clean out to Owen, who passed on the blind side to Dick Jones, who doubled Prentice very cleverly and gave to Hopkins, who ran strongly to the 25 before he was tackled by Carroll. The Welshmen were now showing improved form, and were having most of the play. Receiving from a scrum on the Wallabies 25, Dicky Owen cleverly feinted to pass out, and then passed to Dick Jones, who gave a fine transfer to Willie Trew, who put in a marvellously clever run, and right on the line gave a short, aharp p,ass to Travers, Who Went Over in a good position amid tremendous excite- ment. The ball was placed by Trew for Winfield, but the kick failed, the ball going m.a.ny yards wide of the poet. Immediately after the kick-out the Welshmen attacked with desperate vigour, and Owen initiated a brilliant bout of passing from right to left, in which Jones, Trew, and J. P. Jones handled, and the Pontypool man, showing splendid resource, doubled his man cleverly, and, finding his wing covered, passed back to Trew, who ran to within five yards of the line before he was pulled down, and be sent the ball out to Johnnie Williams, but he was not in a position to take advantage of the manoeuvre. A moment later the play had crossed to the other side of the field, and the Welshmen were bringing off a pretty bout of passing, when ore of the Colonials inter- cepted, and, running clear of the Welsh backs, passed to Richards, who gave Win- field no possible chance, and Scored Ciose to the Post The kick at goal, though an easy one, was a failure, and thus the scores .vere ^equal after twenty minutes' play. From the kick- out the Welsh forwards played with rare dash and energy, and carried play down to the Colonial 25, where a free-kick was given to Wales for obstruction, and the ball was placed for Winfiald on the ten yards lino. The Cardiff custodian put in fa magnificent kick, but it fell short by a few yards, and ,-ar d ard Carmiehael kicked into touch well over his own 25. Play hovered over the centre-line for some time, but the Australians gradually gained ground and reached the Welsh 25. Sma.rt heeling by the home forwards gave the backs a couple of opportunities for pass- ing, by which they gained the lost ground. 'Ptay was remarkably even, and both idee seemed nervous about giving too much freedom to the ball. From a scrum in mid-field the 'ball was heeled out cleanly to M'Kcvatt, but he was too slow in getting it away, and was tackled by Travers when in possession. Wales looked like having given an Opening to their opponemlts through J. P. Jones mis-fielding, but Trew came to the rescue, and, smartly picking up, kicked acroeis to the right wing, and Carroll, yield- ing the ball Oill the run, sprinted for the line, but was well tackled by Phil Hopkins before he had covered many yards. A kick by Owen was charged down by ome -,Ir the ■Colonial centres, and he passed to Carroll when he had a clear contrse, but the left wing knccked on, and then lost a certain try. From a loose ecrum in the We'lsh 25 Ivor Morgan broke away gramdly, amd dribbled down to the Australia' 25, where Can-oil picked up safety and kicked into touch. In- different handling by Diick Jones ju lowed the Wallabies to invade the home quarteins. A SCENE ON THE GROUND I Wiliie Trew Knocked Out j There was a scene when one of the Colonial forwards showed unnecessary vigour intack- ling Willie Trew, who was stretched out, and Travers was seen running up to an opponent with clenched fiste. The referee intervened, and prevented any dieplayof fisticuffs. It appeared that Trew had been seriously injured, Dr. W. P. Williams being cailled for. There was a long stoppage, and to the regret of everybody, dt was aeen that Trew had to leave the field. Hayward was brought out of the paook. and from a seruim in franit of the Welsh goal, Owen passed to Janes, who punted down to Carroll, who eent to Win- field, who misfielded and the ball rolled into touch. The Wallabies were pressing hard, when a free-kick was given to Wales, but Winfield failed to find touch, and M'Kivatt kicked back to Mm, and this time he made his mark, but again failed to find touch, and Carroll, who bad taken the ball, kicked to J. L. Williams, who made his mark, and the kick, which was taken by Winfield, resulted in touch being found on the centre-line. Trew now returned, amid the delighted cheering of the crowd, and immediately afterwards Wales became aggressive with a smart round of passing, initiated by Owen giving a rcverse pass to Jones, who threw to Trew, and he to Hopkins, who ran strongly and cross-kicked, but Mandible saved. Wales were pressing on the Austra- lian g?al-Hne, when the whistle went for the int?rv?l. HALF-TIME I Wales 1 Try, 3 pts I Aùstralians 1 „ „ ) Second. Half I It transpired during the interval that Trew had been kicked over the forehead, which bore the mark of the kic. The players re- tired to the pavilion before re-starting, aind, a iter a few minutes' absence, returned, and Oraig res tir led with a croeE-kick, from which D. J. Thomas made his mark near his own 25 line and Winfield found touch near the centre. Firoan the line-out the Welsh forwards Ibroke away, but C'ouùd not go far, and from the scrum which followed a penalty was given to Waits for M'Kevatt improperly pick- ,ing the ball in scrum, but Winfield failed to find touch, and a possible advantage was lost. There was' a terrific fight for possession of the ball in the serum by the forwards, and the Waltobies were rather more success- ful than the Welsh eight. The Australian's' passing was erratic, ami they lost several opportunities of putting the Welsh citadel in danger by their faulty transfers. liril- lian dribbling and -passing by tihe Welsh for- wards took pla-y well oyer the Walabded 25, but the forwards failed to secure from the nex but the forwards jailed tot secure f rom the next! scrum, and the ball was shot out to Russeill, who kicked down to Winfield, but he again failed to find touch. Clever work by Dick Jones put the Coloitial line in danger, but a pass from one of the forwards, though well intended, was slightly forward, and this spoiled what promised to be a successful movement. A scrum was formed in midfield, and, the Welshmen breaking it up cleanly and Tom Evans getticng clean- of the ruck I with the ball af his toes, dribbled splendidly over the Z5 line, and Phil Hopkins and Ivor j Morgan backing him up, tooik the ball over the line, and Hopkins, seizing bi, oppor- tumity, made a dive for the ball and touched down aiuid A Scene of Wildest Enthusiasm Winfield had hard lines with the kick, the 'ha,ll sailing just a couple of inches wide of the far uipright. From the kick-out the Welshmen settled down to their natural ga,me, and a couple of pretty bouts of pass- ing were brought off in quick succession On one occasion J. P. Jones made a splendid burst, and he was unlucky when touched OJ]. the ankles and brought down a few yards from the line. Carroll-, on the left wing, put in a magnificent ran, amd looked like going through, but was finely tackled by Winfield, who was smartly covered by Trew. The Wallabies now made desperate efforts to draw level, and were, haying the batter of the game. Their play, I however, was ragged. -The Welsh forwards now brought off the most Magnificent Rush I of thp day, baking the ball at their toes right from their own 25 t othe Wallabies' quarters, and it was only the fearleas way im which the Colonials went down foiVthe ball which prevented a root. For a palpalble off-side in his own 25, M'Kivatt wae penalised, and the ball was placed for Winfield, five yards inside the ten yards line, and the Welsh oustocLiian (retrieved some of his mis- t,aikes in not having found touch by kicking a magnificent goal, and thtts giving has side a lead of six points., amid another scene of characteristic Welslh enthuisiajsrn. The Wai- lajbios seemed 'to be stung to the quick to this un-empeeted reverse, and ruslhed at a terrific pa-ce across into the Welsh 25. One of the forwards, securing from the line-out, kicked over the line, and John nip Williams touohed down wiith a •buimsh of foirwairds on top of him. Wales "benefited 'by the kick out, and carried play oter the oentwe line, where Winfield, eeciiwung pdosession, Yoood across the ground fnioan riigtht to left, and passed to J. P. Jones, who gave a slightly foxrward pass. The Wallabies kicked dowai to the Welsh 25, and W'ixiifteld had to put in a ftyiing kick, which isenit the ball into tine hands of S*usecdl, who Looked a scorar, until finely tackled by J. L. Williams. In the next miraurte, how- ever, Russell ipiiciked up -in tihe loose, amd, putting in a powerfiuil rur4 got right through the defence, and Scored Wide Out I tihe (kick at goal (failing. With the Aus- tralian forwards getting tihe ball firom the scrum wLuah oftener than the Welshmen, there was constant dainger of the Welsh lead of three points being wipod oat, and this was especially so when RanseeiM toclked across fram the right wirng, but Phil Hopkins, trurandjng across, snuairtly made hiis marts amd saved the si/baatkm. The siaime player did the eaane thing a moment tater, amd deservedly won the apipliaanse of ithe spectators all iBownd the ring. The Wtalkabies were strong on the attack in tihe Welslh quarter, when Owen, receiving fmom hie ifloirwa/rids, 'passed out to Dick Jones, who put im one of his odd-time •rums, and pamed to J. P. Jones, who gave at 'the rN,gtM moment to Tiew, who ga-ve to PIAI (Hoptone, who reamed m;oknduly, aa?d, 8^- kcab?M the ?(Med by om œ 1tbeI.W8) wbo4 had cut across joust fin the rack of time. Within a few minutes of the end the Walla.es made a, terrific onsaught on the Welsh line through the right wing, and Russell, when he looked bound to get over was finely tackled and pushed into touch by J. It. Jones when five yards from home. Smart work by Owen in passing out to Win- field enabled the latter to punt into touch near the centre and thus remove the danger. The Welshmen Further Improve their position by putting in a fine forward rush into the visitors' 25, where a penalty for legs up aganst Wales gained no advan- tage. In the last closing stages the Welsh- men were striatly oai the aggressive, but made a. point of 'keeping the ball as close as possible and taking ino risks. There wias no further incident until the final whistle sounded, with play on the Wallabies 25 line. FINAL SCORE G. T. Pts. Wales *12 9 Wallabies 0 2 6 Penalty goal. "Forward's'' Comments Only a penalty goal, but it sufFiAleth. for it means not only the advantafee of & tbree- point win, but the maintainance of what Wales prizes as a national possession— prcstege. That is the one virtue which has to be more jealously guarded than any other, and on the principle that a miss is as good as a mile, Wales has just reason for rejoic- ing to-night over a triumph which is satis, factory, if not sigiial, in its d:aract-sr. Never was a gaimie of football played into which the element .of doubt or uncertainty entered into more largely than this of to-day, for the simp-la reason that the Wallabies on the one hand lboa sfoown such varying form in previous matches as to puzzle the best jaiidiges of true R'UjEi'oy merit, while the Welsh team on the otlher hand was to a very material extent an experimental oine. incidents In The (iame BRIGHT PASSING MOVEMENTS OF THE BACKS [By "THE PROPHET."] WeLshmen who foregathered at Cardiff Arms ParK to-day were not out for vocausm. I was disappointed with tihe singing over on the cheap side of the field, several feeble attempts were made to start "hen Wlad" or some other Welsh national song, but every attempt died away throiugu leelxeness. So when the Wallabies came into the field, and, standing in rows, chanted their war tsong—'by tine way was there ever anything more like tomfoolery on the footbaJl ficd than the.e Colonial war songs?—there was no answering melody sweeping over the field with the earnestness and the national enthu- f-i.ytyin that moived a great cTolwd two years ago as a football crowd has never been moved before. Still, there was no absence of enthusiasm when the teams came into th,e arena, and if the crowd were not out to sing they were c.early out to cheer Walcu to victory. Pt.y li-d hot long started before we were promised a fast, open, and interesting game, i'or the first five or ten minutes it was any- body's game. Both clubs were shaiping well, Welshmen were showing great lornl-- initiative, speed, da £ fh, eveirythiing that goes to the making of victory. if oauy they can keep it up Very soon there came a brililiaM dash by Trew, which ended in the first score. Trew came out of a mixed iiu-ny-burly of forward and backs, eluding everybody and yet making straight tor the line. lie did not g-et over himself, but he did the next bfest thing. He enabled Travers to score. This was an encouraging start. More ernr couraging still was the shaping of the Welsh three-quarter line. We had ak been in great doubt about that line, but here they were parsing and back passing with something of the genius and the sting that belonged to Weisih baok play in its palmiest days. Unfortunately, it was after euch a bout of passiing and re-paasing that delighted the Welsh spectators that the Australians scored. Here, too, was passing and re-pat-sing of t ie battling and irresistible order, and Eiohairdis fccored for the Australian.s after a movement (perfect in its organisation, though slow enough in epecd. The Australians were not witliouit their partisans in the orowd. Sitting in the com- mittee seats were a few ladie-s-fair-hair-ed and dresaed in the pale blue colours of the Australians, with white, far cloaks..Suffra- gettes Shouting down a Cabinet Minister could not have been more enthusiastic or more vociferous. The game began to get a trifle keen towards the end of the first half. 80m.;} of the players were inclined to lose their tempers. In front of the Welsh goal-poets, some ten or fifteen yards out, Trew was very roughly tackled. Whether it was more than a. tackle cannot be said with certainty. I was, told later that Trew had had a kick in the forehead. My informant said a deliberate kick. I decline to believe that of any man fit to be included in. a football team. Anyway, one of the Welsh forwards came menacingly out of the crush, and one of the Australian players jumped rather quickly out of his way. Trew was ihors de combat for a While. But only for a while. His return to the field of play was greeted with a mighty cheer. At the close of the first half the teams bad scored a try apiece. It had been a close, fast game, and it would be difficult to say which side had really held 'the tipper hand. Slightly, perhaps, the advantage was with the Wallabies, whose backs were always more dangerous when they were set in motion. But the Welsh backs wene, nevertheless, play- ing exceedingly well, and it is fair to set down here tha,t J. P. Jones, who had been regarded as the weak link in the chain, played during the first half a game that more than justified his inclusion in the fifteen. THE WALLABIES' RECOHD For. Againet. Opponents. G. T. P. Or. T. P. Etevon Won J 6 24 0 1 3 Gloucestershire Won 2 4 16 0 0 0 Cornwall 1170ii 3 4 18 1 1 5 Glamorgan Won 2 4 16 1 0 3 I'enygraig Won 2 2 11 0 1 3 eàtb, and A be raven Won 3 3 15 0 0 0 Llanelly 00 Lost 1 0 3 1 2 8 Jionmoathshire Abandoned London (Richmond) 00 Won 0 1 3 0 0 0 Cornwall (at Stadium) Won 5 7 32 0 1 3 Army apid Navy Won 2 0 8 1 1 6 Durham .Won 4 3 29 1 1 7 :X't'hum'Uund & Cumb'land Won 3 1 13 0 2 6 Cheshire Won 5 3 37 0 1 3 Loadon (Blackheath) Won 3 2 24 0 1 3 Cambridge Won 1 2 11 2 0 9 Oxford .Won ;) 2 19 0 1 3 Lancashire .W011 0 4 12 0 2 6 Yorkshire 3 3 24..0 0 0 Somemet Won 1 1 8 0 0 0 Midland Counties Lost .1 0 5 2 2 16 Anglo-Welsh Won 3 3 24 0 0 0 Summary—Played, 21; won, 19; lost, 2. Points for, 357; against, E4. Excluding to-daj-'s match.' PHYSIQUE OF THE TEAMS a tHALtQ. Wight Wght. Age. ft. in. st. lb. H. B. Winfield (Cardiff) 29 5 8t.. 12 4 J. L. Williams (Cardiff) .25 5 81 11 0 W. Trew (Swanseal 27 5 a 10 10 J. P. Jones (Newport) 23 6 0 12 10 Phil Hopkins (Swansea) 27 5 6 12 0 E. M. Owen (Swansea) 27 5 3 9 3 Dick Jones (Swansea) 27 5 9 11 6 George Travers (Pill Harriers) 29 6 0 12 10 G. Havward (Swansea) 21 5 9 13 6 J. Watts (Lla.nclly) 31 5 8i.. 12 4 Tom Kvaus (Uanelly) .23 5 11 14 0 J. Webb (Abartillery) 23 5 11 13 8 P. Waller (Newport) 20 5 10 12 10 Ivor Morgan (Swansea) 24 5 10 14 0 D. J. Thoma.s (Swtsmaea.) 31 6 1 13 0 PROGRAMME OF MUSIC Tongwynlais Temperance Silver Band The Codtawmg was the progtamme played on the Cardiff Arms Batrk this afternoon L March-" Blaze A way" By A. llolyrnann 2. Vocal Valae—"My Colleen" .Fetix Bums 3. Seloction- Welsh Aaixs E. liare 4. Cornet I'ollca—"The Cornet King"J. A. Greenwood 5.—Selection—/oily Jinif on Poplbr Comic Songs John Neat Synods—"Put Me Among the Girls," "She's a Lassie from Lancashire," "You Shall Live In a Chalet," I Wooder if the Girl I Am Think- ing of is Thinking of Me?" "Red Wing," &e. 6. Humorous Mareh-"Oh, You Women" Shipley Douglas 7. Descriptive Gallop—"A Motor Ride"Tlvos. Bid pood Synopsis—Early morniaig-the clock strikes seven-41.rriva.1 of the motors—tUe start-a pack of hound-a collision—halting for repairs-the village smithy, &c. 8. Waltz—"Queen Alexandra" J. Pecoarioe 9. Ma.rch-"Gladiator's Farewell" H. L. Blankentourg ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE TEAMS. Welsh tea=-"Hen-Nvlad-fy-nbadau." Australian toom-H Our Colonials." Conductor—Mr. A. W. Chivers. 1

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