 an apology from the Natives ' captain of the day , Edward McCausland , who had led the team as Joe Warbrick was injured . The English authorities of the time believed that the decision of a referee was above question , and that protesting a decision as the New Zealanders had done was unsportsmanlike . The RFU threatened to bar any of their affiliated players – in other words , the entire rugby playing population of England – from facing the Natives if they did not apologise . McCausland swiftly sent an apology by telegram , but this was deemed inadequate ; he therefore sent another , four days after the game :   The London establishment that governed the game were disturbed by the New Zealanders ' approach to the game ; reports of rough and over @-@ aggressive play by the Natives had steadily increased in frequency since their arrival in Britain . In the north of England , criticism of the visitors ' sportsmanship was rarer ; the tourists were accepted as playing the game in the same spirit as their local opponents , which in the north was a more working class sport than in the south . Some of the Natives , including Joe Warbrick , accused the RFU and the English press of hypocrisy , claiming that they were quick to criticise the New Zealanders for rough play , yet tolerant of similar behaviour from their own players .   = = Later matches and departure from England = =   The Natives remained in London following the England international . They defeated London Welsh on 18 February , before losing first to Cambridge , then Oxford University . From there they travelled north and won two matches before losing to Leigh . After a win over Runcorn , there was a defeat to Oldham , played on a ground Eyton said was so frozen it was dangerous . After reversing their previous loss to Halifax with a 6 – 0 win , the Natives suffered a loss to Barrow and District on 7 March . The New Zealanders then had a run of seven straight wins before a 1 – 1 draw with Hull . Widnes were then defeated for the second time in two weeks in the tourists ' last match in northern England .   The team struggled to find an opponent for their final match in Britain . They eventually played Southern Counties , and beat them 3 – 1 . This was their 74th match in the British Isles and their 49th victory . The authorities and press in London continued to view the team negatively , and the Natives boarded ship without a formal farewell . This perceived affront from the RFU provoked some criticism from the press outside London , as well as from the team manager Scott , who felt that with the team 's official apology after the England match , the controversy should have put to rest .   = = Australia = =   The majority of the Natives left Plymouth on 29 March ( Eyton and Pie Wynyard followed a week later ) . They arrived in Melbourne in May , where the team played mostly Victorian Rules football , hoping to make more money that way . Although the side had employed Jack Lawlor to coach them in Victorian Rules during their tour of the British Isles , the heavy schedule and high injury count had left little time and energy for such training . As a result , the Victorian Rules matches were a failure ; the players ' unfamiliarity with the rules , combined with the fact that most of the Natives were rugby forwards ( and therefore less suited to the more open Victorian Rules ) , ensured that they failed to perform well on the field and struggled to attract large crowds . The side played nine Victorian Rules matches in total , including one in New South Wales , but won only three of them , all against relatively weak opposition .   The side 's success in their rugby matches contrasted to their failure in Victorian Rules – the New Zealanders played three rugby matches while in Victoria : against Melbourne , a Navy selection , and Victoria . The matches were all won , with their game against Victoria a 19 – 0 victory . After this they left for Sydney for further rugby matches , and defeated New South Wales 12 – 9 . After two further victories , the side again faced New South Wales , and won the match 16 – 12 . Another two victories followed , before the team played their only association football matches of the tour – both defeats .   The team travelled north to Queensland , where , as in New South Wales , rugby was the dominant code of football . Consequently , the team exclusively played rugby while in the region . The Natives faced Queensland at the Association Ground in Brisbane . The 8000 spectators witnessed the New Zealanders overwhelm the Queenslanders to win 22 – 0 ; the Natives did not exert themselves in the win , and the score did not reflect their dominance . After a further two matches , against Toowoomba and Ipswich ( both of whom were comfortably defeated ) , the team returned to Brisbane for a rematch with Queensland . In contrast to their first meeting , the first @-@ half was a close affair , and the two sides were tied at the conclusion of the half . Billy Warbrick suffered a kick to the head ,
Ġan Ġapology Ġfrom Ġthe ĠN atives Ġ' Ġcaptain Ġof Ġthe Ġday Ġ, ĠEdward ĠMcC aus land Ġ, Ġwho Ġhad Ġled Ġthe Ġteam Ġas ĠJoe ĠWar br ick Ġwas Ġinjured Ġ. ĠThe ĠEnglish Ġauthorities Ġof Ġthe Ġtime Ġbelieved Ġthat Ġthe Ġdecision Ġof Ġa Ġreferee Ġwas Ġabove Ġquestion Ġ, Ġand Ġthat Ġprotesting Ġa Ġdecision Ġas Ġthe ĠNew ĠZealand ers Ġhad Ġdone Ġwas Ġuns ports man like Ġ. ĠThe ĠRF U Ġthreatened Ġto Ġbar Ġany Ġof Ġtheir Ġaffiliated Ġplayers ĠâĢĵ Ġin Ġother Ġwords Ġ, Ġthe Ġentire Ġrugby Ġplaying Ġpopulation Ġof ĠEngland ĠâĢĵ Ġfrom Ġfacing Ġthe ĠN atives Ġif Ġthey Ġdid Ġnot Ġapologise Ġ. ĠMcC aus land Ġswiftly Ġsent Ġan Ġapology Ġby Ġte legram Ġ, Ġbut Ġthis Ġwas Ġdeemed Ġinadequate Ġ; Ġhe Ġtherefore Ġsent Ġanother Ġ, Ġfour Ġdays Ġafter Ġthe Ġgame Ġ: Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠLondon Ġestablishment Ġthat Ġgoverned Ġthe Ġgame Ġwere Ġdisturbed Ġby Ġthe ĠNew ĠZealand ers Ġ' Ġapproach Ġto Ġthe Ġgame Ġ; Ġreports Ġof Ġrough Ġand Ġover Ġ@ - @ Ġaggressive Ġplay Ġby Ġthe ĠN atives Ġhad Ġsteadily Ġincreased Ġin Ġfrequency Ġsince Ġtheir Ġarrival Ġin ĠBritain Ġ. ĠIn Ġthe Ġnorth Ġof ĠEngland Ġ, Ġcriticism Ġof Ġthe Ġvisitors Ġ' Ġsports manship Ġwas Ġrare r Ġ; Ġthe Ġtourists Ġwere Ġaccepted Ġas Ġplaying Ġthe Ġgame Ġin Ġthe Ġsame Ġspirit Ġas Ġtheir Ġlocal Ġopponents Ġ, Ġwhich Ġin Ġthe Ġnorth Ġwas Ġa Ġmore Ġworking Ġclass Ġsport Ġthan Ġin Ġthe Ġsouth Ġ. ĠSome Ġof Ġthe ĠN atives Ġ, Ġincluding ĠJoe ĠWar br ick Ġ, Ġaccused Ġthe ĠRF U Ġand Ġthe ĠEnglish Ġpress Ġof Ġhypocrisy Ġ, Ġclaiming Ġthat Ġthey Ġwere Ġquick Ġto Ġcritic ise Ġthe ĠNew ĠZealand ers Ġfor Ġrough Ġplay Ġ, Ġyet Ġtolerant Ġof Ġsimilar Ġbehaviour Ġfrom Ġtheir Ġown Ġplayers Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠLater Ġmatches Ġand Ġdeparture Ġfrom ĠEngland Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠN atives Ġremained Ġin ĠLondon Ġfollowing Ġthe ĠEngland Ġinternational Ġ. ĠThey Ġdefeated ĠLondon ĠWelsh Ġon Ġ18 ĠFebruary Ġ, Ġbefore Ġlosing Ġfirst Ġto ĠCambridge Ġ, Ġthen ĠOxford ĠUniversity Ġ. ĠFrom Ġthere Ġthey Ġtravelled Ġnorth Ġand Ġwon Ġtwo Ġmatches Ġbefore Ġlosing Ġto ĠLeigh Ġ. ĠAfter Ġa Ġwin Ġover ĠRun corn Ġ, Ġthere Ġwas Ġa Ġdefeat Ġto ĠOld ham Ġ, Ġplayed Ġon Ġa Ġground ĠEy ton Ġsaid Ġwas Ġso Ġfrozen Ġit Ġwas Ġdangerous Ġ. ĠAfter Ġreversing Ġtheir Ġprevious Ġloss Ġto ĠHalifax Ġwith Ġa Ġ6 ĠâĢĵ Ġ0 Ġwin Ġ, Ġthe ĠN atives Ġsuffered Ġa Ġloss Ġto ĠBar row Ġand ĠDistrict Ġon Ġ7 ĠMarch Ġ. ĠThe ĠNew ĠZealand ers Ġthen Ġhad Ġa Ġrun Ġof Ġseven Ġstraight Ġwins Ġbefore Ġa Ġ1 ĠâĢĵ Ġ1 Ġdraw Ġwith ĠHull Ġ. ĠWid nes Ġwere Ġthen Ġdefeated Ġfor Ġthe Ġsecond Ġtime Ġin Ġtwo Ġweeks Ġin Ġthe Ġtourists Ġ' Ġlast Ġmatch Ġin Ġnorthern ĠEngland Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġteam Ġstruggled Ġto Ġfind Ġan Ġopponent Ġfor Ġtheir Ġfinal Ġmatch Ġin ĠBritain Ġ. ĠThey Ġeventually Ġplayed ĠSouthern ĠCount ies Ġ, Ġand Ġbeat Ġthem Ġ3 ĠâĢĵ Ġ1 Ġ. ĠThis Ġwas Ġtheir Ġ74 th Ġmatch Ġin Ġthe ĠBritish ĠIsles Ġand Ġtheir Ġ49 th Ġvictory Ġ. ĠThe Ġauthorities Ġand Ġpress Ġin ĠLondon Ġcontinued Ġto Ġview Ġthe Ġteam Ġnegatively Ġ, Ġand Ġthe ĠN atives Ġboarded Ġship Ġwithout Ġa Ġformal Ġfarewell Ġ. ĠThis Ġperceived Ġaff ront Ġfrom Ġthe ĠRF U Ġprovoked Ġsome Ġcriticism Ġfrom Ġthe Ġpress Ġoutside ĠLondon Ġ, Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġfrom Ġthe Ġteam Ġmanager ĠScott Ġ, Ġwho Ġfelt Ġthat Ġwith Ġthe Ġteam Ġ' s Ġofficial Ġapology Ġafter Ġthe ĠEngland Ġmatch Ġ, Ġthe Ġcontroversy Ġshould Ġhave Ġput Ġto Ġrest Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠAustralia Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġmajority Ġof Ġthe ĠN atives Ġleft ĠPlymouth Ġon Ġ29 ĠMarch Ġ( ĠEy ton Ġand ĠPie ĠWyn yard Ġfollowed Ġa Ġweek Ġlater Ġ) Ġ. ĠThey Ġarrived Ġin ĠMelbourne Ġin ĠMay Ġ, Ġwhere Ġthe Ġteam Ġplayed Ġmostly ĠVictorian ĠRules Ġfootball Ġ, Ġhoping Ġto Ġmake Ġmore Ġmoney Ġthat Ġway Ġ. ĠAlthough Ġthe Ġside Ġhad Ġemployed ĠJack ĠLaw lor Ġto Ġcoach Ġthem Ġin ĠVictorian ĠRules Ġduring Ġtheir Ġtour Ġof Ġthe ĠBritish ĠIsles Ġ, Ġthe Ġheavy Ġschedule Ġand Ġhigh Ġinjury Ġcount Ġhad Ġleft Ġlittle Ġtime Ġand Ġenergy Ġfor Ġsuch Ġtraining Ġ. ĠAs Ġa Ġresult Ġ, Ġthe ĠVictorian ĠRules Ġmatches Ġwere Ġa Ġfailure Ġ; Ġthe Ġplayers Ġ' Ġunfamiliar ity Ġwith Ġthe Ġrules Ġ, Ġcombined Ġwith Ġthe Ġfact Ġthat Ġmost Ġof Ġthe ĠN atives Ġwere Ġrugby Ġforwards Ġ( Ġand Ġtherefore Ġless Ġsuited Ġto Ġthe Ġmore Ġopen ĠVictorian ĠRules Ġ) Ġ, Ġensured Ġthat Ġthey Ġfailed Ġto Ġperform Ġwell Ġon Ġthe Ġfield Ġand Ġstruggled Ġto Ġattract Ġlarge Ġcrowds Ġ. ĠThe Ġside Ġplayed Ġnine ĠVictorian ĠRules Ġmatches Ġin Ġtotal Ġ, Ġincluding Ġone Ġin ĠNew ĠSouth ĠWales Ġ, Ġbut Ġwon Ġonly Ġthree Ġof Ġthem Ġ, Ġall Ġagainst Ġrelatively Ġweak Ġopposition Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġside Ġ' s Ġsuccess Ġin Ġtheir Ġrugby Ġmatches Ġcontrasted Ġto Ġtheir Ġfailure Ġin ĠVictorian ĠRules ĠâĢĵ Ġthe ĠNew ĠZealand ers Ġplayed Ġthree Ġrugby Ġmatches Ġwhile Ġin ĠVictoria Ġ: Ġagainst ĠMelbourne Ġ, Ġa ĠNavy Ġselection Ġ, Ġand ĠVictoria Ġ. ĠThe Ġmatches Ġwere Ġall Ġwon Ġ, Ġwith Ġtheir Ġgame Ġagainst ĠVictoria Ġa Ġ19 ĠâĢĵ Ġ0 Ġvictory Ġ. ĠAfter Ġthis Ġthey Ġleft Ġfor ĠSydney Ġfor Ġfurther Ġrugby Ġmatches Ġ, Ġand Ġdefeated ĠNew ĠSouth ĠWales Ġ12 ĠâĢĵ Ġ9 Ġ. ĠAfter Ġtwo Ġfurther Ġvictories Ġ, Ġthe Ġside Ġagain Ġfaced ĠNew ĠSouth ĠWales Ġ, Ġand Ġwon Ġthe Ġmatch Ġ16 ĠâĢĵ Ġ12 Ġ. ĠAnother Ġtwo Ġvictories Ġfollowed Ġ, Ġbefore Ġthe Ġteam Ġplayed Ġtheir Ġonly Ġassociation Ġfootball Ġmatches Ġof Ġthe Ġtour ĠâĢĵ Ġboth Ġdefeats Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġteam Ġtravelled Ġnorth Ġto ĠQueensland Ġ, Ġwhere Ġ, Ġas Ġin ĠNew ĠSouth ĠWales Ġ, Ġrugby Ġwas Ġthe Ġdominant Ġcode Ġof Ġfootball Ġ. ĠConsequently Ġ, Ġthe Ġteam Ġexclusively Ġplayed Ġrugby Ġwhile Ġin Ġthe Ġregion Ġ. ĠThe ĠN atives Ġfaced ĠQueensland Ġat Ġthe ĠAssociation ĠGround Ġin ĠBrisbane Ġ. ĠThe Ġ8000 Ġspectators Ġwitnessed Ġthe ĠNew ĠZealand ers Ġoverwhelm Ġthe ĠQueensland ers Ġto Ġwin Ġ22 ĠâĢĵ Ġ0 Ġ; Ġthe ĠN atives Ġdid Ġnot Ġexert Ġthemselves Ġin Ġthe Ġwin Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġscore Ġdid Ġnot Ġreflect Ġtheir Ġdominance Ġ. ĠAfter Ġa Ġfurther Ġtwo Ġmatches Ġ, Ġagainst ĠTo ow o omb a Ġand ĠIps wich Ġ( Ġboth Ġof Ġwhom Ġwere Ġcomfortably Ġdefeated Ġ) Ġ, Ġthe Ġteam Ġreturned Ġto ĠBrisbane Ġfor Ġa Ġrematch Ġwith ĠQueensland Ġ. ĠIn Ġcontrast Ġto Ġtheir Ġfirst Ġmeeting Ġ, Ġthe Ġfirst Ġ@ - @ Ġhalf Ġwas Ġa Ġclose Ġaffair Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġtwo Ġsides Ġwere Ġtied Ġat Ġthe Ġconclusion Ġof Ġthe Ġhalf Ġ. ĠBilly ĠWar br ick Ġsuffered Ġa Ġkick Ġto Ġthe Ġhead Ġ,