 and had to retire early in the second @-@ half . Following the loss of Warbrick , the play of the Natives improved and they recovered to win 11 – 7 . Not long after the game concluded rumours circulated that some of the players had been offered ₤ 50 by bookmakers to throw the game . Eyton later said :   It was on the occasion of this match that four of our players were thought , in racing parlance , to be playing " stiff " , and that they had been got by some bookies ; at all events , when accused of it at half @-@ time and cautioned , they played a different game in the second half .   The response from the team 's management was to suspend four players . The team travelled to Toowoomba , where they defeated the locals 19 – 0 . The Natives included a replacement player for only the second time , Charles Speakman , after the suspensions reduced the playing strength of the side . The team then travelled back to New Zealand , and arrived in Invercargill on 5 August .   = = Return to New Zealand = =   Two days after their return , the Natives faced Southland , who they defeated 5 – 1 in front of a crowd of 2 @,@ 000 . The side suffered further injury , to Harry Lee , and recruited Southlander W. Hirst for their match against Mataura District on 8 August . Despite playing the match two players down , the Natives comfortably defeated Mataura 16 – 3 . Following the side 's return to New Zealand , the Otago Rugby Football Union demanded that the team 's management explain the accusations levelled at them in Queensland . Eyton responded by insisting that the players had only been suspended while an investigation was conducted , and that the management was confident no wrongdoing had occurred . The Northern Rugby Union ( since renamed Queensland Rugby Union ) summarised the incident and aftermath in the 1889 Queensland Rugby Union Annual :   ... it was apparent to a judge of the game that something was wrong with the Maori , as they were not showing their usual dash and combination . Four members of the team were suspended , a charge being made against them of attempting the sell the match . The matter was bought before the Otago Union , who passed the following resolution : That , having heard all available evidence regarding the charges against certain members of the Native Team , and having received an explicit denial of charges from the accused members and a satisfactory explanation from the management , we are of opinion that there are no facts before us justifying the allegations ...   It is unlikely , given the attitude of the Otago Rugby Union to the Natives before their departure , that they would have dismissed the allegations if incriminating evidence had existed . The side was back to full strength following the return of their suspended players when the side faced Otago in Dunedin . The Natives outscored their opponents five tries to two , and won 11 – 8 . The side 's star player and half @-@ back , Keogh , stayed in Dunedin when the team departed for Christchurch . The side faced Hawke 's Bay , who were touring , in Christchurch , and handily defeated them 13 – 2 . The Natives ' play was praised by The Press : " ... the wearers of the black passed with remarkable accuracy and quickness between their legs , over their shoulders , under their arms and with their feet " . The side then faced Canterbury on 17 August , who they thrashed 15 – 0 . The report published in The Press said of the Natives ' performance :   The play showed on Saturday afternoon was a fine exhibition of what several months of combination and practice will do ... it must be admitted they were far and away too good for our local men . In the loose , in the scrum , dribbling , passing , collaring , or running they were very much indeed Canterbury 's superior . Such runs as were made by Warbrick at full back , by Madigan , Gage , and W. Wynyard , the passing of H. Wynyard , F. Warbrick , and all the backs as well as several forwards , the rushes of Alf Warbrick , Maynard , Taare , Taiaroa , and Rene , and the dodging and fending powers of nearly every one , nonplussed their opponents ...   The side left Christchurch and travelled north where they played Wairarapa in Masterton . The match was won 10 – 8 , and the next day they faced Wellington , who they also defeated . The fixture against Wellington was nearly abandoned because Scott and the Wellington Rugby Union could not agree on a venue ; the match went ahead only when the Wellington officials agreed to cede the Natives all profit from the match . After this the Natives travelled to Auckland where they played their last match , against the province on 24 August . The match was lost 7 – 2 after each team scored two tries each , but the Aucklanders kicked a drop @-@ goal and a conversion
Ġand Ġhad Ġto Ġretire Ġearly Ġin Ġthe Ġsecond Ġ@ - @ Ġhalf Ġ. ĠFollowing Ġthe Ġloss Ġof ĠWar br ick Ġ, Ġthe Ġplay Ġof Ġthe ĠN atives Ġimproved Ġand Ġthey Ġrecovered Ġto Ġwin Ġ11 ĠâĢĵ Ġ7 Ġ. ĠNot Ġlong Ġafter Ġthe Ġgame Ġconcluded Ġrumours Ġcirculated Ġthat Ġsome Ġof Ġthe Ġplayers Ġhad Ġbeen Ġoffered Ġâ Ĥ ¤ Ġ50 Ġby Ġbook makers Ġto Ġthrow Ġthe Ġgame Ġ. ĠEy ton Ġlater Ġsaid Ġ: Ġ Ġ ĠIt Ġwas Ġon Ġthe Ġoccasion Ġof Ġthis Ġmatch Ġthat Ġfour Ġof Ġour Ġplayers Ġwere Ġthought Ġ, Ġin Ġracing Ġpar lance Ġ, Ġto Ġbe Ġplaying Ġ" Ġstiff Ġ" Ġ, Ġand Ġthat Ġthey Ġhad Ġbeen Ġgot Ġby Ġsome Ġbook ies Ġ; Ġat Ġall Ġevents Ġ, Ġwhen Ġaccused Ġof Ġit Ġat Ġhalf Ġ@ - @ Ġtime Ġand Ġcautioned Ġ, Ġthey Ġplayed Ġa Ġdifferent Ġgame Ġin Ġthe Ġsecond Ġhalf Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġresponse Ġfrom Ġthe Ġteam Ġ' s Ġmanagement Ġwas Ġto Ġsuspend Ġfour Ġplayers Ġ. ĠThe Ġteam Ġtravelled Ġto ĠTo ow o omb a Ġ, Ġwhere Ġthey Ġdefeated Ġthe Ġlocals Ġ19 ĠâĢĵ Ġ0 Ġ. ĠThe ĠN atives Ġincluded Ġa Ġreplacement Ġplayer Ġfor Ġonly Ġthe Ġsecond Ġtime Ġ, ĠCharles ĠSpeak man Ġ, Ġafter Ġthe Ġsuspensions Ġreduced Ġthe Ġplaying Ġstrength Ġof Ġthe Ġside Ġ. ĠThe Ġteam Ġthen Ġtravelled Ġback Ġto ĠNew ĠZealand Ġ, Ġand Ġarrived Ġin ĠIn ver c arg ill Ġon Ġ5 ĠAugust Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠReturn Ġto ĠNew ĠZealand Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠTwo Ġdays Ġafter Ġtheir Ġreturn Ġ, Ġthe ĠN atives Ġfaced ĠSouth land Ġ, Ġwho Ġthey Ġdefeated Ġ5 ĠâĢĵ Ġ1 Ġin Ġfront Ġof Ġa Ġcrowd Ġof Ġ2 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġ. ĠThe Ġside Ġsuffered Ġfurther Ġinjury Ġ, Ġto ĠHarry ĠLee Ġ, Ġand Ġrecruited ĠSouth lander ĠW . ĠH irst Ġfor Ġtheir Ġmatch Ġagainst ĠMata ura ĠDistrict Ġon Ġ8 ĠAugust Ġ. ĠDespite Ġplaying Ġthe Ġmatch Ġtwo Ġplayers Ġdown Ġ, Ġthe ĠN atives Ġcomfortably Ġdefeated ĠMata ura Ġ16 ĠâĢĵ Ġ3 Ġ. ĠFollowing Ġthe Ġside Ġ' s Ġreturn Ġto ĠNew ĠZealand Ġ, Ġthe ĠOt ago ĠRugby ĠFootball ĠUnion Ġdemanded Ġthat Ġthe Ġteam Ġ' s Ġmanagement Ġexplain Ġthe Ġaccusations Ġleve lled Ġat Ġthem Ġin ĠQueensland Ġ. ĠEy ton Ġresponded Ġby Ġinsisting Ġthat Ġthe Ġplayers Ġhad Ġonly Ġbeen Ġsuspended Ġwhile Ġan Ġinvestigation Ġwas Ġconducted Ġ, Ġand Ġthat Ġthe Ġmanagement Ġwas Ġconfident Ġno Ġwrongdoing Ġhad Ġoccurred Ġ. ĠThe ĠNorthern ĠRugby ĠUnion Ġ( Ġsince Ġrenamed ĠQueensland ĠRugby ĠUnion Ġ) Ġsummar ised Ġthe Ġincident Ġand Ġaftermath Ġin Ġthe Ġ1889 ĠQueensland ĠRugby ĠUnion ĠAnnual Ġ: Ġ Ġ Ġ... Ġit Ġwas Ġapparent Ġto Ġa Ġjudge Ġof Ġthe Ġgame Ġthat Ġsomething Ġwas Ġwrong Ġwith Ġthe ĠMa ori Ġ, Ġas Ġthey Ġwere Ġnot Ġshowing Ġtheir Ġusual Ġdash Ġand Ġcombination Ġ. ĠFour Ġmembers Ġof Ġthe Ġteam Ġwere Ġsuspended Ġ, Ġa Ġcharge Ġbeing Ġmade Ġagainst Ġthem Ġof Ġattempting Ġthe Ġsell Ġthe Ġmatch Ġ. ĠThe Ġmatter Ġwas Ġbought Ġbefore Ġthe ĠOt ago ĠUnion Ġ, Ġwho Ġpassed Ġthe Ġfollowing Ġresolution Ġ: ĠThat Ġ, Ġhaving Ġheard Ġall Ġavailable Ġevidence Ġregarding Ġthe Ġcharges Ġagainst Ġcertain Ġmembers Ġof Ġthe ĠNative ĠTeam Ġ, Ġand Ġhaving Ġreceived Ġan Ġexplicit Ġdenial Ġof Ġcharges Ġfrom Ġthe Ġaccused Ġmembers Ġand Ġa Ġsatisfactory Ġexplanation Ġfrom Ġthe Ġmanagement Ġ, Ġwe Ġare Ġof Ġopinion Ġthat Ġthere Ġare Ġno Ġfacts Ġbefore Ġus Ġjustifying Ġthe Ġallegations Ġ... Ġ Ġ ĠIt Ġis Ġunlikely Ġ, Ġgiven Ġthe Ġattitude Ġof Ġthe ĠOt ago ĠRugby ĠUnion Ġto Ġthe ĠN atives Ġbefore Ġtheir Ġdeparture Ġ, Ġthat Ġthey Ġwould Ġhave Ġdismissed Ġthe Ġallegations Ġif Ġincrim inating Ġevidence Ġhad Ġexisted Ġ. ĠThe Ġside Ġwas Ġback Ġto Ġfull Ġstrength Ġfollowing Ġthe Ġreturn Ġof Ġtheir Ġsuspended Ġplayers Ġwhen Ġthe Ġside Ġfaced ĠOt ago Ġin ĠDun edin Ġ. ĠThe ĠN atives Ġout sc ored Ġtheir Ġopponents Ġfive Ġtries Ġto Ġtwo Ġ, Ġand Ġwon Ġ11 ĠâĢĵ Ġ8 Ġ. ĠThe Ġside Ġ' s Ġstar Ġplayer Ġand Ġhalf Ġ@ - @ Ġback Ġ, ĠKe ogh Ġ, Ġstayed Ġin ĠDun edin Ġwhen Ġthe Ġteam Ġdeparted Ġfor ĠChrist church Ġ. ĠThe Ġside Ġfaced ĠHaw ke Ġ' s ĠBay Ġ, Ġwho Ġwere Ġtouring Ġ, Ġin ĠChrist church Ġ, Ġand Ġhand ily Ġdefeated Ġthem Ġ13 ĠâĢĵ Ġ2 Ġ. ĠThe ĠN atives Ġ' Ġplay Ġwas Ġpraised Ġby ĠThe ĠPress Ġ: Ġ" Ġ... Ġthe Ġwe arers Ġof Ġthe Ġblack Ġpassed Ġwith Ġremarkable Ġaccuracy Ġand Ġquick ness Ġbetween Ġtheir Ġlegs Ġ, Ġover Ġtheir Ġshoulders Ġ, Ġunder Ġtheir Ġarms Ġand Ġwith Ġtheir Ġfeet Ġ" Ġ. ĠThe Ġside Ġthen Ġfaced ĠCanterbury Ġon Ġ17 ĠAugust Ġ, Ġwho Ġthey Ġthr ashed Ġ15 ĠâĢĵ Ġ0 Ġ. ĠThe Ġreport Ġpublished Ġin ĠThe ĠPress Ġsaid Ġof Ġthe ĠN atives Ġ' Ġperformance Ġ: Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġplay Ġshowed Ġon ĠSaturday Ġafternoon Ġwas Ġa Ġfine Ġexhibition Ġof Ġwhat Ġseveral Ġmonths Ġof Ġcombination Ġand Ġpractice Ġwill Ġdo Ġ... Ġit Ġmust Ġbe Ġadmitted Ġthey Ġwere Ġfar Ġand Ġaway Ġtoo Ġgood Ġfor Ġour Ġlocal Ġmen Ġ. ĠIn Ġthe Ġloose Ġ, Ġin Ġthe Ġscr um Ġ, Ġdrib bling Ġ, Ġpassing Ġ, Ġcoll aring Ġ, Ġor Ġrunning Ġthey Ġwere Ġvery Ġmuch Ġindeed ĠCanterbury Ġ' s Ġsuperior Ġ. ĠSuch Ġruns Ġas Ġwere Ġmade Ġby ĠWar br ick Ġat Ġfull Ġback Ġ, Ġby ĠMad igan Ġ, ĠG age Ġ, Ġand ĠW . ĠWyn yard Ġ, Ġthe Ġpassing Ġof ĠH . ĠWyn yard Ġ, ĠF . ĠWar br ick Ġ, Ġand Ġall Ġthe Ġbacks Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġseveral Ġforwards Ġ, Ġthe Ġrushes Ġof ĠAlf ĠWar br ick Ġ, ĠMay nard Ġ, ĠTa are Ġ, ĠTai aro a Ġ, Ġand ĠR ene Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġdodging Ġand Ġf ending Ġpowers Ġof Ġnearly Ġevery Ġone Ġ, Ġnon pl ussed Ġtheir Ġopponents Ġ... Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġside Ġleft ĠChrist church Ġand Ġtravelled Ġnorth Ġwhere Ġthey Ġplayed ĠW air ar apa Ġin ĠMaster ton Ġ. ĠThe Ġmatch Ġwas Ġwon Ġ10 ĠâĢĵ Ġ8 Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġnext Ġday Ġthey Ġfaced ĠWellington Ġ, Ġwho Ġthey Ġalso Ġdefeated Ġ. ĠThe Ġfixture Ġagainst ĠWellington Ġwas Ġnearly Ġabandoned Ġbecause ĠScott Ġand Ġthe ĠWellington ĠRugby ĠUnion Ġcould Ġnot Ġagree Ġon Ġa Ġvenue Ġ; Ġthe Ġmatch Ġwent Ġahead Ġonly Ġwhen Ġthe ĠWellington Ġofficials Ġagreed Ġto Ġc ede Ġthe ĠN atives Ġall Ġprofit Ġfrom Ġthe Ġmatch Ġ. ĠAfter Ġthis Ġthe ĠN atives Ġtravelled Ġto ĠAuckland Ġwhere Ġthey Ġplayed Ġtheir Ġlast Ġmatch Ġ, Ġagainst Ġthe Ġprovince Ġon Ġ24 ĠAugust Ġ. ĠThe Ġmatch Ġwas Ġlost Ġ7 ĠâĢĵ Ġ2 Ġafter Ġeach Ġteam Ġscored Ġtwo Ġtries Ġeach Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe ĠAuckland ers Ġkicked Ġa Ġdrop Ġ@ - @ Ġgoal Ġand Ġa Ġconversion