NEWPORT BEATEN BY 17 TO 5.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 17, 1 November 1935, Page 6

NEWPORT BEATEN BY 17 TO 5.

MATCH .ON VERY HEAVY iGROUNO

SOME FINE GOAL KICKING, WORST WEATHER OF THE TOUR (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, October 31. The All Blacky defeated Newport by 17 points to 5. The half-time score was 7-0. Mitchell replaced Caughey, as he was considered safer in the bad conditions. Hore and McKenzie replaced McLean and Hadley who were injured at practice. The teams were:— All Blacks. Full-back: Gilbert. Three-quarters: Ball, Mitchell, Hart. Five-eights: Griffiths, Tindill. Half-back: Corner. Forwards: Lamboum, McKenzie, Pepper } Manchester, Reid, King, Hore and Mahoney. Newport. Full-backLegge. Three-quarters: Knowles, Gear, Allen and Hopkins. Halves: Dunn and Hawkins. Forwards: Law, Travers, Reese, Williams, Jarman, J. C. Wright, E. J. Wright and Evans. J. C. Wright is an international. The weather was the worst the tourists so far had encountered. The ground was very heavy and rain fell. The All Blacks were eager for an early lead which they obtained when Tindill scored 1 a neat field goal. New Zealand 4 Newport ... ... ... 0 Newport staged a great movement. Allen, racing through,; passed to Knowles, who was tackled from behind when he had a clear run. Hawkins .also dived for the line but struck the corner post. Newport clearly had the best of matters at this stage, and were unlucky not to score. The All Blacks tried wheeling the scrum, gaining much ground. Gilbert scored a wonderful penalty from almost half-way. New Zealand ... ... 7 Newport 0 Exciting play continued after resumption. Mitchell, with a swerving run, beat half his opponents and passed out to Ball,, who made a great effort before being tackled. Then Tindill, standing deep behind the scrum, dropped a goal, making a feat look yery easy and placing the All Blacks in a safe position. New Zealand ... ... 11 Newport ... ... ... 0 • McKenzie surprised his team mates. He took a mark and dropped a goal. New Zealand ... ... 14 Newport 0 The All Blacks rallied strongly in the final stages. Mitchell made a fine run. Piercing the defence he passed on to Ball, who scored wide out. Manchester failed to convert. New Zealand 17 Newport ... 0 Hilbert injured a leg and left the field. Knowles, on time, gathered the ball and dashed over. Evans converted. New Zealand 17 Newport ... 5