ALL BLACKS WIN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 19, 4 November 1935, Page 5

ALL BLACKS WIN

THE LONDON COUNTIES MATCH.

ELEVEN POINTS TO NIL.

A RELAPSE IN FORM SHOWN.

(United Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, November 2.

The All Blacks beat London Counties by 11 points to 0. At half-time there had been no score.

Brown and Mahoney replaced Ball and McKenzie, who had an injured leg. Twenty-five thousand people watched the game. The All Blacks immediately began to force the pace, winning most of the scrums. Solomon’s long kicks into touch kept the Counties defending, and only fierce tackling prevented the All Black wing-three-quar-ters from scoring. Tindill failed in an attempt to drop-kick a goal from 10 yards out. The Counties’ pack, although it was sometimes pushed back several yards, frequently enabled the inside men to set the wings in motion, but they were not fast enough to evade the deadly tackling of the All Blacks. Caughey, Hart, and Mitchell made a magnificent effort which nearly ended in a try. Candler saved, but was injured in a tackle. Candler, who was half-back, did not return on the resumption after half-time, and the Counties’ team was rearranged. Only seven forwards were played, but the team pressed strongly. Dick nearly scored with a long penalty kick. Unwin once pierced the defence, but diopped the ball as he flung himself down on the ljne, and the All Blacks kicked the ball into the deal-ball area. The All Blacks put on the pressure, and Pepper, following up, scored a try which Corner did not convert. New Zealand j* The Cqunties fought dourly but. the All Black defence was always triumphant. Caughey seized the opportunity of a slip in the defence to score, and Corner converted. New Zealand ® Counties - u Near time,.Mitchell slipped through for a score, but Corner failed to convert from an easy position. The game ended: New Zealand Counties

“AN UNRELIABLE tEAM.” HART PITTS IN GOOD WORK. LONDON, November 2. The special correspondent of the United Press Association says that m spite of morning showers, the Twickenham turf was in fine condition. Ihe Ail Blacks, playing_for the first time on the historic field, were greatly im " pressed by the bowling-green surface. Wynyard thought it was a pity to spoil it by playing football on it. Considering the publicity given the All Blacks the attendance of 25,UUU was disappointing, and a bigger crow was expected especially m viewo - fine displays at Llanelly, Cardiff and Newport. The critics have been sayi g (Bat the team is 50 per cent, better than early in the tour, but the lwick enham display will probably reverse this opinion. The Loudon selectors had a bigger field of choice than any organisation except the iute > ones, and consequently the Countie team was particularly strong QnpaPfri still containing, after toatHgu V changes, seven internationals- Hnd :nd° aorln*%accd '“mXI. DeanT who'had I'ust arrived from New Zealand, was presentThree autogiros hovered ovei ground before the game started. New Zealand followers weie sui prised to see lteid Met off. was early prominent in lme-outs. 1 lay was not exciting in the opemng stages. The Counties provided the fig movement. , Thom, a great fonvaid burst down The centre of the fieid, apd gave Solomon the dummy. The Coun ties’ forwards made several rushes, but were forced back by the Hudson were tackhng c-rimly and upset many attacks. Undid made a number of fine often getting in his lack aft g tackled. The Counties pressed fen a time, after which the All Blacks at tacked repeatedly. An excelle P portunity was lost when Tmdill tn to kick a field goal instead of passing to Hart, who had raced round. The spectators shouted, “Come on, British Isles!” Indeed, all-the Counties were represented m the « Reid brought off one of the best movements in tlie first half, dashm» through the ruck and brushing ott five men. , When the game was resumed aftei hall-time voices wdre heard, Uom on, New Zealand, give us some loot i>a rjmvin gave the team the luckiest escape 'of the tour when he dived over the line and appeared to throw out his hands! losii 1 the ball. Tim woke the All Black forwards up. It was high time the visitors did something with their extra forward. In the home team Thom liad dropped back to the wing and Dick had replaced Candlei as stand-off half. That seven forwards •were able to bold up New Zealand s eight indicated the poorness of the visitors’ play. Pepper’s try was due to keen following up, typical pf his play throughout the. tour. Caughey’s try followed a mistake' by the Counties’ backs during a promising rush, one man failing to reach a position to accept a perfect pass. Mitchell, who is expert at profiting from mistakes, made the opening. After this hundreds left the ground, realising that the Counties were beaten. The spectators were appar-

ently disappointed with the football. The game, in spite of the margin of victory, was one of the poorest the’New Zealanders have played, which was inexcusable and difficult to understand. They are certain to lie branded as an unreliable tqgni. The Counties’ backs were individually superior, took more chances, and' opened up the _ game more except for the final 10 minutes, when the All Blacks were spectacular. The game was nevertheless generally lifeless except for the work of Hart, who showed up in spite of being marked by Favell, a determined tackier. Solomon made amends for a shaky beginning with great line kicks. H® once gained 60 yards. Caughey and Brown were not on form, and were weak in defence. Tindill was not the player seen at Newport. The forwards were loose, ragged and lethargic, and again displayed the weakness in packing which it was believed had been remedied. Reid, Hadley, Pepper and Hole were most prominent. Reid played a great game in the loose and 'made many determined runs.

PRESS CRITICS DISAPPOINTED.

“UNCONVINCING DISPLAY.” LONDON, Nov. 2. The “Sunday Dispatch” regards the All Blacks’ display as unconvincing, although it admits that the New Zealanders were handicapped by injuries. It adds that although they defended splendidly, their weakness on attack disappointed the crowd. The Counties, although they were a man short in the second half, battered New Zealand’s pride in a manner which promised well for the home sides in the coming international games. The All Blacks did not depart from orthodoxy in their efforts to break through the English players, whose tackling was as good as their own. The “Observer” says that the All Blacks did not show evidence of planning scoring movements. They seenier prefer snapping up opportunities from their opponents’ mistakes.,

BACKS AS “ELDERLY GENTLEMEN."

PRAISE FOR THE FORWARDS

(Received This Day, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, November 3. The “Daily Telegraph” says that .the All Blacks, playing like somewhat elderly gentlemen, scrambled home. They are either suffering from reaction after their vigorous tour of Wales, or they need the stimulus of Welsh aggression to bring out their best. Pn Saturday they were, weak, not only in defence, but their attack was slow and stereotyped. They made persistent use of the touch-line as if they could not trust themselves to run with the ball. Hart alone of the backs looked a class player. The forwards carried' them through. Hadley was particularly good. It will be ironical if eventually the All Blacks rely on the muchdiscussed forwards for salvation. The “News-Chronicle” says that the New Zealanders played ntfuch more like a team than they did against the Combined Services. The forwards sometimes looked positively fearsome. The London Rugby Union entertained the All Blacks at dinner. The 200 guests included many internationals. Mr Geoffrey Roberts, an old Oxford Rugby Blue and an English representative player, in proposing the toast of the New Zealanders, said the closeness of their victories showed improvement of game here and so reflected greater credit on the visitors. The All Blacks received the toast of the London Counties with Maori musical honours.