GRUELLING GAME.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18184, 22 September 1924, Page 9

GRUELLING GAME.

BfERSET VIGOROUS. BUCKS WIN, 6-0. B - AND GREASE BALL I *K9 issoc:ii:C'L" — c«j?r?jGEr'i 5 _2. CASiE ASSOCIATION.) September 21s'.. p.®.) K ItfNDON, September 3u. B .y j}]aeks' third match, aga.ns.. ■P a £ Weston, only won by ■frtUMW margin of 6 points to (J. ■ n 1 "*" 1 was rc P rescl, ' e '^ ■EL Paewai and Lucas bc-ing ita view to finding the best ■Tv!*- combination-. — iLiiard "Lucas Svenson I 3lnfifo i. > ...c I Harvey Richardscu P Copples Vi'hitc I ftifertonatclf for the visitors, the \ei&a did not hold. Heavy rain !k 1 aving P 00 * 6 Vi " atsr aboul ' tiie making the turf slushy and ■ o n the other hand, there was to interfere with play. "ft* All Blacks at once opened up jlteekj a -CT^cl P aES ' D '»' **' Somerset reliof. Still, the county down, twice in the first five , ffatfset proved to have a welli&rtd side, and played a winger opJjfa'*tiarker. Their forwards set up '"gjte defence. Both in the serums dribbling their work was most The New Zealandcrs made jgorts to break through their inborn opponents, but all they sucis. doing was to force Somerset uMft'.tftwfts. in the first half. ■'flU lesdling by the All Black backs iftrfffCtive, and their kicking was ft Jong. Nepia v, - as promi♦Wji times by his resolute defence swayed into New Zea- J rttired hurt before the iuIwsLfot resnmed his placs later on. i arrived with no score.

-I long while after play was recounty men, playing above jjytifes, held the con tinned All flffifhOnw in check. Noiwithstandijll wet itate cf tho ground, which, jjyfrea W1 a tendency to level the glfl of play, the game was chock'fl[|titteiclent, and is held to be a of the general imffjpiit in play of English Rugby j jsj§jß; however, the persistency of {|||f-.Bl4cks was rewarded. They determined to score, and kept ilgsglth a result that Cooke got ! f|Prti ? kick along the ground, and WwHt'ttp' headlong, scored in a : ppf|p;inn.' The slippery ball was ilsoiOT Nepia, and he failed badly iilpdefe. ... .. 3 the All Blacks hurled themground, and the defence flpfiy once more. Mill got possesacross the lino close to Again Nepia failed with an the match ended: a most gruelling one in|SfoTi!'t)g to end. Inability to ball with certainty robbed tt their best mode of atialkre to run straight, want attack and more resolute jawfe'cf stopping rushes were largely for the New Zealanders' take full advantage of their Ipaitfes. J|jHpiad Nepla, were conspicuous | >Jfj#>,to'be admitted, however, that j IPjiitt form that was quite ijjSjißßWi On the day they were conbe almost on a par with spa&g best side. They used the continuously, and that helped them from a more severe Jg|s»e!e Zealanders have not yet form they showed in their in Australia. Their defect was uncertainty and 81 Sibling of passes partly attribut- «» to doobt to the greasy balL gjall x authorities consider that Rptoi dnbs are likely to give them JP&rier games and check their unrecord. tremendous enthusiasm at the crowd being greatly jJSj&at the fine defence put up by S3?*®, twelve thousand speethe ground was totally iujPfo.to accommodate them. The often thrown, on to people ! proximity to the playing area, ftsult of the comparatively small tip by the All Blacks is •Spoeaaing interest is being taken Notour everywhere. of miner injuries, all the sound condition. Jdinner following to-day *3 Donne, president of the strongly deprecated the comparisons between tho pre-t-^aai aad that of 1905. He conit unfair to this young team, T et justify themselves, visits will be made to £Fv oa Sunday, Taunton on TucsjPjJ?® the Bristol tobacco factories The team will reach ypjp®* on Thursday.