Only Eight Players Failed To Score

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29301, 5 September 1960, Page 12

Only Eight Players Failed To Score

tFram T. P. McLZAN, "N.Z. Herald- Correspondent. by Arrangement with the N.Z.P.A.}

JOHANNESBURG. Sept 3. Although the full-back, D. B. Clarke, completely dominated the scoring for the tour, the team’s total of 441 points in South Africa had 22 other contributors. Only eight of the party failed to score. Clarke, with 175 points scored in 20 matches, led from W. A. Davies, with 47 points, and T. R. Lineen, with 30. Clarke’s points in these matches came from one try, 32 conversions, 32 penalties, and four field goals. Davies; the only player apart from Clarke to score anything except tries, scored one try, 10 conversions, five penalties, and three dropped goals. The top try scorer was Lineen, with 10. Others in order were: R. W. Caulton (eight), J. R. Watt (seven), C. E. Meads (six), H. C. Bury, K. R. Tremain (five), R. F McMullen, K. F. Laidlaw, and P F. H. Jones (four), K. G Briscoe (three), R. J. Urbahn, R. J. Conway, E. A. R. Pickering, IN. 'MacEwan, D. J. Graham, and W. J. Whineray (two), T. P. O’Sullivan, S. R. Nesbit, A. H. Clarke, W. D. Gillespie, and L J. Clarke (one). The All Blacks scored 441 points, from 75 tries, 42 conversions, 37 penalties, seven field goals. The 164 points against them came from 23 tries, seven conversions, 26 penalties, one field goal. Match appearances were: D. B. Clarke, C. E. Meads, 20; J. R. Watt, L N. Mac Ewan, 19: R. W Caulton. 17; W. J. Whineray, K. C. Briscoe, T. R. Lineen, 16; M. W. Irwin, R. J. Conway, 15; D. Young, H. R. Horsley. K. F. Laidlaw, K. R. Tremain, 14; R. F. McMullen, s. G. Bremner, L J. Clarke, 13; W. A. Davies, 12; P. F. H. Jones, S. R. Nesbit 10: W. D. Gillespie, E.

. A. R. Pickering, D. J. Graham, 10; , A. H. Clarke, 9; H. C. Burry, 8; , E. J. Anderson, 7; D. H. Cameron, ’ T. P. O’Sullivan, R. G Hemi. and 1 R. J. Boon, 6. Boon arrived in i South Africa to play in the ninth ■ match of the tour. In Australia, the All Blacks ' scored 184 points, from 36 tries, 1 17 conversions, 13 penalties, and ■ one field goal. Fifteen points ■ were scored against them in Australia. ’ The leading scorers in Austra- ■ lia were Davies, with 47 points 1 (10 conversions, six penalties, two tries, one field goal) and D. B. • Clarke with 35 (seven penalties • and seven conversions). All other ■ points came from tries scored as 1 follows: T. P. O’Sullivan, P. F. H. Jones (four); H. C. Burry (three); ’ K. F. Laidlaw, R. F. McMullen. E. J. Anderson, R. W. Caulton. ■ A. H. Clarke. K. C. Briscoe, K R- Tremain, D. H. Cameron ■ (two); E. A. R. Pickering, D. • Young, J. R. Watt, R. J. Conway, 1 C. E. Meads, and S. R. Nesbit • (one). The New South Wales • wing, E. T. Stapleton. who was an • invitation player for the All Blacks against Queensland, ‘ scored one try. Appearances in the five matches m Australia were: Davies. McMullen, . O’Sullivan, Burry, Grabam. Pickering, Horsley. Gilles- : Pie, Bremner. and Jones, three; ?’ Clarke, Laidlaw. Urbahn, I. ' J- Clarke. Young, Anderson. ! Caulton, Lineen, Watt. A. H. Clarke, Conway, Meads, MacEwan, Tremain, Whineray, Hemi, Irwin, Cameron, and Nesbit, two. Results In Other Centres '■ A«k^S , V?* ura “ Ptatos >«’