PLAYERS’ RECORDS

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29851, 18 June 1962, Page 19

PLAYERS’ RECORDS

(New Zealand Press Association)

WELLINGTON. June 17.

With the five conversions he kicked in the final match of the All Black tour of Australia against Victoria, at Olympic Park, Melbourne, on Saturday, the full-back, D. B. Clarke, took his tally for nine matches to 107 points. In the 10 matches of the tour the team’s record was: played 10, won 9, lost 1; points for 426, points against, 49. Clarke was easily top scorer. His points came from one try, 28 conversions, 15 goals from penalties, and one dropped goal. The team scored 91 tries. 51 conversions, 15 penalty goals, and two dropped goals. The top try scorer was the Auckland wing three-quarters, D. W. McKay, who scored 16. T. R. Heeps, the national sprint champion, was next with 14 tries. He also kicked a conversion. The only player who did not

score points on the tour was the captain, W. J. Whineray. The points scoring table is (tries, conversions, penalty goals, dropped goals, and total):

Opposition sides scored three tries, two conversions, and 12 goals from penalties. As well as heading the points scoring table. D. B. Clarke also headed the list of individual appearances, missing only one match. His older brother. I. J. Clarke, was next on the appearance list with eight matches, his last creating the new record for appearances for New Zealand overseas or in tests at home. Other appearance figures were:— Seven Matches.—McKay. Tremain, Mac Ewan, and S. T. Meads. Six Matches.—J. R. Watt, Little. O’Sullivan. Yates. Graham. Nathan. Barry, C. E. Meads, and J. M. Le Lievre. Five Matches Moreton, B. A. Watt. Wolfe, Briscoe, Connor, Whineray, Young, and Creighton. Brown, who was injured in the sixth match, at Newcastle, played four times.

T. C. P. D. Tl. D. B. Clarke 1 28 15 1 107 D W. McKay 16 48 T R. Heeps .. 14 1 44 W. J. Nathan 8 - 24 K. E. Barry .. 6 1 20 J. R. Watt.. 2 6 18 P. F. Little . . 6 a» 18 R C. Moreton 5 — 15 B. A. Watt .. 4 1 15 K. C. Briscoe 1 6 15 V. M. Yates 2 3 12 K A. Tremain 4 12 J N. Creighton 4 — 12 S. T. Meads .. 3 1 11 D J. Graham 3 — 9 I. N. MacEwan 3 9 I J. Clarke 1 2 7 C. E. Meads .. 2 1 8 T. N. Wolfe .. 2 6 J. M. LeUevre 1 1 5 T P. O’Sulllvan 1 - 3 R. H. Brown 1 — 3 D. M. Connor 1 3 D. Young - 1 2 91 51 15 2 426