THE ALL BLACKS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 127, 21 February 1908, Page 4

THE ALL BLACKS.

..u:. HULL AND CUMBERLAND 'A WIN AND A LOSS. i „ u (By,Ai H. Baskerville.) - Hull-Kingston Rovor& match (played on January-4).—"Won by Now-. Zealand by 6 points (2 tries) to 3 (1 try). ' , " : Cumberland match'< (played on: January - , B).—Won by Cumberland' by 21 points (5 tries and 3 goals) to 9 (1 tiy and 3 goals) Though tho Now Zealanders had played in Hull previously, their second visit. to play ■s -1 Hull-Kmgson'Rovers aroused great mtorest. •rin tho East of Yorkshire. Tho fine gamo that' resultcc] on tho previous occasion, no doubt wont' O' long way, to arouso enthusi-, '-.-Sri' asm, so-thafr'-nearly 10,000: people assembled, .'in spito of the and ... bitterly , cpkl, :V's .weather.: Tlio "gato" amounted to approxi-' • niately £400. , v Tho Now. Zealand team was not up to,full .' strength Mil-tho back :divisioa oil 1 account of v " their, heavy;casualty 1i5t..... It . .was;. Tyne, Messenger,' Tyler, AVrigley, R..-Wy«r 1 . : yard, Kolly, Gilchrist,' Pearce, Trovqrthen, • --Byrne,. Cross, Johnston. ■ ' ' TYNE SCORES. *- ' ' r ; . The "All -Blocks" - kicked. off, and in,-half » minuto had nearly scored. Thoy ,rushed " ■ tho, ball over • tho Home ' line, the Rovers* •-isaving by forcing: Again they .; ! rushed!to tho Rovers! lino, and wero nearly over. -'A": scrnm resulted. Tho ball, passed; through the hands: of Kelly, R.. Wynyai;d,, ■ '" and, Messenger to AVngloy. .- The-latter mado- '■>•- ,: » -fine' dash 'for tho Homo,'line, and handed: • oii to Tyne, who capped the brilliant piece ' ' of combined . play witli a. try.' ..Messenger^. ■ try at goal hit the goal post and rebounded, : Two. ! minutes had elapsed. ■ Cross nearly succeeded /in scoring. again : '. . from /a 'forward rush. 1 Tyler, lost ground by 'falling to accept;a' pass,: and' Now Zealand ■ was?compelled to force.■ Messenger at--?.m. tempted to put over a free kick,- but faded.-. vThe-ftovors attacked, and' smothered a New Zealandor's kick. Tho ball robounded, and\ • Hull-back, securing tho ball, ran ovor our ! lino unopposed. ' Thoy. failed to convert tho :■ trv. : New Zealand 3, Hull-Kingston Rovers - : !■■■■. v. Snow- commenced to fall •as Messenger • made another unsuccessful attempt to. land • a a penalty'kink. A fine passing " a,rush;' Byrne—Johnston —R. Wynyarcl—Messenger,' nearly saw a score, tho-latter being- ' -■-tackled, close to tho Home line.. Hard- -■ -.fought 7 .play continued for the rest of the' i - - . first spell, first ono. sido and then tho other ?. '■ attacking. Turtill played .magnihcently, and ■ :'... was tho means of frequently getting his side out of difficulties with his clever .-.'line-kicks! r..' ing. •, Shortly before half-time Wrigley nar- • ... to drop a goal. INDISPENSABLEiMESSENCER. , , ■ Hull attacked for a while with the rc- ' start of play. Thoy also found tlio dcfence . /'solid,: and tried;, to pot a goal, but 'failed. ! i -Tho Now Zealand forwards swept up ;tbe •• • ■, field to tlio halfway lino.'. Cross snapped up .: ' : thero and made a dash beforo, parting •.•••• the ball.' J Byrno and R. AVynyard'bandied' f , and ran nicely, .making a. good ;• openingifor? ' : 3lessenger,- who iscoretl near tlio corner, after r a fine run. ; '"\Vngloy-failed with,tho shotj^t, goal 1 ' : Strenuous play followed this event. The Homo team was by no means playing .a; gentle game, and had fo bo reminded of this '• • • fact by. the referee onco or "twice. Mcsrj;p. senger. appeared to liavo a.try at his mei;uj. .-Ho actually ran over, but; was : called, back ; for something. This was our last senous at-. • ■■ tempt. After this play, hovered' near the : 'New Zealand lijie- ilt was:tho.sceiio;ot v inany,- : 1 warm scrnm3,.:but despite .the. pressure :o.us defenco was too stubborn, so tho game. ■'' crded: New Zealand t J6/Hull-Kingston'; Rovers 3 J Turtill turned out to bertho soundest back on ■! the field.". . . His - dcfcnco was ; splendid. "Wrigley, Messenger, and 11. AVynyard com- • binwwell, ■ and wero always dangerous on, >■•>: attack. -' They •-were "ably assist ed by Tyno »- - and Kelly,- 4 who• in ■ addition- jilayed fino de- . : fonsive games. - • Johnston, Cios?, .Pearce, and Gilchrist- wero a .fine quartett-o: in; tho ■ -, heavy. :,work; ■ Trerarthen ■ and Byrno'-shono ■ v :> out well in the open, c - On tho Monday:, after, tho*.match in Hull • n tho New Zealand team .journeyed to Carlisle, - and stayed thero preparatory to tho Cum- ; berland match. A few of the party seized the opportunity oil Tuesday—being so close , —to visit.Edinburgh forithe day. AT WORKINCTOM. ■ ■ The team travelled to Workingtou, whero . the Cumberland match was to bo decided, ■:i on the Wednesday morning. •It is-a small town on tho coast, and, judging. Iby tho -: crowd, .nearly every male. adult in tho town ' must,: have witnessed' tho. match;; Nearly ■ 4000 ; braved tho - elements, and vstoodj; tho lvintry weather, during tho progress. of:- tho : -v^.-; >'■ ' vf;,;.' Unfortunately,, the galo of wind prevail- >, ;••• ing completely spoiled the: game. , The New Zpalanders, wero unfortunato to lose the toss,'and had,to.face it at first. Tho/North of • England-men l mado tho most of this advan- • tage,: and'- secured threo tries beforo halftime,- Ferguson,, of.,tho:-Oldham Club, converting all/of-them by -fino- kicking. .'- . , With ar deficit, of .fifteen.- points tlio "All "i, ißlacks" re-starte<l, and shortly reduced tlio lead by four'points, Messenger.putting- over two penalty' goals. ■ v The heavy strain undergone in the first *pell began to take effect,, and tho -Now Zea- - landers found! themselves 'iu difficulties / again.. : Wrigley had a kick charged-down'oil' , his own goal- lino, and a Cumberland^man' rail . ' over unopposed and scored an unconverted try. : .Another one resulted to them a fow minutes later from a forward rush—also ;Uilcouerted. This mado their total 21 points, • THE LAST TRY. vNew 'Zealand 'pressed tho-rest of' 'tlio time, but,could only, securo -a-'try, Tyno run- . ning through the Home team and scoring a . • .magnificent try between.the goalposts:' Mcs- . senger converted 'it; and the, game ended: ••■■■■■■ Cumberland 21, Now .Zealand' 9. : -i: Tho Cumberland ..team possessed-the "finest .' pack iof forwards 'wo have yet met.' Not only did.. : thoy. oxcel;'in open playj Vb'ut; tliey. ■ beat the. Now' Zealanders at- securing .the :;••••• .ball in;thd scrum. : Tli is*spelt 'disaster on a <la} :liko.Wednesday. They could not'mako ■ a mistake,during ; tho gamo: . Messenger and Tyno played fine games, ■ both making several' brilliant' efforts. - Tho . other New Zealand backs did woll- consider- . - ing. tho difficulties, and,,fjho.;.unusual,.condi- ■ tions-they ivero .playing, under;, - : , .Tho New Zealand team was:—Turtill) Mes- •. , iengor, Rdwo, vTvne, Wrigley,/ W.. Wvnyard, - R. Wynyard,"Gilchrist,! Mackrell, . Trevarthen, Byrne, Cross, Johnston. • '-' -■ 1 ' .'■