YORKSHIRE'S COLLAPSE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 96, 20 October 1924, Page 8

YORKSHIRE'S COLLAPSE

JOUR TRJES SCORED BY HART

ffEPIA IN GREAT-'KORM AT GOAL-

KICKING-

1 OPMBD PRESS ASSOCIATION'.—COPIRIGHT.) XAnfJSAIIJLVSSjXISAIiND-CABLB ASSOCIATION:)1 I •.,,' ." JS £ October.:;, j More than twelve thousand people! ...Assembled at Bradford to witness" the match between' New Zealand and York6hjr,e, which fesulte'd in'an easy victory • for;the All Blacks by 42 points-to- 4. ■ iThei game was not particularly fast, ibuti.dt was very hard right through. A ■distinct feature of the New Zealanders'play: was the greatly: improved goalkicking, Nepia converting six out of height tries and kicking two penalty .' 'goals. The,smartness of the All^BJaiks^. coupled with their .'thoroughness;'iil;',all|; .phases, of the game, was in . marked" • .contrast to Yorkshire's laboured and .__. generally dilatory movements. • Dalley and Hart stood out as the best ibacks in the New Zealand team,'but . jthe forwards were more difficult to make ; a choice' from,- -Richardson, Stewart, Makers,- 'and' M. 'Brownlie having "the advantage if .there .was' any where all [worked well! 'About • half-way through thej'first spell Steel was compelled to retire owing to his ankle giving out. ■ Tiie New . Zealand team', was as iolJows.':— ' Eull-back ; ; ..G; Nepia. /. ■ ' i Three-quarters: J.. Steel,- K. S. Sven- ' Son,; A. H. Hart. ■ . Five-eighths: L. Paewai, N. P. • i&l'Gregor. " . Half: W. C, Dalley. ' W,ing-forward: J. H. Parker. Forwards: W. R. Irvine,. 8.. B. M'Cleary, M. Brownlie, G. Brownlie, J. Bichardson, R. R. Masters, and dj. F. Ste\vart. . ..'. ■V UNCEASING ATTACK; V: •'• Yorkshire kicked off and provided ■ Jwhat was the. commencement of New ■' • . Zealand's . .attack., .■, The All Blacks, loss of time, pushed the county ; fifteen back'into-, their- own territory, [where a sustained assault was unsuc- ■ cessful for quite a, while as a result of Yorkshire's stern defence. • Steel was fthe."first'.'of.,the .All Blacks to really threaten' the home line, and he was . .;ionly,. prevented from : crossing in the Hict; of time: Hart, too, got.away with .p. great run,' rbiit''the defence"still'held, landlhe was pulled down before it. was too,', late. Yorkshire, however, "could iot-; break down the All Black attack, •and-were .being hard put to it'to' t'ee'p ;the:':visitors out of their territory. The lend .was coming,, despite the' good defensive work of the Yorkshire backs, /and 17 minutes after the commencement ■ taf play Richardson found a weak spot , in the line and broke through to scure a try, which pjid not convert.; New. Zealand 3, Yorkshire 0; -Five minutes later Yorkshire^ were penalised in their; :;owri; territoryr'and'Nepia 'kicked"a fine goal; New Zealand 6; Yorkshire 0. The AM', Blacks continued tq attack unceasingly, backs and ■forwards alike testing .ithe-vdefence and giving Yorkshire supporters many anxious moments. . The ;visi£ors were throwing the''ball'about in 'great; style,_ movements which _ effectively -kep4-theyi©me~sicTe pinned'xip -in its /•'own twenty-five. From one of these übouts Hart scored his first try of the matchj—andT-rNepia's."- -kick' —being"-sTic-: tessful, New.'Zealand led by 11 points ioijhil. A period "of eVen play.followed, forj some minutes, during which both sides infringed the offside rule and had lo.be -"|)enalisi?3*";a'ep6rdinglyiJ;thisihappetting several5; times'. ~' Yorkshire'" Had a measure of .success,.their forwards trans-' , ferring play to New Zealand territory, twhsre Lumby secured, . and,. passing i baqk to Myers, allowed the latter, to ; drop a splendid goal, which was to prove i the Tykes' only score. New Zealand 11, 4. Dalley was'eminently sue- .; ( cesgful behind the scrum, and getting the ball away smartly allowed the All Blacks to register a further try {scorer's . name 'not. cabled),\ J -iyMeh,;,N;epia;.failed ■ to convert. New Zealand 14, York-: shire 4. Pressing strongly, Yorkshire nearly added to their score as a result ■of f obstruction by Richardson, which . . gase Smith a shot at goal. The oppor- .■ tunity was'-only-'narrowly missed, and than Yorkshire weTe driven back, their efforts repulsed, and they lost heart. ' Prom .&■ scramble the ball came to <■' • M'*Gregor, who snapped up the chance ', an 3 crossed the line in a handy position. N^pia added ;tjie major points. .' New ■ Zealand 19, Yorkshire""4". Almost'imirieHiately. afterwards,.the All Black fullbagk, ''whQ;.was.,in;;great form and hav-V ;'■ in<£ a regular day out, landed a great ' goal, from the half-way line. . At half-Jimo-stlie^scacQßJrcas^.. ........ . .....,...- SSew^Zealari'a ""'.. .... 1........... 22 , . ' . .....) '...&„ ; SipEED, STMgNA-.ANEi^WEI&HT,- , i ,'JSie New-iZ'ealaild players were quick " ' io.^seize everyr. in;; thev'secf end, half ofj-thfe. game. Though.- the iYqjjkshiroL liookers, were more than getting their share .'of. the ball ,in the '.early parj; of the; spell, the speed,':, stamina, ami!-weight, of the visitors were too much" for*; the :H,dme', side land itjS pack, the lackbone^ of, the .team, were thoroughly ;worn out.; ' Once..more galloping to the attack, the All;., Bracks, led' by Hart and" Parker, had Yorkshire in difficulties^ Splendid passing by the players ■ ■mentioned gave. M'Gregor an opportun-' „ity?,which he did, not fail to grasp, and % ihejjcrossed ,the line, Nepia. having no ■ difficulty in, improving the . score by ' another two.points. New Zealand 27. iYorkshire 4J There was now. no doubl abcjbt the brilliancy of the New Zealand ; backs, the 'ball:" "travelling from man to man with bewildering accuracy. Hart finished up one of fliese great bouts by ECQjcing his second try of the match, {Nepia again adding the extra points. •' NejV Zealand ,32 r --Yorkshire 4. /..Hart ' scored 'again shortly afterwards as a re- ■ sulfc'; of .-.aj fine 'piece of work by Dalley, ;who' successfully "dummied" his way through -his-opponents- before passing toS "the wihg'er. Nepia-'s success at goal- : kicking was continued. New Zealand 37, : lYorkshjre. 4r_rHart-.was to-score a fourth ■ try before the game ended, a tribute to . /.his always being on. the spot, and Nepia's luck pr judgment still held,..the '•/'final score being: 5. ■;V i,New Zealand ■ ■ .42 . ;,- ; -.Yorlcshire- .','.'. 4