RUGBY SCORES

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 97, 21 October 1931, Page 11

RUGBY SCORES

NICHOLLS AND COOKE

An Auckland correspondent write., asking i'or tlic number of points scored by M. h'. Niekolls and A. ii. Cooke when playing lor New Zealand against overseas teams. Nicholls's tally id 26\t points, and this stands second to W. J. Wallace's record of 307 points. Cooke has scored 103 points, a total exceeded only by Wallace, Nicholls, J. Hunter, T. W. Lynch, J. Steel, and B. Roberts. The occasions on which Nicholls and Cooke made their scores for New Zealand were: — Nieholls: v. South Africa, i. New Zealand, 1921, 6 points; in Australia, 1922, 34; in Australia, 1024, 12; in England, Wales, Ireland, France, 1924-25, 103; in Canada, 1923, (5; v. New South Wales, at Auckland', 192j, 12; in Australia, 1926, 41; in South Africa, 1925, °9; v. British team in New Zealand, 1030, 11; total, 261. _ The points are made up as follows: Tries 3, conversions 80, mark 1, penalty goals IS, field ("potted") goals 5. Cooke: In Australia, 192-1, 9 points; in EiHand, Wales Ireland, France, 1924----■25, 57; in Canada, 1925, 1«; v. New South Wales, at Auckland, 102.3, 6; in Australia, ]!)2fi, (>; v. New South Wales, in New Zealand, IP2S, 3: v. British team in New Zealand,' 1030, l>; 'total, 103 point*. The points aw made up as follows: Tries 33. vonversii'iis '-.

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