ALL BLACKS WIN 16-8

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 99, 23 October 1935, Page 11

ALL BLACKS WIN 16-8

KEEN PLAY AT LLANELLY

HOME FORWARDS MASTERED

TRY IN THE FIRST MINUTE

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. .(Received October 23, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, October 22. . The New Zealand Rugby football team; defeated Llanelly by 16 points to 8, after leading 5-0 at half-time. Llanelly had been training for weeks, and playing all their matches in two spells of forty minutes. They were hoping to repeat the Swansea victory. The ground was heavy after rain in the morning. ' The teams were as follows: — New Zealand.— G. Gilbert; N. Mitchell, C. P. Oliver, G. F. Hart; T. H. C. Caughey, J. L. Griffiths; B. S. Sadler; A. Lambourh, W. Hadley, J. Hore, R. R. King, J. E. Manchester, J. G. Wynyara, F. H. Vorrath, A. Mahoney. Llanelly.— G. Bayliss; W..H. Clement, E. Davies, W. R. J. Jones, E. Jones; D. John, R. Smith; Ivor Jones, W. H. Williams, B. Evans, E. Evans, R. Harris, J. L. Morgan, J. Lang, W. Lewis. Caughey and Griffiths immediately gained ground with line-kicks when play started. The Llanelly forwards were playing hard in an attempt" to rattle the All Blacks. The game had only been a minute in progress when Caughey, receiving the ball from a scrum, made a typical swerving run, in which he beat the two defenders and dashed over between the posts before the Welshmen realised what was happening. Gilbert converted. New Zealand 5, Llanelly 0. Llanelly then pressed for a long period. The All Blacks, who in recent games appeared to have little heart in their work, were now fighting all the way. They were packing well and usmg their weight honestly. Their handling was good despite heavy rain; The All Blacks were penned on their line for the last five minutes of the first half. Llanelly missed scoring owing to wild passing. TRY BY SADLER. After the resumption Ivor Jones kicked a penalty goal. New Zealand 5, Llanelly 3. Sadler, securing the ball from a scrum near the line, darted over. Gilbert's kick failed. New Zealand 8, Llanelly 3. Oliver, after intercepting a pass, began a determined run in which he avoided several opponents, and went over for a try. Gilbert converted. New Zealand 13, Llanelly 3. Oliver added another try after clever passing in conjunction with Mitchell. Gilbert narrowly failed with the kick. New Zealand 16, Llanelly 3. The New Zealanders were how giving one of the best exhibitions of the tour. E. Davies finally went over for a try from a scramble on the line. Ivor Jones converted. New Zealand 16, Llanelly 8 . INTERESTING FOOTBALL. The football' was not spectacular, but was most interesting owing to the great battle with the All Black forwards. The Llanelly backs were often caught in possession as a result of receiving passes flat-footed. Caughey almost scored a few minutes from time. He kicked over the line but the ball was dead before he dived on it. In the last minute Ivor Jones missed a penalty kick. There was occasional rough work among the forwards, and the tackling was very fierce. The referee once spoke ' to Lang and the crowd cheered and hooted. The final score was: New Zealand 16 Llanelly g