RUGBY FOOTBALL
CARDIFF DEFEATS N.Z. TEAM [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. December 9, 9 a.m.) CARDIFF, December 8. The defeat of the New Zealand Rugby team by 12 to 3 yesterday, is regarded as easily the best match of the Welsh season. The New Zealanders, until the last few minutes, had every hope of overcoming the handicap of an early dropped goal by Cardiff. The “Sunday Times” says: None of the 10,000 spectators would have complained if the New Zealanders’ hopes had been realised. The happy mixture of stirring forward play and combined work by the backs was hard to beat as a spectacle. A little more thrust on the part of the All Blacks’ five-eights would have made a tremendous difference. Although. the hooking in the hard scrummages was poor, the closeness of the markings and the excellence of the tacklings were the best feature of the New Zealanders’ play. Cardiff scored a goal just before the interval. Howell scored a splendid, try for the New Zealanders near the end. Cardiff, then after a sweeping dribble, obtained a converted try.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 December 1940, Page 11
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