ALL BLACKS WIN

Grey River Argus, 29 June 1925, Page 6

ALL BLACKS WIN

OVER THORN’S TEAM A Good Game AT NEWCASTLE. N E \VCASTI.E, J une 27. -■ id nmny years, a New .ann rtug.y ; .lion team was again seen in action ai Newcastle on Sa’._ urday, when liir All Blacks played a New South Wales fifteen, which con. iained several local stars, the team being chosen I‘mnii. Il was as follows: Full-back Toby; three-quarters; Hmith, Reid, iJoian, Jamieson; fiveeighths: Bibbuns’ half: King; for. warns: Tma:i, Telford, I aifreyman, Fox, Hall, Davis, Aleldrum and Win. deyer. ’lhc game was witnessed by seven thousand enthusiastic spectators, and • e. td.c-i in a win fur the All Blacks by i,.c:iiy to thirteen. Generally, the play of the New Zealanders showed a decided improvement over their previous matches. They were quite up Io New Zealand’s best standard. Doubtless the beautiful weather prevailing had much to do ! with this, though the ground was I bumpy and rough in places, with slush a s. me pans. New Zealand for the greater part had the better of the game, but they were at times sorely pressed. I hanks, however, to the line play of Wise. Harris, Wright, Johi//.m and Blake in the back division, and cd Walters, j Finlayson, Knight, Dickson and Lo. Imas in the vanguard. New Zealand managed to maintain the lend. SEVERAL CHANGES. Donald was not up to his usual form. Watson replaced Elvey in the New Zealand team. Towards the close < 1 the second spell, Donald received a ‘kick on the leg, and had to leave the field. He was replaced by Thomas. Shortly afterwards, Nothling took Smith’s place in the New South Wales team. The first half was mainly in favour f 'he \ isilor.'. who gained the majority of scrums nii<l lineouts. Their hacks also sombined in some splendid pa ssi ng mo ve mi’s ts. The New South Wales attack lacked finish. The pl: y was mosilv in their half, and their backs showed a mark, cd disinclination to go down to tin hall before the All Black forward rushes. A plyeasing feature of this spell was the ah-em-e of penalties against the All Blacks. Their play was scriprulously fair, and the offside proclivi. J ties which were s (l prominent a fen.. I lure in their earlier matches were entirely absent. ; Watlers was the best player on the grmi mi. | The score at half lime was 17 to •» in ; be \ i-i'or<’ favmir. The game in ’the second spell was more even, though ■ 1 w s:> marked bv more illegalities on / both sides than the first half. New ! South Wales wanked several good passing movements by the forwards gain, ing the ball from the lineouts, and passing to their backs; but Anderson i proved a weak spot. I The full-backs, Harris ami Ross. ; w ere again lowers of strength to their j respective sides. Their sure handling I and excellent line-kicking several [ times extricated their sides from difiij culties. HOME TEAM FINISH WELL. In the final stages, New South Wales, playing with great dash and determiI nation, somewhat disorganised the New /.calami barks’ cohesion. The game also became very willing. The most sensational try of the day was one scored by Reid. Smith intercepted a pass in his own twenty .five, and transferred to Reid, who ran fifty yards, closely followed by Lomas, and he scored under the posts. Tries for New Zealand were obtained by Kinght (2), Walters, Bkike, Wise : :ied Wright, of which one was coni I verted by Dickson. For New South Wales, Erby ami ibid beared tries, both being converted by Ross, while Morrissey kicked a goal from a penally. ' AD RI’GBL THE EROWNLIE INCIDENT. LONDON, June 27. Al a meeting oft he English Rugby Inion, a report from New Zealand was read expressing regret for the Brownlie incident on the 3rd of January. The matter has officially been closed. CANTERB U RY G A M ES. CHRISTCHURCH, Juno t 7. Following are the senior Rugby re suits yesterday:— Christchurch ‘22 beat Linwood 0. Old Boys 17 beat North Canterbury 3. Varsity 3 beat Albivm GENERAL NOTES. Regarding the difficulty of getting a 1924 All Black team, it was a lack of forwards. There were no frontrankers offering, all four who went on tour last year—Munro (Otago), Me. ‘Cleary (Canterbury), Donald (Wai_ rarapa), and Irvine (Hawke’s Bay)— being unavailable. Neither of the locks, Harvey (Wairarapa) nor Masters (Canterbury) could play. Stewart

(South Canterbury) and the two Brownlies (Hawke’s Bay) were noti. tied that they wore unable to don a jersey. The only forwards left were "White and Richardson (Southland), Parker (Canterbury), Porter (Welling’ ton), West (Taranaki), and Cuppies (Bay of Plenty). White and Parker were uncertain. It seems there would have been no trouble in arranging a fine combination, the following players having expressed their readiness to take part in the proposed game:—Ne. pia, Mill, and Paewai (Hawke’s Bay), Nicholls and Svenson (Wellington). Steel (West Coast), and Lucas and Cooke (Auckland). Robillard, Dailey and McGregor (Canterbury), and Bad. eley (Auckland), cannot appear, while there is no advice concerning Hart and Brown (Taranaki). However, a splendid set of backs could be arrang. cd as follows: —Full-back, Nepia: j three-quarters, Steel, Lucas, Svenson, | five.eighths, Cooke, Nicholls; halfback, | Mill- Practically a test side.