ALL BLACKS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 July 1924, Page 5

ALL BLACKS

VICTORY IN SECOND TEST. TWENTY-ONE POINTS TO FIVE, BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. SYDNEY, July 13. Thirty thousand people saw the All Blacks defeat New South Wales in, the second test by 21 points to 5 at the show grounds yesterday. The All Blacks showed considerable improvement. Both backs and forwards handled the ball well, but there were still frequent infringements of the off-side rnle. Play was fast and open throughout, many good passing rushes being witnessed. The AH Blacks held their own in the scrums, Dailey (half) getting the ball cleanly and transferring it neatly to his backs, who moved quickly and straight.

The place-kicking on both sides was weak. Crossman, the New South Wales wing three-quarter, was well marked and was unable to get going. Nepia got in some fine kicks, but is still inclined to speculate. Munro, Richardson and Porter were prominent in forward rushes, and Lucas, Svenson and Cooke were prominent in the back division. The All Blacks dominated the first half, registering eighteen points while their opponents failed to score. The second half was more even. If anything. New South Wales had the better of it. They obtained a. greater share of the ball and the passing was much better. The teams were: NEW ZEALAND. Full-back—Nepia. Three-quarters—Lucas, Brown and Sveneon. Five-eighths—Cooke and Nicholls. Half—Dailey. Wing-forward—Porter. Forwards —Irvine, Munro, Masters, M. Brownlee, Chippies, Richardson, White. NEW SOUTH WALES. Full-back—Nothling. \ Three-quarters—Crossman, t Wogan, Buntine, Foote. Five-eighths—Sheehan. Half—Walker. Forwards—Davis, Blackwood, Thompson, Fox, Bonner, Greatorex. Houskins, Thorn. New South Wales kicked off against a slight wind. The All Blacks scored in the first two minutes. The ball went out on the full, and from the resulting scrum Dailey secured the ball, which went to Cooke and then to Lucas, the latter, after a, dashing run from the twenty-five line, getting across. Play hung in the New South Wales twenty-five, where several passing movements by the All Blacks were pulled up for off-side play or knockons. The. All Black forwards came round the scrums well and smothered the New South Wales backs before they got going. The forwards also supplied the backs well with the ball. Nothling (full-back) was called upon to save his side, and did so on many occasions. At half-time the'score was: New Zealand New South Wales 0 The second spell witnessed a remarkable reversal of form on the part of New South Wales, and things looked bad for New Zealand for some time, but the defence was pretty sound and the tackling was good. Scrum followed scrum right on the All Blacks’ line till Nothling took a mark near the twenty-five and had a shot at goal, which failed. The All Blacks then forced, and play went- to the New South Wales line, but returned. The All Blacks again were hard pressed, and ultimately, after a passing bout, Greatorex scored the only try for New South Wales behind the posts. Thom converted. With five minutes to go the All Blacks returned to the attack and hard play followed. Just on time the backs got into their stride after a passing bout between Cooke, Brown and Lucas, and the latter scored. New Zealand 21 New South Wales ~5 > PRESS OPINION. ™ Q , 0 sybney, Jul y 13 - lhe Sunday Sun says: “New South Wales were completely outclassed in attack and defence and never looked like winning. Few teams have shown such -an astonishing reversal of form as /, ew " /if 11 ™ From the outset the All Blacks took command of the position and they never lost it. New Zealand’s display was brilliant, New p>oii tn Wales losing because of their lamentably weak defence, their, lifeless vanguard and their unenterprising back division. n s The Sunday News says: “The dazzing display of the All Blacks showed that they are capable of really great football but they v badly need a good goal kicker The feature of the game was the splendid form of Cooke, who is a real champion.”