ANOTHER WIN

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 October 1924, Page 5

ANOTHER WIN

FOR ALL BLACKS. NEWPORT DEFEATED. BY 13 POINTS TO .10. A GREAT GAME. " The All Blacks sustained their unbeaten record in "English contests by- defeating Newport 'by 13 points to UP,, -yesterday, after a sti enuous,.hard-fought game against . the most formidable team tho Nevv Zealanders have so far met on English soil. It is reported that There - was great excitement, evinced in the contest, as Newport is considered to be one of tlie strongest teams g iu the itinerary of the tour; It . was well-known that Newport would not underestimate, the’ strength of .their opponents, and ,as a result the strongest combination possible was picked. Full details of the- match will be found on page 7. OFFICIAL RESULT. f ‘ ; (BY TELFGUA.PH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, bet. 3. The All Blacks (13) defeated Newport (10). - A CRITICS’S FORECAST. A cable message states that, commenting op the match, a Rugby critic . said:. “Naturally the rout of Swansea ]a aS c * u sed Newport supporters to think furiously, but it is improbable that anything so humiliating, to Welsh Rugby pride will occur at Newport Much, of course,, depends upon the forward struggle;' when the All Blacks may, for the first time, encounter real experts.” No • particulars are to hand, but it is cjuite apparent that the forecast of a keen struggle has been amply justified. - THE LEICESTER MATCH. SOME COMPARISONS. But little is recorded" in the'cabled report of the same match in 1905, and there is not much to guide one as to the likely result of the match tomorrow. The county has not, so far as one can find, been famous in Rugby circles, though' they, have generally had a . strong forward .team. The 1905 team had a comfortable win by 28 points to nothing. That match, is interesting to Taranaki people because in it two tries were scored by Mynott and, one .by Abbott, whose names were household words, in this province. Wallace 'was in a “converting mood that day., for'-of six tries secured he added the major points in five kicks. Leicester was the fifth match of the tour. It' is recorded that Leicester Tiad one of the strongest teams of forwards, but before the game had prpgressed far, although ! a great deal of the keen struggle was among the 1 forwards/ New Zealand were able to open up. the game and • so enable , the backs to/score on five occasions. Only one score came as the result of “a forward' rushy . . RESULTS TO ..DATE. . July S—N.S.W., Ist test N.S.W. 16 20 July 9—Metropolitan .... N.Z. 37 , 5 July 12—N.S.W.-, 2nd test N.Z; 21 5 July 16 —N;S.W., 3rd test N.Z. .- 38 8 Sept. 13—Devon N.Z. 11 .0 Sept. 17—Cornwall ....... N.Z'. 29 /0 Sept. 20 —Somerset 'N.'Zv 6 0 Sept. 25—Gloucester ..... N.Z. 6 0 Sept. 27 —Swansea.,:....'...’. N.Z. 39 3 i Oct. 4.—Newport ........ N.Z’ 13 10 I