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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 October 1924, Page 5

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DOMINION TO LONDON. GREAT WIRELESS FEAT. PREMIER’S CONGRATULATIONS.; . l (by TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIAfiOXWELLINGTON, Oct. 20. Mr F. Bell, of Waihemo, has sucC6G(lcd in both sending to an<i l’eceiying from London by wireless. On Saturday night he got into communication with Mr Goyder, of -Brown Hill School, London, and heard him more' clearly than the American signals. Me Massey congratulated both Mr Bell and Mr Goyder, and last night Mr Bell transmitted the Premier’s mesi sage to Mr Goyder and received an acknowledgment. He also gent a message to Sir Jas. Allen, which was acknowledged. Mr Slade, of Dunedin, was heard in London on Friday, and worked successfully through two London stations last night. Messages last night were louder than on Saturday. They would C i° me aut \ g° in a direct line through the Behring Straits and over the North Pole. A and are doing- all in their, power to overcome the difficulty. A clever coach, with long experience in tactics behind ' hnn," would have been very valuable. This is not written, in a pessimistic spirit or in any way depreciatory of the brilliant win, but only to suggest' what the team may expect to be up against with Ireland and her great forwards and clever backs waiting to do battle on November 1. That will be the first real testing out of our men. In the match of Saturday Hart again reproduced those clever, dashing bursts of speed which delighted onlookers in the trials, and by crossing the line tour times put himself at the head' of the try getting list and eecond in points to Nepia. That great full-back and goal-kicker had a real day ont, and for the first time on tour showed the - converting form that he had in New Zealand. To convert six out of eight, and also two penalties,, some from difficult positions, is a- feat thatffcmts him on a plane with the great Wallace. Goal-kicking was most useful to the 1905 team, and may be so to this team. He and Hart were the outstanding figures in the match. The pack put in was a great one, and perhaps the best we can .put in the field, the two Brownlies playing on one of the few occasions so far recorded. The backs apparently combined well, <a<nd Dailey added to his fame as a clever, resourceful half. It was bad luck that Steel’s ankle went early in the gain©: This weakness was a reason: for some doubt as to the wisdom of his selec- . tion. Unfortunately the. report does not state who took his place. So far the team have got into double figures on every occasion but two, and thrice they have put on 40 points or 1 over. It is a remarkable performance. On they meet Lancashire, and though one cannot say with much certainty what they will be no against, they should win fairly easily. After Cumberland on Saturday next they wul Have a week’s spell in preparation tor the first of the international matches. This will cause the very liveliest anticipation, and the result will be awaited most’anxiously. It is pretty certain to be a stirring contest. RESULTS TO DATE. t 1 t xt c itt Won by F. A. 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.Z. '6 0 Sept. 25—Gloucester N.Z. - 6 ; 0 Sept. 27—Swansea N.Z. 39 3 Oct. 2—Newport N.Z. 13 10 Oct. 4—Leicester .. ...... N.Z. 27 0 Oct. B—Northß—North Midlands N.Z. 40 3 Oct. 11—Cheshire ...... N.Z. 18 5 Oct. 15—Durham n!z. .43 7 Oct. 18. v. Yorkshire ..... N.Z. 42 4 REMAINING MATCHES. October 22—v. Lancashire, at Manchester. October 25—v. Cumberland, at Carlisle November I—v.» "Ireland, at Dublin. November s—v. Ulster, at Belfast. November- B—v. B—v. Northumberland, at Newcastle. November 12 —v. Cambridge University • November 15—v. London. Counties, at Twickenham. November 20—v. Oxford University. November 22—v. Wales, at Swansea. December 2—v. Llanelly. December 6—v. East Midlands, at Northampton. December 11—v. Warwickshire, at Coventry. December 13—v. Combined Services, at Twickenham. December 17—v. Hampshire, at Portsmouth. December 27—v. London Counties (second match). January 3—v. England, at Twickenham. Between December iy and 27 two matches will be played in Prance. THE SCORERS. As the result of Nepia’s great goalkicking on Saturday, the native player is now well at the top of the scoreboard. Hart, with his nine tries and one conversion in the last three games, is now second. The list is now as follows:

The sco-ers or two of the tries against Cheshire and one against Yorkshire were not cabled.

Nepia, G. ! Hart, A Points Tries Goals 41 — 19 29 9 1 Nicholls, M. F. ... . 28 12 Parker, J. H. ... 24 8 Cooke, A. E. ... 18 6 Svenso7i. K. S, ... 18 6 Steel, J 15 5 Brown, H. W. ... J3 3 2 Mill, J. ... ... 12 4 Donald. Q. ..! 9 3 Lucas, F. W. ... 9 3 White. A 7 1 2 Brownlie. M. -J. • 6 2 Irvine. W. P. ... 6 2 Rlich'ardson., J. ... 6 2 ■ , McGregor. R.. ... 6 2 Cupples. L. F. ... 3 1 Brownlie. C. 3 1 Porter, C. G. ... 3 1 Stewart. B. 3 1 West, A. ... ... 3 1 Masters, R. 3 1 — Total ... ... 274 65 36