ALL BLACKS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 December 1924, Page 3

ALL BLACKS

ANOTirIE GREAT WIN. MLVRMTCTLSHIR.E'S DEFEAT. BtSSbRfP'TiGN OF THE, GAME. 3Y CABLE—i>EESS ASSOfiIA/ribIf—CbPYEIGHT. ... LONDON, Dee. 11.. . The All Black? defeated Yy.arwickshire to-day by 20 points to nil.- . .The New Zealanders, had Ml the best of the g3me, arid! the score Might halve been a good tledi greater had been ih _pl&bfe r kibking fohn. As' it was, he •converted drily one try out of six,. But liis failure was partly, aCeO'nnted for by a bump he received as the result of ft head-o'ii collision early in the gairie. The New Zealand team was as follows: Full-back—Nftpist, Three-quarters— Hart, Brown, Steel. Fivfirfeigbths—Ralewai, MeGfeferior. Half—Dailey. rd—Porter. Forwards—Donald, tryirie, M. Browhlie, C. Brownlie, White, West, Harvey. Twenty thottsa'rid spectators gathered at the Coventry ground, which in gobd fedriditio'n. There tfas no-TviM! arid the Match was placed in bright sutisliirie. Owing to his. khee gifeirig out it pract-ce Munro did nbt play as Had Origihally been intended. .A half-holiday was ( observed by the schools arid factories fof the occasion. -.'Within eight ihirirites of the start McGrego'r and Brown cbiririidriced a passing rhovemePt, frdfri which Steel scored id the corner anil Ndpia., With, a. gfdrit kick; cbuverted. All Blacky 5 Warwickshire 0‘

The New .Zealanders, retained possession of tlie ground gained, but though they kept. Warwickshire con-, stantly ,on the defensive, they lost many chances to isco're through slow passing. Play , generally was slow and scrappy, with. .Warwickshire showing, 1 i ttle 1 i kel i hood of improvj n g tliei r position till twenty-five minutes of the spell had elasped. Even then, though they threatened the Ail Blacks’ line, they did not score and just before the T , rva.l Hart .got over iii the, corner. Nepia., failed to convert and the score at half-time was : All Blacks 8 Warwickshire o

In the . second, ispell the New Zfealafiders initiated firi attack, which opened whOri Dailey cleverly, rah round the scrdm, backed up by Raeivai arid McGregor. The ball eventually Went to Pa-fewai, whoi scored under the posts, but Nepia caused great surprise by failing to improve the score. All Blacks ]'i. Warwickshire 0

From a scramble near the line soon afterwards Steel obtained possession and dived over. Nepia. again failed from lain easy position.

All Blacks 14 Warwickshire 0 , Eine passing between Dailey arid McGregor resulted iii the latter adding a. try, and Nepia. registered his fourth failure to convert it. All Blacks 17 Warwickshire '. ()

It ivas not long before Dailey again set the visitors’ attacking machine in motion, and the putcoriie- was another try for Steel, who got o-v.er .in the corner.. He took the kick .himself, but failed, arid the game ended: All Blacks 20 Warwickshire q

New Zealand obtained possession of tbe> ball ironi most of the serniris, but 1 ailed to .take as niiicii advantage, pi this as they might Have done. The score did not flatter the winners, who were superior in stamina and weight. Their play was marred by lack oflfinish, but it was- quite, effective enough to enable the,m to make the game onesided .throughout. The. visitors were lavishly entertained, and inspected a number of local factories.

M arwick-shire’s backs were outclassed by the All Blacks, but the home team's forwards set up a stubborn fight. Their display in a losing game was splendid.

INDIVIDUAL SCORES

Following is a summarised record of scores:

remaining matches. 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 January 11-yv. a representative French team at Paris. January 18—v. France, at Toulouse.

Goals from Other Potted Player Tries Tries Goals Goals T1 rvicholls, M. 2 29 5 2 87 59 Nepia, G. — 25 3 Hart, A. H. 18 1 56 Steel, J. 14 46 Cooke, A. E. 15 — 45 Svenson; K. S. 13 _ ; 39 Parker, H. , 12 : ' 36 Mill, J. 9 3 __ 33 White, A. 3 5 19 Brown, H. W. 5 9 19 Richardson, J. 6 _ 18 Brownlie, M. 6 18 Irvine, W. R. 5 15 Lucas. W. 4 12 Donald, J. 3 g Porter, C. G. 3 9 Brownlie, 0. J. 3 9 McGregor, N. P. 3 9 Masters, R. R. 2 6 6 Stewart, R. L. 2 Clippies, L. F. 1 3 West. A. H, 1 3 Robilliard, A. C. 1 3 3 Paewsii 1