ALL BLACKS’ BEST DISPLAY

Northern Advocate, 23 October 1935, Page 7

ALL BLACKS’ BEST DISPLAY

VICTORY IN WALES

LLANELLY DEFEATED SIXTEEN POINTS TO EIGHT OLIVER SCORES TWO TRIES. lUnited Press Association.-By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] (Received 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, October 22. The All Blacks defeated Llanelly by 16 points to 8 after leading 5 0 1 at nantime. The New Zealand team was: Full-back: Gilbert. Three-quarters: Mitchell, Oliver, Hart. Five-eighths: Caughey, Griffiths. Half-back: Sadler. Front row: Lambourne, Hadley, Hore.

Middle row: King, Manchester, Wynyard, Vorrath. Back row: Mahoney. 3 Llanelly had been training for weeks, playing all the matches for 40 minutes each half, hoping to repeat the Swansea victory. The ground was heavy- after the morning’s rain. Caughey and Griffiths immediately gained ground with line kicks. The Llanelly forwards were playing hard in an attempt to rattle the All Blacks. • The game was only a minute old when Caughey received from a scrum, and, with a typical swerving run, beat two defenders and dashed over between the posts before the Welshmen had. realised what was happening. Gilbert converted. . Llanelly then pressed for a long period. The All Blacks, who in recent games appeared to have little heart in their work, were now fighting all the way, packing well and using their weight honestly. Their handling was good, despite heavy rain. The All Blacks were penned on their line for the last five minutes of the first half. Llanelly missed scoring owing to wild passing. : After resumption, Ivor Jones kicked a penalty goal. Then Sadler, securing from a scrum near the line, darted over, Gilbert’s kick failed. Oliver, intercepting, began a determined run, avoiding several opponents for a try. Gilbert converted. Oliver added another try after CleVer passing in conjunction with Mitchell. Gilbert narrowly failed with the kick. The New Zealanders were how giving one of their best exhibitions of the tour. E. Davis finally went over from a scramble near the line, and Ivor Jones converted, but he failed with a penalty iri the last minute. The football was not spectacular, but it was the most interesting owing to the great battling of the All Blacks forwards. Llanelly backs were often caught in possession, as the result of receiving passes flat-footed. • Caughey almost scored a few minutes from time, when ■he kicked over the line, but the ball went dead before he dived on it. There was occasional rough work among the forwards, and the tackling was fierce. . The referee once spoke to Lang, and the crowd hooted and cheered. ELEYENWINS, ONE LOSS TWO MORE WELSH GAMES

Twelve games have now been played by the All Blacks, of which eleven have been won and one lost. Points scored by the team'totalled 188, and those against it 75. Results:— Devon and Cornwall—won, 35—6. Midland Counties —won, 9 —3. Yorkshire and Cumberland—won, 14—3. Abertillery and Cross Keys—won, 31—6. Swansea—lost, 3—ll. . Gloucester and Somerset —won, 23—3. Lancashire and Cheshire—won, 21—8. Northumberland and Durham—won, 10—6. South of Scotland—- Won, 11—8. , Glasgow and Edinburgh—won, 9—B. Combined Services—won, 6 —5. Llanelly—won, 16 —8. The next three matches are against Cardiff (October 26), Newport (October 31), and London Counties (November 2). ‘