Queensland Beaten By All Blacks 23-14

Northern Advocate, 17 June 1947, Page 2

Queensland Beaten By All Blacks 23-14

THE All Blacks gained their by defeating Queensland by 23 groundvyesterday afternoon. New Zealand scored five trie winger, scoring two of them. Queensland forced the play on open- i ; ing. but bad handling by the local \ ! backs enabled the All Blacks to break j ! through, and Mason, the right wing, : twice got within an ace of the line. I ' Queensland could not get the New 1 Zealanders out of its twenty-five, and ; {only a timely punt by Windsor saved a j score. Queensland at this stage launched a , determined attack, but all it succeeded iin doing was to force New Zealand into la breach, and Kirk goaled from the j penalty after 13 minutes of play, i ARGUS CROSSES I Ten minutes later a pretty back-line j i movement saw Allen and Smith striv-J | ing to penetrate. Both succeeded and j ! Argus went over in a handy position jfor Webster to convert. ! Queensland used both weight and | (speed to break through the visitors’ attack and from a scrum well inside the (New Zealand twenty-five Schultze 'flashed through on the inside and sent i McLean over. Kirk missed the kick, j Just on half-time Mason gained reiward for his continiial dashes. He was j caught in possession, but he had work- j led his confederates into position and I j passed to Allen, who passed to Thorn- | {ton. Hobbs then secured and scored 1 I under the posts. i Webster easily converted. making I the half-time score: New Zealand 10, ; Queensland 6- ! SMITH SCORES | Three minutes after the resumption New Zealand slashed the Queensland defence to ribbons as Smith gambolled over under the posts. Webster easily converted. j White broke up a Queensland attack (on the New Zealand twenty-five by I moving smartly from the scrum and harassing the Queensland backs to such an extent that the visitorsworked half the length of the field with Thornton chiming in with vigorous tackling. Play at this stage was enlivened by some brilliant dashes by .the backs of both sides. The most brilliant of all was initiated by Schultze, the Queensland half, who made ground, gathered a dropped pass and ran infield to pass to McLean, the Queensland captain. McLean was recalled because of a New Zealand infringement and Kirk kickled the penalty goal. | New Zealand pressed again and superior handling and technique began to tell. NZ EASES UP Webster was unlucky with a penalty kick, and then the All Black forwards took control, and pressed to within a few yards of the home line, where Kearney gathered and forced i hie wnv nvpr ’'Wp'hs4Gr COnVGrtGCI.

BRISBANE, This Day. : fourth victory in five matches points to 14 at the Exhibition is,'W. G. Argus, the Canterbury A minute later Allen broke through a maze of ladders in the middle of the field and passed inside to Simpson in support. The ball went to Thornton, who sent Argus over wide out. Webster failed from a difficult angle. In the last few minutes New Zealand eased up and Queensland quickly turned the tables. Kirk failed with a penalty from a handy position, but a daring break from a ruck by Bourko ended in a score. Kirk converted as the final bell rang with the scores: New Zealand, 23: Queensland, 14.

The ten ms were

Queensland: C. Windsor; A. Ware, W Wilson, P. Eridgeman, K. Bourke; E Broad; B. Schultze; AlWinning, A. Lemon W. McLean, P. Hafvfcy, G. Cooke, J. Kirk K. Hodda, P. McMaster.

New Zealand: T. Webster; D. F. Mason, J. B. Smith. W. G. Argus; F. Allen, J. C Kearney; V. Bevan; R. White, F. Hobbs, N. Thornton, R. Dalton, C. Willocks, J. G Simpson, E. H. Cat ley, L. Connolly.