ALL BLACKS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 3 October 1924, Page 5

ALL BLACKS

Narrow win at Newport

A THTMOEkWUW .VICTORY

(By pioetrio Telegraph.— Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z-. Cable Association)

LONDON, Oct. 2, The New Zealander. 1 * defeated New port by 13 points to 10'.

35,000 SPECTATORS AT MATCH

EAST, OPEN GAME

GREAT RECEPTION TO NEW ZEALANDERS

LONDON, Oct. 3. The All Blacks played, their second' game iii Wadeg. against Newport to-day and had a different, experience. to their easy win at Swansea,. only coming off victorious after a -tough" struggle by 13 to 10.

The Net!' Zealand team .. WfiS Nepia, Sven son, Brown', Stool, Nicliolls, Cooke, Mill, Porter, Irvine, Masters, Donald, Brownlee (2), West, White'. Thfi match aroused the, keeiiOft interest and a crowd of 35.000 assembled an hour before the stalk.. The .weather was dull. ...

Newport won the toss and early in the g.ittle initiated splendid cohesive r.iiAsmerits,- Showing grim determination. The crowd was- hugely delighted and also surprised at the' "locili players’ fine exhibition.

Tho Welshmen easily secured possession of the hall from most of the seru'Ms and were almost continuously hammering at the New Zealand line. ‘ j

The visitors’ kicking, with the exception of Nepia, failed in direction and force. After several | attacks had been iepulsed. Newport, drew first blood by crossing the All Blacks’ line amid tumultuous applause. Friend gained the try and Wether converted.

Close upon half time the All Blacks came with a fine rush started by Nioholls, and carried on by Cooke, wild gave Brown an easy chance to run through unopposed. The Taranaki man, however, mulled the pass as so many others have been, arid knocked the ball on. V ■ ■: \

Play continued to he fast, open and spectacular, but at half-time no further score had beetl recorded. Immediately after resumption Cooke, after kicking the ball in midfield, was seemingly‘charged by Jones, ft big powerful centre three-quarter: Cooke appeared to be badly hurt and was carried off, hut • returned later amidst c heering. Newport , continued to gain the hall from the scrums and their backs kept up the a ttack, blit Nepia, who was called on to do a lot of work, proved equal to the' task.

The All Blacks then had a. look in, and forcing Newport hack, Mill got over, Nicliolls converting. A penalty was given against "the Welshmen and (name omitted) kicked a splendid goal from the tcuchlimj, making the All Blacks 8 to 5. Newport charge! hack and following up a loose rush Andrews scored for them in a fine position, from, which Baker easily, obtained a goal The New Zealanders, however, were ipot done with. They played up strongly and Svenso l getting over, Nicliolls again converted, the All Blacks thus winning a great game. Newport forwards gave a. splendid display,and outpointed their opponents in tho front line, but, outside the ,scrums the New Zealanders were, 'faster and cleverer. " ’' : '

Stock, for Newport, gust failed to, drop a goal soon after the start, arid then Waito narrowly missed scoring. Nicholls made a splendid dash, but failed iq get through a.,d just before the interval Porter' nearly got over the Newport line. Within a few minutes of time Svenson made a wonderful .run, evading all in his way, and ended by dashing over- the line. Nicholls converted with another fine kick 1 almost from tho touchli»e, making the final score 13 to 10. The , Welsh ...Cjub made 1 the greatest showing against, the All Blacks yet witnessed. In finish, variety, skill and initiative their exhibition was very much above the usual. • ; V

The New Zealanders won golden opinions by their wonderful display of pluck and tenacity. They practically pulled the ghme out of the, .fire in’ the last (few minutes, and aroused tremendous en. ihusiasm among the spectators The game is considered the best seen for many years. Place kicking, which .had been poor so far, was a feature of the game on this occasion, and it was really Nicholls’s kicking that saved the match for 1 the All Blacks.

The crowd made a demonstration against the referee' for not ordering. Jones off the field,.' but this was the only untoward, incident in an otherwise splendid and' thrilling exhibition ofRugby football by both sides. , (The 19.05 All Blacks defeated Newnort by 6 to 3). ' ' ' 1 " .irSD BEFORE THE MATCH (Published in The Times.) A. . . LONDON, Oct I. * Commenting on to-morrow's, match a Rugby critic says: “Naturally the rout of Swansea, has caused Newport supporters to think furiously, but it is improbable that anything so humi-. bating to Welsh Rugby pride will occur at Newport. Mu'cli of Course -depends upon the forward struggle, when the All Blacks for the first time encounter real experts.”