ALL BLACKS POPULAR.
SPECTATORS NOT HOSTILE.
SPITEFULNESS OF CRITICS.
A. and N.Z. LONDON. Doc. 19. The High Commissioner for New Zealand, Sir James in'an 'interview, said great harm had been done to New Zealand by false words. The All Blacks had received some spiteful criticism, but there had been no public hostility. He watched the Twickenham match, and everybody from the King downwards appeared to be delightfully unbiased.
English crowds, said Sir James, have treated the All Blacks with absolute fairness.
The team is observing silence and not replying to criticisms, but is greatly gratified with the enthusiastic cordiality everywhere. *
The Daily Mail says the All Blacks are spending Christmas at Deal. They have arranged to play an. exhibition match or Goodwin Saids for the first time in Ustory if the tides are favourable.
The Welsh referee, Mr. A. E. Freethy, will referee the match, England versus the All Blacks, the English Rugby Union having cancelled the agreement with the New Zealanders whereby nobody was allowed to referee in more than one international game. Mr. Freethy refereed the Irish match and several others in which the All Blacks have played.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18888, 22 December 1924, Page 11
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