ALL BUCKS’ TOUR

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12016, 19 December 1924, Page 8

ALL BUCKS’ TOUR

HAMPSHIRE DEFEATED SPLENDID TEAM-WORK WINS HARD, KEEN CONTEST. FOG HAMPERS PLAY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N Z Cable Association LONDON, December 17. The New Zealand team met and defeated Hampshire at Portsmouth by 22 points to nil. The match was pigged on the Association football ground at Portsmouth, there being 16,000 spectators present. Frequently the crowd, encroached within the five-yards’ line, hampering play. The All Blacks’ unfailing combination was the deriding factor in the game, and though Hampshire pea-formed well individually they failed to combine and were no match for tluj tourists. Ihe All. Blacks were only penalised twice. White, who captained the New Zealand' team, retired during ’ the . closing stages of the game , owing to a recurrence of bis shoulder trouble after bavins: played a magnificent game. The most conspicuous among the forwards, apart from White, were Donald, Oupples, and Brownlie,, while Cooke, McGregor, and Svenson'shone out most amongst the backs. -Play, however, was not very brilliant, though tbs ''game was very hard and’ olosely contested. THE TEAM. . Full-back: G. Nepia. .Three-quarters: A. H. Hart. If. W. Lucas, K. S. Svenson., . - Five-eighths'; 1 A. E. Cooks, end’ N. P. McGregor. ’ Half-back: J. Mill. - Wing-forward, J. H. Parker. Back roy: A. White, A. West. Mide row: M. Brownlie, L. F.,- Cup pies; Look: J. H. Harvey. Hookers: W. R. Irvine, Q. Donald.

NEPIA SOUND IN DEFENCE. From Parker’s kiok-off the All Blacks initiated an immediate attack, , but, scoring chances were nullified by McGregor twice dropping passes. The Hampshire forwards spiritedlytook ttp the challenge,’ and oarried V»y to the All Blacks’ Ime, but Mill twice found tho tkraoh-lirie, andi relieved any change of critical srtoujations. After these early exchanges play slowed, down owing to the heaviness of the ground. It was mostly a doUr and desperato struggle between the two packs of' forwards, Hampshire .quite holding their own. The old English international playei, C A: Kershaw, was early conspicuous in several attacking movements,. and once the English international winger, ft. H. ; Hamilton-Wiokea, made a long and brilliant run. Then the Iririi international, H. W. SEephenson, did a similar performance, but Nepia proved equal ’to both occasions. . TWO SCOBES. - After half. an. hour’s play Mill set his. backs moving, and at the end of the manoeuvre Svenson -passed , infield |.to Donaldi’ who scored-, which'Nepia I failed •te convert., • New Zealand 3, ] Hampshire. 0. , , Just before -the interval' Cooke and ; Parkcr figured in' a brilliant dribbling rush, .and Cooke crowned a ..splendn: i effort with a try. White added - tho i major points. ..When, the whistle blew for half-time the soore was:—> .w,-- New- Zealand , ~...,,..... B Hampshire- ••••■- ® FINE DRIBBLING HUSH. 'On resuming after .the spell. Hamp shire .made two splendid attacks, wluch reached right to' the New Zealanders' , line, but Oooke brake through the aM took and dribbled 50 yards down-field, to the centre with the result that McGregor scored ;in a.'good position, bin Whne failed to convert. - New Zealand .. .........1 11 , Hampehire ® The New Zealanders’ combination began to assert itself, and Cooke narrownusSed'iu an ettempfc to drap-kiem a goal. Hampehire’s forwards were penalised for being offside, and Nepia kicked a magnificent goal almost from the touch-line. I New Zealand \ 14 «pjiimpgb.ire a....;....*** 0 At this stage at the game a heavy fog enveloped the ground*, and it l-e came most difficult to distinguish the plarare. The game, however, :o<raLinu*M3 to be fought out on Hampshire’s line where Mil, by a swift pass on the blind side Of the scrum, enabled 9youson to soore: in the, oorner. Nepia failed to add the extra paints. New Zealand 17 Hampehire 0 KEUGIHrrFUL PASSING. The next score was the result of delightful interchange qf passing be-tween-Mill, MoGregocr, and Svenson, from which McGregor scored his second try, and Nepia kicked and excellent goalNew Zealand 22 Hampshire 0 Towards the close of the game the fog increased, and it became . quite impossible to pick out the placers, .while the ball was lost several tipaes and momentarily held the game up. There was no further score, the game ending in favour of the visitors. New Zealand 22 Hampshire 0.

1924 TOUR

RESULTS AND ENGAGEMENTS. Following are the results to data (with scores of 1905 team for purposes of comparison) and matches to De plared by the All Blacks:—

(W) Cambridge Univ. (W.l s—o 14—0 •• - London. 1 Counties : ' <W) 31—6 Oxford Univ. <W.) '.83—15 47—0 Cardiff (W.) T6-r8 10—8 Wales (W) 19—0 o—3 Llanelly (W) B—3 East Midlands (W) oi—7 ! ' Warwickshire (W) 20- -0 —• Combined Ser- ■ vices CW ) ' 25—3 Hampshire (W) .... 22—0 . Aggregate scores after the 26th match:— 1905—761 points for, '22 against. - 1924—609 points for, 84 against. JiATCHiES TO PLAY. Deo. 27tb—v. London Counties '«coiid match). lan. 3rd—v. England, at Twicken ham. Jan. Wth.—v. France, at Paris. Jan. 18th.—y.' A 'French fifteen. a\ THE SCOHERS. Other Player. Tries. Conv. goals. Pots. T!.

A BLANKET OF FOG. . (Sydney “Bun” Cable.! 1 LONDON, December 17. When the game started the weather was sunny, although there had been fog in the early hours. Fog again descended on the ground in the middle of the second half of the gafne, hut after consultation betweeh the captains it was decided to continue. ‘ Orr-Ewing, a Hampshire forward, was hurt towards the end of the first spell, and had to' retire.'

1024. 1005. Devon ...... 11—0 B5—4 Cornwall (W) 29—0 41-0 Somerset (W) 6—0 23—0 Gloucester (W) ... 6—0 44— U Swansea (W) Newport (W) Leicester (W) 89—3 *4 —a 13-10 ♦6—3 27—0 28—0 N. Midlands (W) 40—3 21—0 Cheshire IS—6 34—0 Durham (W) 43-7 16—3 Yorkshire (W) ’ ... 42—4 40—0 Lancashire (W> ... 23—0 Cumberland (W) 41—0 —- Ireland (W) ...... 6^-0 15— G ' Ulster (MO N orthumherland 28—6

Nicholls ....A.. . 2 29 > 5 2 87 Nepia . 0 27 . .4 0 €6 Hart 1 0 0 56 Steel 0 0 1 52 Cooke 0 0 0 48 Svenson .'14 0 0 0 42 Parker 0 VO 0 89 Mill . 9 3 0 0 33 White 7 0 0 21 -Lucas* . 7 , 0 0 0 21 Brown . 5 2 0 0 i9 M.' Brownlie .. Biehardson ..... . e 0 0 0 IB . e 0 , 0 0 18 Irvine 0 0 0 15 McQresor ..... Donald . ,.5 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 12 Porter 0 0 0 9 C. Brownlie .. . 3 0 • o l 0 9 Masters . a 0 . .0 0 9 Stewart 0 0 0 6 Cupples ........ West . l . i 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 Robilliard . i 0 • 0 0 8 Paewai 0 ; o 0 8 i Totals .144 69,... .... g . 3 609