THE ALL BLACKS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19311, 24 October 1924, Page 7

THE ALL BLACKS

MATCH AGAINST LANCASHIRE. WON BY 23 POINTS TO NIL. FORWARDS IN GOOD FORM. Pre*a Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, October 22. Tim All Blacks beat Lancashire by 23 points to nil. Tho match was played at Old Trafford Park, and tho attendance numbered 40,000. Tho New Zealand team was as follows: Backs—Nepia, Hart, Cooke, Svenson, Paewai, M’Gregor, Dailey; forwards — White, Irvine, Masters, M. Brownlie, Richardson, Cupples, Stewart, Porter. THE FIRST SPELL. Contrary to their usual custom, the New Zealanders began on the defensive, but within 10 minutes altered this. Porter got over easily from a scramble near the posts, and Nepia converted. Now Zealand ... Lancashire Nil. Tho Lancashire backs played loosely, and their taoiding was weak. From another scramble among the forwards Richardson scored, Nepia failing to convert. Now Zealand 8 points. Lancashire Nil. After some good passing Svenson smartly fielded a rebound off a Lancashire player, and scored at tho corner. Nepia’s kick failed. New Zealand 11 points. Lancashire Nil. Porter again scored, also at tho corner, but Nepia failed once more. Cooke also succeeded in getting over, and at half time the score was: New Zealand 17 points, Lancashire Nil. THE SECOND SPELL In the second spell a rush by Lancashire compelled the All Blacks to force down. The latter’s forwards then dribbled near the line, and Masters fell across, Richardson failing with the kick. Now Zealand 20 points. Lancashire Nil. From a line-out Stewart fed the backs, and some good passing resulted, from which Cooke scored his second try. Nepia’s kick hit the post. There was no further score, and tho match ended ; New Zealand ... .„ ... 23 points. Lancashire Nil. —A. and N.Z. Cable. COMMENTS ON THE CAME. NOT A BRILLIANT EXHIBITION. LONDON, October 22. The game was not an edifying exposition of Rugby. Lancashire’s tackling was deplorably weak, the backs relying principally on line kicking. The All Blacks carried most of the scrums, but many of their passing rushes failed through Paewai’s and M’Gregor’s faulty handling. Lancashire improved in tho second half, especially the forwards, who put in some fine rallying rushes, but the defence was sound, Nepia fending them off with fine, lengthy kicks. Many of tne All Blades’ attacks were rather disorganised and lacked finish. They were below the standard they had sot in recent matches, and tho placo-kicking was weak. Svenson and Hart were the best of tho backs, and Masters, Richardson, and Stewart of the forwards.—A. and N.Z. Cable. LANCASHIRE OUTCLASSED. PLAY UNDULY VIGOROUS. LONDON, October 22. (Received Oct. 23, at 8 p.m.) Lancashire mad© a good fight in the forwards, but the home team was outdassed outside the scrums, defending throughout. The Now Zealand line was not endangered once in the first spell. After the interval the superiority of tho visitors was not so marked. Th 0 closing stages were vigorous, and the referee had to caution players on both sides.—Reuter. A NEW SCRUM FORMATION. LONDON, October 23. (Received Oct. 23, at 9 p.m.) The All Blacks are credited with secretly developing a new scrum formation which will bo more effective than the 2-3-2 formation against the 3-2-3 formation. Possibly they will introduce the new method at Twickenham against England.—Sydney Sun Cable. RESULTS TO DATE. Tho following are the results of tho All Blacks’ tour in Britain to date:—

Points for, 237; points against, 32. RECORD OF SCORES.

The cablegrams having omitted the names of two players who scored trie* against Cheshire and one who scored against Yorkshire, the foregoing tabic is incomplete. The IHOS All Blacks did not play a match against Lancashire, nor against Cumberland, the present team’s next opponent 4 *. After the match against Cumberland the team's next engagement will be. its first international match, which will be against Ireland at Dublin on November 1.

Against. Results. Devon ... ... ... Won U to 0 Corn wall ... ... ... Won 20 to 0 Somerset — ... .H ... Won 6 to 0 Gloucester Won 6 to 0 Swansea Won 3D to 3 Newport Won 13 to 10 Leicester Won 27 to 0 North Midlands Won 40 to 3 Cheshire Won IS to 5 Durhaip Won 43 to 7 Yorkshire Won 42 to 4 Lancashire Won 23 to 0

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