ALL BLACK TOUR.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16579, 7 November 1924, Page 5

ALL BLACK TOUR.

DEFEAT OF ULSTER

SCOTLAND AGAIN REJECTS OVERTURES.

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The Ulster team included the whole of the backs and four forwards who played for Ireland on Saturday. There were twelve thousand, spectators, including' Lords Abcreorn and Londonderry and Sir J. Craig. Losing the toss, Nicholls kicked off. The Ail-Blocks -were penalised twice in quick succession for scrummaging faults.

Crawford failed badly with ja kick, but distinguished himself by* magnificent line-finding.

Twelve minutes after the, start Parker initiated a beautifully.executed passing movement, which Svenson capped with a try, and Nicholls converted with a magnificent kick from the touch-line. Lively work by the Ulster forwards kept Nepia on the alert as a, result of strong loose rushes,, but the All-Black forwards, by virtue of more concrete scrummaging and superior weight, had the! greater share of the ball.

Cooke paved the way for the next score with an accurate cross kick, from which Irvine obtained an easy try. Nicholls again converted. Shortly afterwards Nicholls and Cooke made a brilliant opening for Parker to score under the posts, and Nicholls’ kick added a goal. At this stage the All-Blacks were penalised ten times, three within striking distance, and from one of these Crawford kicked a go&'l. , v

Half-time sounded with the score 15:—3 in. New Zealand’s favor.

After the resumption of play, the Ulster forwards for a few minutes showed out well in, effective loose dribbling rushes. Generally they were better than the Irish, pack on Saturday. The New Zealand backs then got to work. Mill broke away from a scrum, and after a passing bout, in which Cooke and Lucas figured, Steel got across at the corner. The angle was too .much for Nicholls to goal. Mill, playing outstandingly well, opened rip the game again, enabling Parker to score his second try. Nicholls converted. is

The gem of the match followed. Nepia ran through from, half-way, the movement culminating in a fine try by Svenson, which Nicholls converted.

Ulster’s defence broke down under the evolutions of the New Zealand backs till the last few minutes, when after a passing rush H. Stephenson scored a, brilliant try, which was not converted, and the game ended—New Zealand’ 28, Ulster 6. The New Zealand Rugbyites endeavored to arrange matches in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and sought the Scottish Union’s sanction. The Union has now notified its refusal? (Sydney Sun Cables.) LONDON, Nov. 5. In connection with the rejection of the private overtures for All-Black matches in ■ Scotland, the newspapers point out the gravity of Scotland again snubbing New Zealand. / They ask whethet- Scotland will be consistent and refuse to meet the'contaminated English and Irish teams-, also if the Scottish Union will prohibit Scotsmen at Oxford from playing-against the AllBlacks. / ; PAGE AND RESOURCE. WIN THE GAME FOR NEW ZEALAND. (Reuter's Telegram.) (Received Nov. 7, 10 a.m.) , LONDON, Nov. 6.

Ulster had' a creditable and equal share of the game, but was weak behind' the scrum, where; the New Zealanders were convincing. The latter’s large margin was due to the pace and resource of the backs.