THE ALL BLACKS

Southland Times, Issue 19456, 21 January 1925, Page 6

THE ALL BLACKS

SOCIAL AMENITIES. COMMENT ON THE FRENCH MATCH. THE ENGLISH PRESENTATIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, January 20. (Received January 20, at 11.5 p.m.) The sum of £3OO has been subscribed to (he All Blacks’ souvenir. The presentation will be made in the presence of 400 New Zealanders and follows the sportsmen’s luncheon on January 21. PARIS, January 19 The newspapers. while acknowledging the decisive nature of the AH Blacks’ victory, express the opinion that the French team put up a courageous defence) in a good, hard, determined game. France was honourably beaten. The Le Petit Parisien expresses satisfaction with the lessons the All Blacks gave French Rugby players. The L’Echo de Paris describes the match as fantastic. Both teams attended a banquet in their honour at Toulouse. Receipts for Sunday’s match amounted to 320,000 francs, which is enormous for a provincial match. SCORERS DU BING TOUB. THE COMPLETE RETURN. Before the two matches played in France, the All Blacks’ total was 654 points for to 98 against. The match at Colombes was won by the All Blacks by 37 points to 8, and with a score of 30 to 6 at Toulouse their aggregate is now 721 against 112. It is interesting to note that in each of the matches in France, Porter was the first to score a try for his team. C. Brownlie, Svenson, and Cooke each scored three tries; M. Brownlie, Porter. Hart, and White two each; and Steel and Irvine one each. Nicholls kicked three goals from tries and Nepia two. The scorers during the complete tour were:

Nicholls .. 106 Brown .. . . 19 Nepia 70 Irvine .. .. 21 Hart .. .. 62 Brownlie, C .. 27 Steel .. .. 54 McGregor 15 Cooke 57 Donald .. .. 15 S reason .. 57 Porter .. .. 15 Parker 42 Masters .. .. 9 Mill .. .. 33 Stewart .. .. 6 Brownlie, M. 30 Cuppies .. .. 3 White 29 West 3 Lucas 21 Robilliard 3 Richardson 21 Paewai .. .. 3