TWENTY TO NIL

Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1924, Page 9

TWENTY TO NIL

ALL BLACKS AVIN AGAIN

DEFEAT OF WARWICKSHIRE. ONE-SIDED THROUGHOUT. THREE TRIES BY STEEL. ■* In a one-sided game the All Blacks defeated Warwickshire on Thursday by 20 points to nil. Tries were obtained by Steel (3), Hart, Paewai and McGregor. Nepia, who was injured during the game, converted only one try. The score did not flatter the All Blacks, who, according to the cabled report, obtained possession from most of the scrums, but did not take advantage of this as much as they might have done.

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.

Received Dec. 12, 8.50 p.m. London, Dec. 11. The All Blacks defeated Warwickshire to-day by 20 points to nil. The New Zealanders had all the best, of the game, and the sebre might been a good deal greater had Nepia been in place-kicking form. As it was, he converted only one try out of six, but his failure was partly accounted for by . a bumtp he received as the result of a head-on collision early in the game. The New Zealand team was as fol-’ lows:— , Full-back—Nepia. .Three-quarters—Hart, Brown. Steel, i -’Five-eighths-—Paewai, McGregor. , Half— , Wing-forward—'Porter, . - Forwards—Dmiald, Irvine" M. Brown-i lie, C. Brownlie, White, West, Harvey, i Twenty thousand spectators gathered at the Coventry ground, which was in good condition. There was no wind and the match was played in bright sunshine. Qwing to his knee giving out at practice Munro did net play, as had originally been intended. A half-holiday was observed- by the .schools and factories for the occasion.

, Within eight minutes of the start Paewai, McGregor and Brown coma passing movement, from which feteel scored in the corner and Nepia, With a great kick, converted. i All Blacks • 5 ’ i Warwickshire 0 ; The New - Zealanders retained possession Of tiie JjTouqid: gained, Jmt though they kept Warwickshire constantly on the defensive,/-, they lost many chances to score through slow passing. Play generally wae,. t slow, and , scrappy,, with Warwickshire showing little likelihood of improving thejr position till twentyfive minutes of the spell had Even then, though they threatened the All Blacks’ line, they did not score and just before the interval Hart got over in the corner. NepibH failed to convert and the score at half-time was:

All Blacks 8 Warwickshire 0 In the second spell the New. Zealanders initiated an attack, which opened when Dailey cleverly ran round the scrum, backed up by Paewai and McGregor. The ball eventually went to. Paewai, who scored under the poets, but Nepia caused great' surprise by failing to improve the score. AH Blacks 11 Warwickshire 0 ’From a, scramble near the line soon afterwards .Steel obtained pos«escjion and dived over. Nepia again failed fropi an easy position. All Blacks 14 Warwickshire 0 Fine passing between Dailey and McGregor resulted in the latter adding a try, and Napia registered hits fourth failure to convert it. j All Blacks 17 j Warwickshire 0 1] t was not long before Dailey again set he visitors’ attacking machine in melon, -and tb^.outcome'was another■ try for Steel, who got over in the corner. He took- the kick himself but failed, and the game ended: ' All Blacks 20 i Warwickshire 0 ! . • . .• • ; : 4 ■ ! New Zealand obtained possession of the ball from most of the scrums, but bailed to take as much advantage of this’•as they mighfi have done. Tlie scone did no< flatter the winners, who weije superior in .stamina and weight.. Their play was ine.rre<l by lack of finish, but it was ? qhite effective''’enough to enable them to make the game onesided Throughout.' The visitors 'tVerelavishly entertained, and inspected a humber of local factories. . • Warwickshire’s backs were outclassed by the All Blacks, but home team’s lorwarde set lip a' stubborn fight. Their display in a losing game was splendid.

NO EXTRA MATCHES. PLAYERS NEED REST. i : London, Doc. 11. The All Blacks have declined eighty applications for additional matches, including Bristol. , / j r.ho' applicants aiv bitterly disappointed. The manager (Mr. S. S. Dean) explains. that .several players, including Nicholls, Stewart, Munro and Harvey, resume the maximum of fesfi. in view of the forthcoming severe matches. Nicholls expects to play against London Counties on December 27.