AN EASY WIN

Wairarapa Age, 14 December 1935, Page 5

AN EASY WIN

ALL BLACK TOURISTS BEAT MID-DISTRICT.

GILBERT’S TOTAL POINTS ONE HUNDRED MATCH AT ABERDARE. LONDON, December 12. An easy win was gained by the New Zealand Rugby football team in its match with a team from the Mid-District, played at Aberdare. Owing to a belief that the MidDistrict team, representative as it was of second-class Glamorgan Valley clubs, would not give the All Blacks a game, the Welsh Rugby Union came in for some criticism for including such a fixture on the programme. After leading 11—0 at half-time, the New Zealand team won by 31 points to 10. Eight thousand people attended the match. The Mid-District players looked small by comparison with the All Blacks. Nevertheless, they started prominently and should have registered a score early in the game from a good, passing movemerit. Mitchell, however, dashed across and saved, the attackers apparently being over-excit-ed when within reach of a try. MidDistrict continued to play surprisingly well, keeping the All Blacks' defence busy, although the visitors apparently were taking things casually. Gilbert kicked a penalty goal from the neighbourhood of half-way. 3—o. Tindill went through from a scrum and sent King in for an easy try. By converting this try Gilbert reached his century of points for the tour. B—o. Pepper scored after Best had dribbled through. 11—0. Oliver was limping, but nevertheless played an. excellent game. He scored one of the best tries of the tour. He secured the ball at half-way, and beating four or five opponents, touched down between the posts. Corner converted. 16—0. Subsequently Tindill dropped a goal from the twenty-five. 20—0. Phillips dodged down the line and passed to James, who scored, Clare converting. 20—5. Later Phillips dived on the ball when it had been dribbled through Caughley, who was unable to intervene owing to an injury. Clare converted. 20-—lO. Mitchell scored one try and Brown two. Brown’s second was from a run from half-way. Gilbert converted Mitchell’s try. The game ended: New Zealand 31, Mid-District 10. TEAM FOR TO-DAY.

GAME AGAINST NEATH AND ABER A VON. LONDON, December 12.

The team to represent New Zealand in the Rugby football match with Neath and Aberavon, to be played at Aberavon on Saturday, is announced as follows:— Full-haek, Gilbert; three-quarters, Ball, Oliver, Mitchell; five-eighths, Griffiths, Tindill; half-back, Corner or Sadler; front row forwards, Lambourn, Hadley, Adkins; other forwards, MeLean, Ring, Reid, McKenzie, Mahoney. Sadler will be playing if an eye injury sustained in the Test with Ireland, has healed by Saturday. Caughley pulled a thigh muscle in the match with Mid-District.