ULSTER’S DEFEAT

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 November 1924, Page 5

ULSTER’S DEFEAT

ALL BLACKS FORWARDS. PERFORM SPLENDID WORK. \ GREAT RUN-. BY NEPIA. BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPY EIGHT. Received Nov. 7, 11.20 a.m. LONDON, Nov: 6. Ulster had a credible and equal share of the game, but were weak behind the scrum, where the New Zealanders % weire convincing. The latter’s large margin was due to tlie pace and resource of the backs.—Reuter. LONDON, Nov. 5. Twelve thousand spectators saw the All-Blacks defeat Ulster at Belfast by 28 points to 6. Amongst those present were the Duke of Abercorn, Lord Londonderry, and Sir James Craig (Premier of Ulster) The Ulster team included all of the hacks and four of the forwards who played for Ireland on Saturday. Losing the toss Nichols kicked off. The All Blacks were penalised in quick succession for scrummaging faults. Crawford/failed badly with the kick, but distinguished himself by a magnificent touch-line “finder.” Twelve minutes after the start Parker initiated a beautifully executed passing movement, " which : Svenson capped with a try. Nfeholls converted with a magnificent kick from the touchline. , ’• Lively v wotk by the. Ulster forwards . kept'Nepia r 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. Nioholls again converted. \ .’ i Shot-fly afterwards Nieholls and Cooke made a brilliant opening fo* Parker to score under tbepnsts, and Nit-hobs kicked a goal. At this stage the All Blacks were penalised ten times, three times within striking distance. and from one of these Crawford kicked a goal. • Half-time sounded with the score: New Zealand 15 Ulster 3 j After resuming 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 hacks then got to .work. Mill broke away from the scrum and, after a passing bout, iri which Cooke and Lucas figured, .Steel got across at the corner. The’ angle was toy much for Nieholls to goal. Mill, who was playing outstandingly well, opened up the game, enabling Parker to score a second try \ Nieholls again converted. .. T gem of th© match followed. JNepia ran through. to half-way, the movement - culminating in a fine try 'Svenson, which Nieholls converted. Ulster’s defence broke down under the.evolutions of the New Zealand few minutes, when, after a passing rush, H. Stephenson scored a brilliant try. which wa s not converted, and the game ended: , . New Zealand 9R Ulster The personnel of the A!! Blacks’ team was not included in the cabled report, but a few days ago the team was announced as follows: Full-back—Nepia. Three-quarters—Steel, Lucas Sven- • son. . Five-eighths—Cooke, Nieholls. Halfrback —Mill. Wing-forward—Parker. Forwards—Dvine, Donald, Masters, M. Brownlie, Cupples, Richardson, White. . The report, however, appears to indicate that Nieholls captained the All Blacks, in which case Richardson (the vice-captain), whose name was included m the team, evidently did not play. INDIVIDUAL SCORES. Following is a summarised record of •scores: — ; Goals from Other Potted ■ Player Tries Tries Goals Goals Tl. Hart, A. H. 15 l _ • . }7 Nepia, G. Nieholls, M. 1 H 3 l 44 Cooke, A E. 10. - Parker* H. 11 ■ : 33 Svenson, K. S. 10 Mill, J. 6 - - - j 8 >Steel, J. 6 _ Brown, H. W. 3 2 ! White, A. 1 5 Lucas, W. 3 ; Donald, J. 3 Richardson, J. 3 Porter, C. G. 3 Irvine, W\ R. 2—. Brownlie, M. 2 McGregor, N. P. 2 •Masters, R. R. 2 Stewart, R. L. 2 0 Chippies, L. F. 1 Brownlie, C. J. 1 West, A. H. 1 —* The scorer of both the tries in the Cheshire match, details of which were . not cabled, was Hart, according to reports in Australian .files, and this places; him at th,e head of the list. The name of the scorer of one try in the Yorkshire match has not yet come to hand. COMMENTS ON THE MATCH. (By “Spectator.”) The result is specially interesting in view of the fact that all the Irish international backs and four of the forwards were Ulster men, and consequently played in' both matches. It is therefore to be assumed that the Ulster team was pretty nearly, if not quite, the equal of the Irish team. Played as the second match was apparently in good weather, our backs ' were able to come into action under favourable conditions, and consequently, show their powers of combination. The forwards gave them every assistance, and of this they took such advantage that their work proved altogether too good for their opponents. They crossed the opposing Ibpe six times, and on five occasions Nieholls added the major points. The value and effectiveness of such a place-kicker, combined as it is in his case with good field work, can hardly he overestimated. The backs had a real field day. and proved that they have developed and improved very much since the beginning of the tour and are continuing to improve. An interesting feature of the report is the work of Parker, our wing forward or rover, who is described in the English papers as a half-hack. His linking up with the backs in their scoring movements shows that he is playing the true game that is exnected of a