THE ALL BLACKS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1924, Page 1

THE ALL BLACKS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION, CARDIFF BEATEN 10 TO 8. A THRILLING GAME. LONDON, November 22. The New Zealanders revisited AValcs to-day, meeting the Cardiff team in the presence of forty thousand people, and, after an exciting game, which at times was very hotly contested, the All Blacks won by .sixteen points to eight. 'flic All Blacks’ team was as follows: Nejiia, Svensou. Brown. Lucas. Cooke. Xic.holls. Porter, Alill. Donald, Irvine, AL Brownlie, .Masters. Richardson, While and Parker.

There prevailed among the crowd, tremendous enthusiasm. The weather was lino and the turf in excellent order. 'Pile home team kicked off, and Cardiff made the initial attack, but Lucas drove the AVel.shtnen hack, from the centre of the field, with a tine hue kick'. Doth sides opened out, ami exerted their utmost jncssure. I’l.iv vas for a time in New Zealand (punters, hut afterwards it shifted to Cardilf’s line. Then Xejiia got possession and the Alaori dashed through his opponents. after which he passed, almost enabling Svensou to get over. Xe|>ia\s powerful kicking was a feature of the ]day at Ibis' pciiod. The Cardiff forwards wore rather handiea|i|>ed by their over-keenness. After 23 minutes | lay. the local olf side gave Nieholls a , bailee to place a magnificent goal from ten yard- >nit-i(le half way. N.Z 3 Cardilf 0

Strenuous |ila.v resulted in a couple of Cardilf men .suffering' minor injuries. Oll'side j day by Porter gave Cardiff a (bailee at goal, but it was charged down. After half an hour’s play. Richardson gave a long pass to Lucas who dived over at the corner. Nieholls. however, found the angle too much for him. X. / 3 Caidiir 0 The New Zealanders’; formation iinprnvcd as (he game |>rogressed. their forwards being ypeciaily prominent. The passing of the Welsh hacks was too dilatory. Just as half time approached White scored as the result of a line bit of following up. and Nieholls made no mistake about the goal. The sncll thus ended: N.Z. .' 11 Cardilf <• (in the resumption of play, the pace became tremendous. Parker, who was playing on the right wing, kicked across the held under the posts, and Nieholls being right on the s|iot. scored a Irv. to which lie added a goal. N.Z 13 Cardilf <1 \boiit this lime. Porter-, who was playing aggressively, was caught oilside. und Wallace kicked lhe first |,enalty for Coni ill. N.Z 13 Cardilf -I Tinmedialcly alt-awards, scrambling round the side ol the m rum Delcheay scored for Cardiff. Wallace ((inverting. N.Z 13 Cardilf 8 'Pile jdayers now became somewhat heated, and several were temporarily hurt, the game being intensely exciting |,> the end. but no further score was registered, ami Ibe All Blacks • ■ nn-1I lb" > n |oi In |li (o S. C:ii,liH jila.\ed mii jo i-iogl.v well, althoiigh Die •entre men and backs failed badly. 'Pile visiters’ passing game was not. predominant, in the second half, ami their form generally was not op to standard. Nieholls wan the outstanding player. Vejiia wan Teliable. and Richardson. Porter. White and Brownlie were Hie most eonsj.icttous torwards.

RESULTS TO DATE. Following are the le.sults to date (with scores of IPOo team for purposes of comparison) and matches l» he (Hayed hy the All Blacks:

COAITNG A LATCHES. Nov. 29—v. Wales (0- 3). December 2.- v. Llanelly. DADEI.EY AND AI'CI.EAR A*. M.D Al. J. REARDON’S COMMENTS. Writing to a friend in Blenheim, after witnessing some 01. the All Blacks’ matches, Mr Al. J. Reardon, of Wellington, who is in England in connexion witli the Eni|dre Exhibition, savs. under date October Pth: — -• In sjiite of their great reputation, the forwards did nothing until the Leicester match. Porter has not jilayed a decent game yet. At Newport the team was waved from defeat by Mark Nieholls, who jilayed Newport oil his own. Porter got in Hie way of Hie hacks instead of keeping up among the forwards, where lie was so badly needed. •• They "ere ujipnrciilly juinishing liadeh-y and AL Cleary for what they think are errors of the New Zealand selection Committee. Neither of these two had a game until yesterday, the eigtli match. They were just about worked up to demand their tickets hack to New Zealand. Yesterday they were given a game with the idea, no doubt, that without practieo they would make a mess ol- it. “The ‘Daily Telegraph’ has the soundest man on Rughv in London. Tie says Mr Cleary had the best of it in the scrum work, but it is clear that MeClenry will not he allowed to show himself in any imjinriant match unless (he others have only one leg to walk on. On his showing so far Parker is a street ahead of Porter. •• Xepia is catching Hie crowd in everv match. Paowai has had only one game, and Alill is not doing as well as Dailey. Mark Nieholls is the star s-o far. but. after Leicester lie is a orb-role for some weeks to come. Po are Alunro and Rohillinrd. Parker was hurt yesterday, but T have not heard Hie extent. “Tt looks to me as if the forwards were selected because they follow up fast, but in light scrummaging they don’t seem to lie in the picture. Big as thev are. the forwards don t get their weight into the scrum. With

tlirci' against the two hookers, tlie Knglisli sides linve had thi! host of six out. of eight iiiiitches. .New Zealand just, pulled the Newport game out of the lire.’’

1021. 100 0. V Devon 11 0 -1 V Cornwall 20--0 iift V Somerset li--ft 2:1— ft V (Homester ft -ft ii ft V Swansea no.1 13 V Xewpnit li! 10 ft 3 V Leicester 27ft 28ft V Xorlli Midlands 1ft--:i 215 V Cheshire IS r, 1— 0 V Dm ham 13- ~ 1 ft— 3 V Yorkshire 12i •100 V Lancashire 2:1 0 — V Cninherland 11 0 — V Ireland ft o 100 V Lister 28 i; — V Xorthnmherland O1 ft I — (1 V Cainln Cnv. ft 110 V London Comities ill ft V Oxford I’niversity :’>:! Ift 17ft V Cardill' Ift--8 1ft8