ALL BLACKS' LATEST.

Shannon News, 17 October 1924, Page 3

ALL BLACKS' LATEST.

TO SEVEN. HART AND SVENSON DO HAT-TRICK. DURHAM POTTED AND PENALTY GOAL. TWO NEW SCORERS AND DUPTY'S (Received Thursday, 3.23 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 15. The tenth matdh of the All Blacks' tour was played at Sunderland on Wednesday. The New Zealanders won by ten tries, of which five were converted, and a penalty goal to a potted and penalty goal. Nepia Plays 10th Game. The New Zealand team was:— Full-back: G. Nepia. Three-quarters: A. H. Hart, F. W. Lucas (centre), K. S. Svenson. j Five-eighths: N.-. P. McGregor (2), | C. E. O. Badeley (1); Half: J. Mill. Winger: C. G. Porter (captain). Back row: A. White, L. F. Cupples. Supports: A. H. West, R. L. Stewart. Lock: R. R. Masters. Hookers: W. R. Irvine, B. V. McCleary.

MILL WORKS HIS STUNT. HART SCORES A BRACE. The New Zealanders immediately commenced to attack, Mill twice working the blind side cleverly enabled Hart to score twice. Nepia converted the first. New Zealand ...... 8 Durham . 0 The New Zealanders continued the attack, but faulty handling spoilt some chances. Durham Lands a Penalty. The Blacks were penalised for offside, and Alderson kicked a fine goal. Durham .. ... .... 3, New Zealand 8 Nepia Retaliates. . ■' Immediately, afterwards Durham was similarly penalised, and Nepia retaliated with an equally good goal. New Zealand ...... 11 Durham 3 Hart Does Hat-Trick and Lucas Scores Before half-time, fine passing among the backs enabled Hart to obtain his third try. Nepia failed with the kick, but was successful from a try by Lucas. At Half-time the score was:— New Zealand ...... 19 ' Durham ........ 3 AFTER THE LEMONS. N.Z. 20 POINTS TO THE GOOD. In the second half, the New Zealanders added 24 points. Svenson got three tries, while West, Masters, and , Mill scored one each. White converted two and Hart one. Alderson potted a goal for Durham, and the game ended: — New Zealand 43 . Durham 7 -—■--:-■ N.Z.'S PRONOUNCED SUPERIORITY "GETTING RID OF IT." LONDON, Oct. 15. The New Zealanders' victory was due to pronounced superiority in every point—stamina, speed, passing and scrummaging. Their breaking up was a feature of the game. Everyone played unselfishly, and the ball was most freely passed. It was the most meritorious form the visitors have hitherto shown. The forwards openr ed the game and fed the backs at every opportunity. Durham Disorganised. The Durham forwards became disorganised under the New Zealanders' pressure. Their backs' tackling was also weak. The New Zealanders' big margin caused general surprise, but the Durhamites never had an opportunity of working together. SPEED AND TEAM WORK. SPLENDID EXHIBITION AT SUNDERLAND. LONDON, Oct. 15. Reuter's states that the New Zealanders gave a splendid exhibition at Sunderland. Their speed, team work, backing up, attack, and covering up their defence were a marked feature. The forwards were not so efficient in the tight as in the loose play. After the interval Durham were quite out-classed. The "Sydney Sun" correspondent says the All Black forwards were particularly good in the loose, but less effective in the scrums. HOW HAVE THE MIGHTY FALLEN DURHAM: HOLDERS OF WOODEN SPOON. Durham, whom the All Blacks met on Wednesday, had a rather undistinguished career in the county matches last season, being beaten by all the other northern county teams but Lancashire, over whom they had a win of 12 to 9. They were beaten 25—0 by Cheshire, evidently an occasion when ''■ the scoring backs of the cheese county team had a day out. the remaining North County defeats were by Northumberland,22o,9 —0, Yorkshire 16—4, Cumberland 12—0. During the season Durham were constantly chopping the team about experimentally, in the hope of finding a happy combination, which failed to materialise.

Thrice County Champions. ' In 1905, Durhanuwas the champion county, and the All. Blacks of that year had their line first crossed (in their seventh match), though winning by 16 points to 3. In 1907, Durham shared the champion honours with Devon, and in 1909 they were again at the head of the list, but since then they have fallen away sadly. CLAIMS OF CLUBS. The Rugby correspondent ("J.H.")

of "The Evening Standard" (London) expresses some regret that the Rugby Union, in drawing up the programme of fixtures against the All Blacks, allotted such a small proportion of matches to the clubs. "I am not criticising the work of the sub-com-mittee, which, doubtless, had good reasons (probably they were financial ones) for allotting the majority of the fixtures to the counties," he states. "My point merely is that the strong club sides like Gloucester, Plymouth Albion, Bath, etc., would give the All" blacks a better game than county sides, which rarely play together. It is not reasonable to expect Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, the Midlands, etc., to beat a touring side which has played as a unit from the beginning, and possesses that most priceless of all Rugby assets —combination." NORTHERN LEAGUE TEST. RESIDENT "FOREIGNERS" TOO GOOD FOR ROSES. (Received Thursday, 7.35 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 15. An international Northern Union match resulted in Other Nationalities (composed of South Africans and Welshmen) beating England by 23 points to 17. Van Heerdern and Van Rooyen, of the 1921 Springboks, are both playing for the Wigan Club, Lancashire. That enterprising body recently sent a dele- i gation to South Africa for new mater- i ial, and signed on four more Cape I players, including a brother of Van ' Heerdern's. There is an apparently . well-founded rumour that two prom- I inent All Blacks are going over to the Northern League.