ALL BLACKS IN ENGLAND.

Shannon News, 16 December 1924, Page 3

ALL BLACKS IN ENGLAND.

great interest in match. (Received This. Day, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 14. Lord Lansdowne, writing to the Observer, expresses the 'opinion that there could not be a better tull-back in the English team against the. Ail Blacks than Raymond. He would also be an excellent left winger. Hie adds; “It is essential that the Englishmen should be trained to the minute to .prevent the All Blacks carrying cut ■ their repeated tactics of scoring most heavily in the second half.’ ARMY AND NAVY GO UNDER. THE KING ArIfvVICKENHAAI. NEW ZEALAND WINS, BUT PENALISED MERCILESSLY. The Ail Blacks defeated the United Services at Twickenham . on Saturday by 25-points to 3. The scoring consisting of seven tries (two converted) to a penalty : : goal. .'I The goal-kicker, who is going . . • to save England on January 3, would have had’ a field-day as L penalities were awarded against the New Zealanders. ' King George was a spectator gnu the members of both teams and the New Zealand official party were presented .to HJs Majesty. •

ANOTHER BRACE FOR STEEL. LONDON, December 13. The King received a wonderful welcome from 20,000 subjects at Twickenham to-day. Both teams, together with members of the New Zealand official party, were presented to His Majesty on the ground. The. attendance was below expectations,, as was also the resistance of the Services team, which was defeated with comparative ease by 25 points to 3 bitterly cold weath'er no doubt affected the attendance. Nepta’s Twenty-fifth Match. ~ The New Zealand team was: —Full-- . back: G. Nepia; threequarters: Iv. *S. Svenson, F. W. Lucas, J. Steel; fiveA. E. Cooke (2), N. P. McGregor (1); half: J. Mill; rover: C. G. Porter (captain); back-row: A. White, A. H. West; supports: J. Richardson, M. J. Brownlie; lock: R. R. Masters; hookers: W. R. Irvine, Q. ■ Donald. Steel Draws First Blood. The Services kicked off against a bleak wind. Good work by their forwards gave them an early footing in the All Blacks’ twenty-five, but they were driven back by lengthy, line kicks. From a scrum in mid-field, the >■ New Zealand backs initiated a splen-. didly engineered passing movement and. within five minutes, Steel had crossed unopposed to score under the , posts; White converted: New Zealand 5 • . . . 0 Lucas Scores —Hard Luck for White. The New Zealanders pressed hard and continuously, the Services being compelled to force six times within twenty minutes. A clever move by McGregor and Cooke provided a clear opening for Lucas, who scored well out. White’s kick struck the crossbar and bounded in-field. New Zealand • 8 Services ® Army and Navy’s Great Goal. The game had barely been resumed, when the New Zealanders were penalised just inside the centre and Forest kicked a magnificent goal, registering Services’ only score: New Zealand :.. •, • 8 Services 8 New Zealand Five Points Up at Interval.

Encouraged by this success, Services took up the attack, in which they demonstrated for the first time some measure of combined effort. The Blacks deefnee, however, was always .sound and their opponents seldom looked like penetrating it. The halftime score was: New Zealand 8 Services ■ « v « 8 Fourteen Soldiers and. Sailors. In the second half, the Services resumed play one man short, LoristonClarke (Navy) having had to retire juslt before the interval, owing to an injury. . Brilliant Try From Kick-off,

The SRell opened sensationally. Brownlie fielded the kick-off in his stride and passed to Richardson, who sent out a long pass to McGregor. The ball then went to Cooke, who carried on the movement till he transferred in a good position to Lucas and the last-named scored near the comer. The whole' of this magnificent movement had been completed before the majority of the United Services team had had time to collect their thoughts. White failed to convert: — New Zealand .............. 11 Services .. 8 Four More Tries and a Goal. The next ten minutes’ play was slightly in the Servicemen’s favour, but, after "that, the , All Blacks all round superiority asserted itself and the score began'to mount rapidly. First, Masters fielded a weak kick near the Services’ line and hurled himself across in the corner. Nepia

missed: — New Zealand 14 Services 3 Nepia Kicks Great Goal, Then Richardson sent out a splendid long pass to McGregor and the . ball went through the hands of Lucas to Steel, who scoi’ed a try in the corner. Nepia kicked a magnificent goal:" New Zealand 19 l . Services ; 3 The New Zealanders became more brilliant as the game progressed and the crowd spontaneously acknowledged the wonderful exposition. Mill set the fast-moving and sure-handling backs in motion and the ball reached Svenson, the winger cleverly passing in to Lucas who scored. Nepia failed. New ; Zealand 22 Services 8 Soon after, Svenson made a spark-