SENSATIONS
OF SPORT
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1961.
OVER-EAGER PLAYERS FOUGHT WILDLY . . . OBSTRUCTING, CHARGING EVEN THROWING · PUNCHES!
REFEREE'S NIGHTMARE. THEN CAME
IT WAS A
The scandal that stunned Twickenham
BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THE ALL BLACKS FROM MAKING HISTORY
When New Zealand's Second All Blacks arrived at Twickenham, stataly headquarters of the Rugby Union in Britain, on January 3, 1925, they had more reason to thirst for victory than any tourists before them.
The next 80 minutes of suspense could see them achieve the golden dream of all tour-
ing sides - an invincible record.
No previous tourists had left
the British Isles with
beaten record Dave Gallaher's legendary All Blacks of 1005 had come preciusly near-with just one defeut.
-
Now the Second All Blacks
that were Bearer conquering record titan
any
arists before them. They had the remarkable record of having won all 27 matches played. Only England stood between them and Im. mortally.
Crowd was tense
Ay
There was an atmosphere of eager experiallon that day LAUPU 1127 12.602 Spectators packed the bouge stunds enclosures of Twickenham. The scene was set for the All Blacks to make ngby history-and so they di
or
But it was not entirely the kind of history expecleri desired, for this famous buttie added à unique sensation to the annals of international rugby- the Brownlie Invident,
of the
The head-cat rugby might of England and New Zealand was meltably an For the last explosive air.
*bstacie of the ambitious All Blacks was a formidable teen hender by the Area: W. W Wakefield, todoy Sir Waveli Wakefield, M.1., England record halder
International with 31
Cups.
Explosive start
The crowd fell silent as he pointed directly at the New Zealand forward.
By Frank Wright
Players on both sides Wee warned. Mr Freethy was left with no alternative but to re- mind them of the rulɛg that, In the case of persistent In- fringement of Ure laws, the referee order the player off the. Bell.
He led a magnißeent pack of forwards men like Tom Vayce, R. Cove-Smith, A, P. Blakiston, Sam Tucker, R. Edwards, and The next lime 2 warning G. S. CamAny.
was necessary, he would send Behind were
Oxford- elf the offender. the Combridge hell-back partner- ship of J. H. Kitteriaalur A. T. Young, with the speed of R. H. [amilton-Wickes and J. C. Gibbs on the wings and the thrust of L. J. Corbett and V. G. Davies In the center.
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All were determined to be come the first team to defeat the steam-rolling All Blacks.
From the moment Referee Alberi Freethy
Wales whistled the start, the play was faxt and fervelous. Nu one, however, had quite bargained with the over-zealous spirit that this battle royal inspired.
Players warned
The players opened at a pace more suited to 40 minutes than 80, and with the fierce intersity of teams seeking to cantel Just-minute victory. Not the Jenst busy man of the lick was the anxious Mr Freethy,
In those opening minutes,
It happened after only 18 Referee Freethy minutes. stopped a moul with a blast on whistio, and when the his players had disentangled them- relve, he pointed directly to Zealand breakaway the New forward Cyril Brownlie.
The only time
The vast Twickenham ocena fell strangely silent, the crowd haf stunned by the dreision, haft disbelieving that this couli really be happenity.
But, true enough, the referee was now pointing towards the Cenire of the grandstand and in an embarrassing silence, the happy. Bruwelie was walking 17.
way. But i was bree points all the same.
Latek was now all against England and new forward R. J. Hillard unhappily fell off-side
front of the posts, Sharp- Jhooter Mark Nicholls was able to kick an easy goal to make the half-time score 0-3 - in lie All Black' favour..
Best try
After the intera), New Z^a- land scored twice more. In the tenth minute of the stcend Salf one of the Malas Brownlie, protest-ever forwards, avenged its absent brother by crashing his way through England's de fentlers and covering some 20 which yards for a great try Nicholls convertitel,
dribbled the ball over the line Next, an All Black forward
in the corner and J. Parker touched down. The try was n+l converted, but now New Zealand were in a stemintly invincible position with The sore 17-3,
Twenty minutes remained and· England now rallied so superbly that even an All Blacks' defeat seemed possible, Alas. the white-shirts' Bighing was hover quite up to the mark: several in- times Gibbs ounted over Nepla's heted but was beaten in the race.
Such severe punishment had ever been inflicted on a rugby international before. Even now, This Is still the stoner of a player being (32- dered est during the course of for the touch-down,
he was regularly blowing up an international match.
for offencen as the uver-eager players tought wildly, 011- kirucling, body-eluarghig, even throwing punches. It was a referee's nightmare,
Australia-U.S. Kramer Cup
tennis final
17-0.
When the All Blacks were Imagine, then, how the penulised an yards nut, centru Brownlie ineldoni shocked the Corbett drapped a goal to make Twickenham 60.000, and how it
Then Jallowed the unfortunate that such scandal best try of the match when should occur when the Prince England were scrummaging near of Wales. now Duke of their own line.
Windsor, was 1)
box.
Royal
dark Richardson, the All Bincks
Supremely fit
The defending forwards work And the bali swung the heel
master, to Corbett,
Finally, reached
aeting captain, begged from Arthur Young to Kitler- ir Ficothy to reverse his de-
. cisim since this was an intern~
tional.
right Bu the referee had winger Hamilton-Wickes, who made up his mind. Enough tearing DWDY at tremendous warnings had been given; it was speed, side-slepptd several de- Barcelona, Oct. 16. Australia completed a 4-1 viene for Arm retion.
fenders. He drew Nepla, and Was the referce right? passed to over South! lory here today
Kittermaster who Opinion by experts over the Ameriea in
sented between the pusts, the Kramer Cup'
Conway converted and it was Inter-continental Lawn Tennisus is that he was perfectly
Justled in the action, but that 17-11. competition.
it migh! ive been better if he find seni eff on England forward as well, siner there had been offences on both sides,
of
In the final (wo Bingle
Pancho Segura, inatches Ecuador, bont Mal Anderson (Australia) 2-0, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to goin the only win for South America, and Ken Rosewall (Australia) beat Alex Olmedo, of Peru, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
The United States bent Europe 3-2 yesterday and will meet Austrails in the final of the com- petition in Johannesburg. - Keuter.
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England's score
Certainly his action
had re- markably swift effcel: from that monent, the game sparkled with magnifecul open rugby,
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At first, it seemed that the All Blacks might be decisively handicapped by the absence Cyril Brownlie, for a wonderful dribbling effort by threa Eng- land forwards-Wakefield, Voyer and Conway-led to the first try,
These three broke away with the bull at ibeir feet and at the perfect moment Voyce cleverly
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But England failed to convert and how The nuper-fit AU Blacks were in fuil cry. They opened their score with a run- in try by winger K. S. Svenson. Next camna try by J. Steel, who forced his Way down the wing. Many obeer- virk, and the Krigland players white falf-tackled him, canal- dored that Slect stepped into touch more than once on the
But now time was running short and the All Blacks held out without further score. They had become the only tourists to remain undefeated In Britain and, though ecváral siden have approached their greatness aiage, ԱՒՈՐ Fun quite achieved such height,
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Sume crilies stilt argue today that the Brownlie Incident handicapped England not New Zenland, that before this un- happy affair England were in their gear, that after it concentration was broken.
But
the the truth is that fourteen All Blacks well deserved to win; they were so supremely it that the loss of a player proved no real handicap.
England, too, had a very great side, but some of the giants of the game were physically past their best
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