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McGregor scored four tries and Newton one. The ground was very heavy. There was an immense crowd - 45, present at the match at the Crystal Palace. It is bad logic and worse football to ignore the New Zealanders' teaching.
However, there is one tangible result of the invasion. Eton has been converted to Rugby Union. Corbett, W. Cunningham, F.
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Mynott, E. Booth, G. Tyler, Robert G. Absent: W. The S. Rimutaka , tons Reg. Her passengers included members of the All Black Team as second saloon passengers. Marston writes: "One wonders if the New Zealanders chose all-black costume as a compliment to our gloomy atmosphere. If the game had gone on a little longer our men would have been all black also.
But it is quite certain that it was easier for the Blacks to see and mark down the white player than it was for the latter to spot the dangerous black. Half a dozen seagulls in a field are more conspicuous than a hundred rooks. It was a grand game the English international in spite of all drawbacks, and those who saw it will remember it with pleasure while they live.
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The New Zealanders won because they are even more ' loyal ' than our men — they believe more in his Majesty — E. They won because they were strong-er, quick-er, fast-er, clever-er than our men. If Wales licks them we ought to give the Welsh team a monument. We have long known that New Zealand has the finest trout-fishing in the world, and now we know it produces the finest football players : and they beat us, not in the scrums, but in running, passing, and kicking.
It is the finest thing which could happen to the game in this country, and it is morally certain that no future New Zealand team will ever have such a series of crushing victories for it 9 record. Another thing is certain — there was not a shadow of unfair play in Saturday's great game. This time it is D. M'Gregor with whom the Athletic News deals in the form of verse, thus :.
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Ye're a braw lad wi' a ball. Wee M'Gregor! Wee M'Gregor , When your total tries were four? Or would ye ha' bagged more Had the concourse cried "Encore! Stay behind and show us things. Be professor in our land Of the game you understand; Don't say "No" to my demand. But "Oui," McGregor.
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One Anglo-colonial writer, giving some impressions of last Saturday's international match, says: — "I know a man who left his home in Islington a few minutes after 8 in the morning to take the train at Ludgate Hill for the Palace. Unsympathetic friends reminded him that the gates did not open till 10 o'clock.
He is an old man, and dogged. He said, as he took his hat and stick, 'I was born and bred and made my money in Otago. It's three and-twenty years since I've seen any of the folks I grew up with. I'm going today to see what the new generation is like, and give 'em hullo for their fathers' sake. I can't afford a pound for a seat; standing room's good enough for me, but I'm going to be the first on that ground!
When I reached the ground three hours later I caught sight of some white hair straggling out from, under a familiar black felt hat close against the railings on the centre line, and later in the day among the shouts that greeted 'Another try for the Blacks' I am sure I detected the still hale and exultant. Scoring a try. Winter's come, don't look glum, hark to her call, On with your boots out the ball.
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At your toe, off you go, send it along. Barrackers join in the song. Chorus:- Spite of rainy weather, on the ball together, Through scrum, five-eighths and all, Stick together, keep behind the slippery leather, Now's your time to heel it out and give your backs a bit of passing. Let one have it, put a bit of pace on, now then doe or die. Down the touch line see him slide, Past the full back, round the goal posts to the other side, Now the ball he's grounding, hear the cheers resounding, As he scores a try. He was a member of the original All Black Team which toured the United Kingdom in , and three years later revisited England with the All Golds, the first New Zealand League team to tour that country.
A local policeman scoured through council records to find the All Blacks legend's burial site and enlisted the help of local radio personality who broadcast the appeal plight on the Timaru radio station, Port FM. Money raised will be used to clean up McGregor's grave. A headstone, unveiled, 6th December , years to the day from when McGregor scored four test tries in the All Blacks win against England, now marks his grave. Duncan did what very few people manage, representing their country in more than one sport.
He also played for the Linwood club, in Christchurch. Rugby league "All Golds" The colonials took the initiative, and opening with a hot attack invaded the Home Country's twenty-five, and the latter were hard at work defending their line. From a scrum inside the quarter-flag McGregor Wellington got possession and whipped over the line, thus registering first blood for the Maorilanders within six minutes of the start of the game.
Wallace Wellington had the shot at goal, but the ball went wide. On resuming the New Zealanders followed with renewed vigour, and continued to press the Home team, keeping them penned down. When the ball was in play again England showed a stubborn defence, and successfully checked further scoring until the end of the spell, when McGregor was once more in evidence, and placed a third try to his credit.
The ball was placed for Wallace, but the scored was not increased, and the spell ended. McGregor was playing in rare style, and his brilliant dashes for the line elicited cheers from the immense crowd. In quick succession McGregor added still another try to his credit.