New Zealand v England ‘a look back’ ~ 1905 ~

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Over the next few days we shall take a look back some of the Test Matches between New Zealand and England.

First up we have 1905 and the first Test Match between England and New Zealand at Crystal Place , London.

The 6th All Black Test – 79th All Black Game

Match Report:
The Test against England on 2 December turned out to be a record breaking match for Wellington winger Duncan McGregor.
The 23-year-old scored four tries in the All Blacks 15-0 win, which was a record until 1987.

As was expected, the match played at Crystal Palace, home of English soccer until Wembley Stadium was built, was a sellout and amongst the 70 000 spectators (although some claimed it was 100,000) was the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family.

The ground was slippery and muddy and although the All Blacks played well, they were not at their best. And manager George Dixon wrote in his tour diary that the game was on the tame side, the exciting moments being few and far between.

But even so, C.B. Fry, a former international cricketer and soccer player wrote of the match: The notion that these men beat us because of our physical degeneracy is nonsense. They beat us by organization and by tactics.

Most notable was the uniform corporate instinct of the New Zealand pack of what was happening in the thick. They played like eight men with one eye, and that an all-seeing eye.

The All Blacks had by now won all 24 matches but the next Test, against Wales, would prove to be one of their biggest matches.

Points scorers
New Zealand. Tries: Duncan McGregor (4), Fred Newton

	All Blacks:		England:
	1 S. T. Casey 2 G. A. Tyler 3 J. M. O’Sullivan 4 F. Newton 5 F. T. Glasgow 6 A. McDonald 7 C. E. Seeling 8 D. Gallaher (C) 9 F. Roberts 10 J. W. Stead 11 D. McGregor 12 J. Hunter 13 R. G. Deans 14 W. J. Wallace 15 G. A. Gillett		1 C. E. L. Hammond 2 V. H. Cartwright (C) 3 B. A. Hill 4 J. L. Mathais 5 E. W. Roberts 6 R. F. Russell 7 G. E. Summerscales 8 J. E. Raphael 9 J. Braithwaite 10 D. R. Gent 11 A. E. Hind 12 H. E. Shewring 13 R. E. Godfray 14 H. M. Imrie 15 E. J. Jackett
	Note: Positions displayed show the current player numbering system. The past has seen players wear letters, Props wearing the Number 15 through to Fullbacks wearing Number 1.

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Tomorrow we shall have a look back at 1963 the First Test England played in New Zealand at Eden Park on the 25th May 1963.

Last 10 Games played between the New Zealand v England
16-Nov-13	England	22-30	New Zealand	Twickenham,	London, Eng
1-Dec-12	England	38-21	New Zealand	Twickenham,	London, Eng
6-Nov-10	England	16-26	New Zealand	Twickenham,	London, Eng
21-Nov-09	England	06-19	New Zealand	Twickenham,	London, Eng
29-Nov-08	England	06-32	New Zealand	Twickenham,	London, Eng
21-Jun-08	New Zealand	44-12	England	Jade Stadium,	Christchurch, NZL
14-Jun-08	New Zealand	37-20	England	Eden Park,	Auckland, NZL
5-Nov-06	England	20-41	New Zealand	Twickenham,	London, Eng
19-Nov-05	England	19-23	New Zealand	Twickenham,	London, Eng
19-Jun-04	New Zealand	36-12	England	Eden Park,	Auckland, NZL
Games Played	36		Games Played	36
*Games Won	28		*Games Won	7
*Games Lost	7		*Games Lost	28
Games Drawn	1		Games Drawn	1
*Longest Winning Streak	9		*Longest Winning Streak	2
*Longest Losing Streak	2		*Longest Losing Streak	9
*Largest Points For	64		*Largest Points For	38
*Largest Points Against	38		*Largest Points Against	64
*Largest Winning Margin	42		*Largest Winning Margin	17
*Largest Losing Margin	-17		*Largest Losing Margin	-42
*Total Points For	861		*Total Points For	484
*Avg Points For	23.92		*Avg Points For	13.44
*Total Points Against	484		*Total Points Against	861
*Avg Points Against	13.44		*Avg Points Against	23.92
*Total Points Difference	377		*Total Points Difference	-377
*Avg Points Difference	10.47		*Avg Points Difference	-10.47
* = By New Zealand			* = By England

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