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1924 - Durham County v New Zealand

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The Second All Blacks XV, who won all their games in the United Kingdom, and are known as The Invincible’s, played one game in Durham County, playing on Roker Park, Sunderland, the home then of Sunderland AFC. The match was in October 1924 and they soundly beat Durham 47 – 7 before a crowd of 13,000. The Durham XV included members of Hartlepool Rovers; Harry Lister, Len Chilverton, Rudd Alderson (who scored the 7 Durham points), Tot Short and Bill Carroll. George Carter, a member of Rovers who had faced the 1905 Original All Blacks as a player, was by 1924 the Durham County Secretary and would have arranged the Game at Roker Park.

 

Top to bottom, left to right

Row 1

  1. H L Lister – Hartlepool Rovers

    L Chiverton - Hartlepool Rovers

    V G Davies – Harlequins & England (also played for England against the All Blacks)

    W H R Alderson Hartlepool Rovers

    J Webster – Hartlepool Rovers

    J McNall – North Durham – Captain-

    T Short – Hartlepool Rovers

    G S Conway – Hartlepool Rovers – GSC also Captained Lancashire against the All Blacks

    R J Hillard – Oxford University – RJH also played for England against the All Blacks

    H Dawes – Ryton

    W Carroll – Hartlepool Rovers

    R I Clarke – Darlington

    R Hymes – Blaydon

    A Middlemiss – Houghton

    Dr Eccles - Sunderland

Date (of image) : 1924

Donor : Mrs Joan Carroll

Creator : unknown

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