STARS IN SYDNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 129, 3 June 1935, Page 13

STARS IN SYDNEY.

MR. J. MOODABE'S OBSERVATIONS. Writing from Sydney to Mr. G. Grey Campbell, chairman of the Auckland Rugby League, Mr. J. Moodabe, of Auckland, who has been witnessing the City-Country trial matches for the New South Wales team which met Queensland to-day, said that the games on May 23 were an eye-opener for a "wet day, but an attendance of. 17.000 was thrilled b'y the brilliant passing! "The Ridley-Brown-Thicknesse and Hey combination was wonderful," he adds. "Hey gave the greatest exhibition of five-eighths football I have ever seen in my life. . He was marvellous. Talk about side-stepping! He just could not be tackled. He is a totally different Hey to what he was in Auckland last season with Western Suburbs. ' He went through every time he received the ball, and, as I remember Harold Horder at his best, I can assure you on to-day's play Hey is better than Horder ever was.Ridley Is yards faster than when in New Zealand. He electrified the crowd with his speed. Hines, a country player, has a great reputation, but did nothing much to-day, as the ball did not go much his way. Over here they concentrate on big forwards, who break up quickly. A great trick is for a forward, when near an opponents' line, to drop back to make the extra man in the backs, who specialise in close, short, snappy passes. It shows what a wonderful team New South Wales has when Norman and Busch are in the second team. Any team to beat New South Wales or Australia must go-into camp to train hard. These players here are wonderfully lit, and to-day the ambulance was only once called upon. Big forwards and backs who can attack and tackle would give New Zealand a chance of beating Australia." N.S.W. BEATS QUEENSLAND. BIG CROWD SEES THE GAME. . . SYDNEY, June 2.' In a Rugby League match on the cricket ground, on Saturday, New South Wales defeated Queensland by 33 points to 10. It was the first of three games. There were 34,000 spectators.