LUCKY AGAIN?

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 243, 14 October 1935, Page 15

LUCKY AGAIN?

; THE ALL BLACKS. GAME IN SCOTLAND. VICTORY BY THREE POINTS. LONDON, October 13. Tho All Blacks defeated tho South of Scotland on Saturday by 11 points to 8 after having led at half-time by 5 points to 3. Eighteen thousand peoplo cheered Manchester when ho led his team on. to tho field at Hawick, they being the first New Zcalanders to play in Scotland since 1905. Tho All Blacks were regarded as being lucky to win. The teams were:— New Zealand. Full-back: Gilbert. Three-quarters: Ball, Mitchell, Hart. Five-eighths: Griffiths, Solomon. Half-back: Sadler. .Forwards: Pepper, Hore, Adkins, Reid, King, McKenzie, Manchester, Vorrath. South of Scotland. I Full-back: Clark. Three-quarters: McKie, Breckenbridgo, Fairbairn, Thomson. Five-eighth: Pcden. Half-back: Dorward. Forwards: Grieve, Gray, Cottington, Beattie, Cowe, Barrie, Aitchison, Shaw. Cottington is an international player tyid Shaw a reserve international. The home sido won tho first scrum and gained 20 yards thereby. It got going later on two occasions, but the movement broke down owing to faulty handling. Gilbert next missed an easy penalty shot. Mitchell, defending well, found the line when South of Scotland was pressing. The home side continued the pressure, Aitchison narrowly failing to score. A moment later McKio crossed from a scrum. South of Scotland was continuously dangerous, Mitchell downing McKie at a perilous moment. The All Blacks then broke away and Hart won a race for tho ball, which ho touched down. Gilbert goaled from in front of the posts. Solomon was almost over after a great run, but he was grassed. Towards the end of the first spell the New Zcalanders wero combining . better and stormed their opponents' lino several times, but they met with dour tackling. Tho forwards did not equal the South of Scotland pack, which was playing magnificently both iu tho loose and in the scrums. In the second spell the home team was continually pressing, .and tho backs almost scored three or four times. Amid great excitement Shaw threw himself over tho line and'converted his own try. South of Scotland continued to dominate tho play, but Gilbert evened with a penalty goal from forty yards out. A minuto later Vorrath scored a try from a rush at tho corner. Gilbert failed to convert.