ALL BLACKS.
SCRUM TACTICS.
Manager Urges More Life and Dash, Less Entertainment. DIFFICULT WEEK IN WALES. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 21. The All Blacks' forwards discussed for over an hour the question of tactics. They are determined to find remedies for their poor scrummaging. Mr. V. R. Meredith, manager, urged more life and dash, and an.effort will bo made to curtail entertainment at Cardiff, as he is convinced more sleep and earlier nights are essential. The newspapers predict that the tourists will encounter a difficult week in Wales. The Llanelly side, which they meet to-morrow (Tuesday), includes four internationals. Although Ivor Jones and Dai John are veterans, the latter playing against the New Zealanders in 1924, both are in excellent form. The New Zealand team to meet Llanelly is:— * Full-back: G. D. M. Gilbert. Three-quarters: N. A. Mitchell, C. J. Oliver, G. F. Hart. Five-eighths: T. H. C. Caughey, J. L. Griffiths. Half-back: B. S. Sadler. Front Row: A. Lambourn, W. E. Hadley, J. Hore. Middle Row: R. R. King, J. E. Manchester, J. G. Wynyard, F. H. Vorrath. Back Row: A. Mahoney. After the Llanelly match the All Blacks play Cardiff on Saturday and Newport on the following Wednesday. Cardiff, who might have beaten the 1905 All Blacks but for an unaccountable lapse by the famous Welsh international fly-half, Percy Bush, beat the 1906 South Africans by 17 to nil, and the 1908 Australians by 24 to 8. The 1912 Springboks beat Cardiff by a point only, 7—o. The Welsh club on Saturday last drew with Swansea (conquerors of the All Blacks) on the latter °s ground, no score. The match against Wales will not be played until December 21.
Thanks to a penalty goal, the 1905 All Blacks beat Newport 6—3, and the 1924 side also had a three-point margin, 13—10. The latter New Zealand team played Llanelly and won B—3,8 —3, also defeating Cardiff 16—8.
"Tough! tough! tough! Ie the only way I can describe the three g;ames that preceded the international against Wales. We won them all, but they were desperate struggles." Thus wrote Bennie Osier, captain of the 1931-32 Springboks in the history of South African football. These games were against Cardiff, Llanelly and Neath-Aberavon. New Zealand meets the combined fifteen on December 14.
EMPIRE GAMES. AUSTRALIA'S APPLICATION. (Received 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Mr. J. W. Eve, secretary of the Australian British Empire Games Committee, has received the following cable from tho Australian representative in London:—"l feel reasonably confident the Games will be allotted to Australia at the meeting on November 4. South Africa and New Zealand advise that they are supporting the application."
ALL BLACKS.
Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 250, 22 October 1935, Page 7
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