THE ALL BLACKS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19413, 12 September 1928, Page 18

THE ALL BLACKS.

PRETORIA CLUBS BEATEN.

BETTER WORK BY FORWARDS.

Fa ott a Special Cosmspoitoxht. PRETORIA, July 26. Elated by their victory in the; second Test match, the All Blacks produced their best Ragbl of in Heir thirteenth match, M" 0 !'™! LtoeO Pretoria o£ 8 r J f.rw.rd. r th»t first Cd time e in"thf ton?' to??*<* proved kreelv due to an astute scn 'F* manoeuvre, which been secrety practiced and introduced with success in' the Becond Test.

Stewart in Front Bow., R. F. Stewart, the rover, was depot | ed to come yip on the inside of *s hookers and so obtain the jtwse head which cavo his hooker the , first nooK at the bkll' which had previously been the advantage of opponents. The rover did not paclf himself alongside fa* own front line, but packed sidewaysand as the bail was put m the scrum he . trust his leg forward and across th scrum to prevent the J oo^ from hooking with bis inside foot ine legality of the manoeuvre was challenged bv a number of old Rugby men. but the 'referee did not prohibit its use and the result was that in the first half thf All Blacks secured the ball eighteen times to nine. This scrummaging advantage was turned to Rood account by smart heeling which allowed the touring backs, well served by Dalley, to initiate a series of bright open movements, which were more spectacular than even those.displayed at Bulawayo and Maritzburp', thouerb on account of tne qiialitv of the defence, not auite so successful. Johnson had fully recovered from his off day in the Test match the previous Saturday, and was fin excellent link. , Maxk Nicholla in Form. Bui it was the sharp penetrative play of Mark Nicholls.at seooad fiveeighths that made the'chief.-difference to the side. On\ several occasions he made real openihgs which should_ have led to tries, but onoe again 8. K; Carleton v showed that the strength of his play was defence rather than attack. He joined with speed and dash into a movement, but more than once at a critical juncture he dropjJed^'his passes. Chi one occasion he railed to hold, the hall a yard from the line when'Nicholls had drawn the defence,and after all it was in opportunist play rather than in cleverly exec'ited back movements that the visitors'' obtained ,their scorQ. Forward passes also spoilt several probable tries. . , . The tourists tries in the first half came from Grenside, who was fed in the loose by Dalley ; McW.illiams, after a dribble by Swain and a passing movement initiated by Dalley,'and . a crpsskick by Grenside which wm. fielded, arid miskicked by Gush, the 'Pretoria full-back. Two of these tries were converted by Lindsay. Pretoria's soleVtry was the result 'of a punt upfield by Kotze. de Wet gathering the ball and going' over* -The 'All Blacks. thus t led by 13 points jto 3 and had so much tne better ,of tne. play that they seemed sure to more than double their tally in the second half. .

Tactics Changed. So- far.from this baing 'fid, however, the. Pretorians had by .' far the better of the game after the change over, apd, the main reason sefemed Tib. be. because the tourists- changed their tactics and utilised Stewart mainly M a rover to stultify the work of the Mro halves. 1 Stewart did/some remarkably:fine work and frequently smothered .near the scrum, but nevertheless could not stop tho backs occasionally . getting away. Unfortunately, * Melntyre, one of the Pretoria centres.waa suffering fro®; s,n off day and did. not hold' ma' passes; The,only-Bcore m ; the recorid-half was a realty fine ;try scored by.Geyser y. a forward, .who-got the-ball4n-tne f loose; after a hUmberof forwards had handled and beat' Lindsay'' with a Worthy 'of a) crack wing three-quarter i ' The V outstanding :m9n .in the .All Blocks back; division were ltelley, Niuh- i olfe and Gretiside.but itwaj} imaihly i forwards who were responsible for the improved showing of the sid6. Mo*. Williams, in thi&match, was the out-1 Standing orthodox' forward on the field,-1 test- itutch,- has definitely proved himself one ,<# the. outstanding tourists. P. -Ward anojthfer that enhanced hia reputation,;%jclid J. Swain, iybo was more, prominent in the loose thart u&u&l; and snowed/ fine. speed in several; move-, ments, while Cyru .Brownlie whs fitter; and than he ,had JbeeH 'in IMs 'previous .appearances, and -Maurice' BroWnlie tod Alley were, very solid. 'y/v-'V Stewart Brilliant. But the dominating mail of ttys, matoh was. R. .Stewart,• who;largely, controlled play, with his serum tactic9i in the first naif, and in'the second half played a remarkable game as 4n. orthodox winger. He simply worried the opposing scrum-half off his game. i

COMPfiifeoNS.

, . BAND OF HOPE UNION.

; The Canterbury Band of Hope Union's competition* were continued in the St. Paul's School Halt, last waning.. The «eoticna to be' judged to-night are m follows: Vocal bolo, olass B, girls; pianoforte duet, class C: recitation,. clais 0, gir.s;. piSlio-, forte Bold, class B. The judges for last evening's sections WM»; Elocution, Mr H. E. Goodland, L.T.C.L.; vooal, Mr L,- Scrimshaw. : ";i : .. *

The results last night wero:— Concerted Reoitation (Seotion, I.), i Own Selection—Knox, 79 per cent., 1. ; Recitation, Class B, Girls, Ualon Selection, "Will It Pay?" (Mary T. Lithrabs), Part I.—ReeallS: Betty Woodyatt' (New Brighton United). Shirley Cook- (St Paul's), Yvonne Dodge (Riccarton United), miretta Shier (Durham street South), Joan Hughes (Phili-son 1.0.R,). ' . Sony in Char-wjler, Section 11., Owb B«lb<h tjon—Recalls: Miretta Shier (Durham street South), Norman Forward (St; Paul's), Joan Tbbmpsoa(Edveware). Highly cdmtoonded: Cook (St Paul's).' Recitation, Class D, Girls, Union Selection, "The Vilest Fiend of All" Thomas Chaopl. (St. Paul's), w. per cent., 1; Alice Chapman (St. Paul's 88 per cent., 2. • '