THE ALL BLACKS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 261, 31 July 1929, Page 11

THE ALL BLACKS

TO-DAY’S MATCH AGAINST NEW SOUTH WALES THE RESPECTIVE TEAMS (United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Rec. July 30, 10.30 p.m.) Sydney, July 20. Th< following teams have been selected for to-morrow’s match between the All Blacks and New South Wales: — NEW ZEALAND. Full-back: Carleton. Three-quarters: Waterman, Stringfellow, Geddes. Five-eighths: Tuck, Lilburne. Half: Leys. Wing-forward: Porter (captain). Forwards: Mahoney, Snow, Kivell, Sontag, Reside, Souter, Palmer. Reserves: Grenside, Hook, Rika and Cotterell. NEW SOUTH WALES. Full-back. “ Burke. Three-quarters: ' Hemingway, Towers (captain). Hinds, , White. Five-eighth: Ruthven. Half: Duncan. Forwards: Reeves, Munsie, Abbott, Elias, Moore, Rodger, Judd, Waddington. The players are mostly young. OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS IN AUSTRALIA MR. McLEOD’S WARNING Sydney, July 30. Mr. J. McLeod, manager of the All Black team, outlining his impressions of the tour at a council meeting of the New South Wales Rugby Union, said that Australian Rugby had Improved, and that the present New Zealand team was not one whit inferior to past Dominion combinations. The manager added that the game could not be played more cleanly than in Australia, but he sttuck a disconcerting note when he expressed the opinion that obstruction in various positions, such as line-outs, was a specialised business here. He assured delegates that If the system were tolerated, Australians would receive harsh treatment from New Zealand referees.