ALL BLACKS DEFEAT NEW SOUTH WALES

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 266, 7 August 1934, Page 9

ALL BLACKS DEFEAT NEW SOUTH WALES

Poor Display at Sydney GAME MARRED BY WEAK PASSING By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received August 6. 9.45 p.m.) Sydney, August 6. Before an tinenthusiastic crowd of 10,000 New Zealand defeated New South Wales by 16 to 13, after a poor exhibition, in a game marred by weak passing on both sides. The New Zealand forwards were primarily responsible for the win, but were not impressive as a pack. The referee impartially penalised every minor infringement, slowing up the game so much that tiie crowd protested occasionally. The teams were:— NEW ZEALAND. Full-back : Collins. Three-quarters: Holder, Smith. Bul-lock-Douglas. * Five-eighths: Oliver, Lilburne. Half-back: Corner. Forwards: Mahoney, Barry. King, McKenzie, Mataira, Here. Lambourne, Leeson. NEW SOUTH WALES. Full-back: Storey. Three-quarters: W. White, Towers (captain), Cowper, Kennedy. Five-eighth: Campbell. Half-back: Malcolm. Forwards: Callen, Larnach-Jones, Louden, W. G. White, Walden. Broadhead. Howarth, Judd. New South Wales had a territorial advantage for the greater part of a scoreless first half, although tiie New Zealand forwards were superior in hooking and line-outs. Only at times did play rise above provincial standard. Nearly all the scores came from opponents’ mistakes. Lambourne proved himself an All Black booker without displaying Hadley’s uncanny ability. Barry and Mataira did good work in the open, and Here was good all round. Corner was sound, and Smith a fast and strong defensive back The first score came in the second half when, from a set scrum, the backs went into action, Oliver cleverly dum mied his way through, enabling Me Kenzie to score. Collins converted. New South Wales equalised when Malcolm intercepted brilliantly, broke through the defence, and passed to Towers, who scored. Cowper converted. Collins kicked a penalty goal, but New South Wales again drew level when Towers obtained an unconverted try. Desultory play for some time was varied when Mataira sent the forwards away. Mahoney scoring under the posts. Collins converted. King gained an unconverted try in the same position, then Louden reduced New Zealand’s lead by getting over from the ruck. Larnach-Jones goaled. SLIGHT INJURIES Hart and Kilby Receiving Treatment Sydney, August <5. Hart has a slightly swollen ankle and was replaced to-day by BullockDouglas. Kilby injured his leg early in the second spell ou Saturday. The injuries of both Hart and Kilby are responding satisfactorily to treatment. The reason for so many changes in the New Zealand team to-day compared with that which took the field on Saturday is that the selectors desired to see every man in action before commencing consideration of the Test j team. No doubt the New South Wale? selectors had the same object in view in making the changes in their own team. Lilburne captained the New Zealand team.

To-day was Bank Holiday, and the weather was brilliantly fine, with a slight breeze. The New Zealanders were entertained at Pittwater yesterday by the Manly club. A relay race for a cup was won by it New Zealand team, consisting of Bullock-Douglas, Holder, Caughey, and Smith, and the New Zealanders gained the first, second, and third places tn the shot put, McKenzie being first ■with 37ft. 41n., Barry next with 36ft. 10in., and Caughey third with 36ft. 4in. McKenzie won a silver cup. SATURDAY’S MATCH Critics Praise Winners Sydney, August 6. Glowing tributes to the play and performance of the New Zealand Rugby team in the match with New South Wales on Saturday are paid by the critics. New Zealand registered a lastminute win. Writing in the Sydney "Sun,” W. S. Hamilton states: —No fancy-free pen in novelette vein could have written a better ending to the fiftieth clash between New Zealand and New South Wales. As the blotter was coming down on the last word of gritn realism the All Blacks beat it to win by 18 points to 16. Not so dangerous individually but better as a team, I think New Zealand did merit the last favour of fortune. They made the game, kept their word, and made it open. The “Sydney Morning Herald” says: The visitors undoubtedly deserved to succeed. They knocked continuously at the door in the closing stages and it was remarkable how they were kept out. In the wing-three-quarter position the side appeared just below the general standard on the day. In Caughey New Zealand has a centre-three-quarter of brilliance; Page and Griffiths are a pair of sparkling stand-off halves; and Hadley is the best hooker seen for some time. Stuart Perkins, in the “Daily Telegraph,” says:— The All Blacks deserved to win. On Saturday’s showing they will develop into a combination superior to the 1932 side. Tiie reasons for the New 'Zealand success were: (1) The ability of the forwards to win the ball from the serums and rucks; (2) tiie union between Kilby and Page, who formed the spearhead of an unswerving attack; (3) appreciation in full of the value of possession; and (4) the?indomitable spirit so typically All Black, The “Labour Daily” states that the preponderance of possession from the scrums and line-outs was a big factor in favour of New Zealand, and that Kilby, by clever variation of his play, was a continual menace.