ALL BLACK VICTORY

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 31, 6 August 1934, Page 9

ALL BLACK VICTORY

NEW SOUTH WALES MATCH

"BEAT IT TO WIN"

United Press Assoclatlou-^By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received August G, 11 a.m.) SYDNEY,' This D;iy. Glowing tributes to the play and \>erformanco of the New Zealand Rugby team in the mutch, with New South Wales on Saturday are paid "by" the critics. New Zealand registered -a lastminute win. Writing in tho Sydney "Sun," W. S. Hamilton states:—No fancy-freo 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 tho last word of grim 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 iast j favour of fortune. They made the I 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 the1 closing stages and it was remarkable - how they -were kept out. In tho wing-three-quarter position the side-appeared'just below the general standard on ' the day. In C'aughey New Zealand liaa a eentve-thvee-quartcr of brilliance; Page and Griffiths-are a pair .of sparkling standoff halves; and Hadley is the best hooker seen for some time. ..

Stuart Perkins, in the "Daily ■ Telcgrnph," says:— The AH Blaeks deserved to win. On Saturday's showing they will develop into a combination superior to the 1932 side. The reasons for the New Zealand success were: (1) The ability of the forwards to,win the ball from the scrums and rucks; (2) the 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 factorin favour of Now Zealand, and that Kilby, by clever- variation of his play, was a continual menace.