TOMORROW'S TEST

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 125, 22 November 1935, Page 11

TOMORROW'S TEST

ALL BLACKS HOPEFUL

TEAM QUIETLY TRAINING

SCRUM WORK PRACTICE

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(Received November 22, 11 a.m.)

LONDON, November 21,

The New Zealanders are not overdoing their training pending the Rugby Test match against Scotland on Saturday. The team is out for an hour each day, mainly practising scrum work, the manager (Mr. V. R. Meredith) realising that. solid and tight scrummaging will be essential to hold the Scottish forwards.

The All Blacks are generally in bed by 9 p.m. They are resting as much as possible. A few spend their afternoons salmon fishing at Selkirk and Galashiels, and others play badminton, table tennis, and golf, but social engagements have been cut to a minimum. The tourists are in good spirits and hopeful of victory.

. Mr. Meredith and Hart and Oliver have colds, but Mr. Meredith, despite influenza, has turned out to direct scrum tactics.

Private cabled advice has been received in Wellington to the effect that the team is anticipating the Test with "quiet confidence." The injured players are improving, and Griffiths is reported as being quite fit after having received attention for an arm injury received in the match with Cambridge University.