ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 154, 27 December 1935, Page 7

ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY

MANY TRICKS EX-

PLOITED

TINDILL MAY BE TEST HALF

(Received December 27, 10 a.m.) LONDON, December 26. The special correspondent of the United Press Association, commenting on the game, says that the New Zealanders' win was one of the most meritorious of the tour. They beat the Counties in all departments and showed that their Cardiff defeat had not affected their . morale. The tourists might have been excused for the adoption of safety-first tactics by closing up the play.and relying upon the forwards to carry the team through. Instead, they opened up the play, exploiting all the tricks they have developed on the tour, thus confounding the critics who believed that they "would be defeated. The bad luck which the New Zealahders have experienced since the commencement of the tour is apparently going to continue to the end. Caughey was not played, his leg is still troublesome, and it is doubtful >hether he will play against England. Pepper ricked an ankle through stumbling in a gutter on Christmas Day, and Lamboum replaced him. The back line was re-formed, Ball and Hart playing on the wings and Mitchell at centre, with Griffiths at second five-eighths and Tindill at first. The half-back was Corner, who captained the team. There was doubt before the game as to whether Hore's hand would stand the test. A- doctor had previously considered he would be unable tp play for five weeks. Mitchell, Ball, Hadley, King, and Reid were weary of football. GREAT BACK MOVEMENT. The New Zealanders pleased the crowd from the start with a great back movement, Hart making the extra man after the ball had been heeled from a scrum. Unwin and Dick later left. the New, Zealand backs standing with fine runs. A minute later Tindill potted a goal. Mitchell's handling had been faulty, and he lost a certain try owing to a knock-on, which was a sad ending to a glorious movement. The team fully deserved its half-time lead, and with a little luck would have scored two more tries. "Ehe difference between the tourists and the Counties was that the former team's passing was accurate, wehereas that of the Counties was wild. BALL'S DAY OUT. In the second half the All Blacks seemed capable of working themselves into scoring positions whenever they desired.' Tindill was surprisingly good on defence and has an excellent chance of being half-back in the last international niatch. Griffiths was content to pass on to Mitchell or make sure of kicking to touch. It was a great match for Ball, and half the team pushed up to shake his hand when he kicked a spectacular field goal. Ball's dodging runs' nearly resulted, in two tries in the second half. Mitchell scored the best N try of the game. Reid and Wynyard were the best of the forwards. Wynyard has learned much on the tour and should be one of New Zealand's best for wards next season.