THE FIRST TEST.

Evening Star, Issue 22194, 23 November 1935, Page 17

THE FIRST TEST.

ALL IUCKS V. SCOTLAND ' NEW ZEALAND FIFTEEN Press association—By Telegraph—Copyright tbNDON, November 22. ■(Received ,ovember 23, at 1 p.m.) . The New Zealand team to play Scot- . land will be:— . Full-back J Gilbert. Three-qu&rters: Hart, Oliver, Mitchell. , ~ " Five-eighths: Caughey, Griffiths. Half-back i Sadler. ~ , Forwards! Here, Hadley, Lambourn, Reid, ' King, M'Kenzie, Manchester (captain), Stahoney. CRITICS PICK TOURISTS TO WIN RECOitD GATE EXPECTED IjONDON, November 22. .(Received November 23, at 1.45 p.m.) There is Still a possibility of Lamboum not playing. .If he is not available Pepper Will come in. Manchester and M'Kenate will play at the sides of the scrum) i Snd Mahoney in the back row. All the New Zealand forwards are in. good form, and confident of obtaining possession from the scrums and lineouts, , ■ . . Most of the London papers anticipate that New Zealand will win owing to the improvement of the forwards, especially in scfttinmaging, and -also to the inclusion of Hadley, who has not played in Scotlahdi although 1 ‘ The Times ’ doubts whether the 3-4-1 formation will hold, let albilb beat international packs. Nevertheless, ‘ The Times ’ adds: 41 If the All Blacks five-eighths’ play has correspbhdingly improved they are likely to escape defeat, but Griffiths,' although good, is too fond of kicking into touch; ; Caughey, like most longlegged plaj'brs,-.is occasionally bad, but' very dangerous on his day. Sadler’s personality Snd physique are the main strength in the New Zealand backs. Hart, Oliver, and Mitchell are equal to New Zealand standards. Other critics recall that Oliver and Caughey have not yet played in Scot- • land, and state, they are likely to sur- ’ prise the defence, which is weaker than it might have been. Howard Marshall, in the ‘Telefraph,’ says he will be surprised if the cots’ forwards overwhelm the All Blacks. The ‘ Evening Standard ’ points out that, opportunism scores several tries to one by orthodox methods. It is op- ; portunism . iti which the All Blacks are giving object lessons.A record attendance of 100,000 is expected. PAGE REJDINS TEAM LONDON, November 22. : (Received. November 23, at 2 a.m.) Mr Meredith and the . players to-day ,:';had an hour’s consultation on tactics. Many cabltfc, and telegrams have been received wiping the team success at Murrayfield. - 1 Page ha* rejoined the team. .As a former Cambridge player he played for the local side there, his leg not giving him any trouble. He was knocked out kibk: on. th© ; head during the game. ■ Tbh injury was not serious, and it is expected that he will now be available fob the match at Aberdeen. : He may yeihe a candidate for the last three, interriftfional games. , Instead 6f .Spending a week at Monkstown prior, to the match against Ireland the NOW Zealanders will stay at Dublin, •