RUGBY FOOTBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 August 1934, Page 12

RUGBY FOOTBALL

ALL BLACKS V. THE REST. [PER press association.] WELLINGTON, August 30. The special trial match between the All Blacks and The Rest of New Zealand, played at Athletic Park, today, before an attendance of 15,000, resulted in a win foi' tlie All'Blacks by 25 to 17.

The game was played on a dry turf, in bright sunshine, with a strong northerly wind, which made the handling of the ball somewhat difficult. The All Blacks played with the wind and sun behind them in the first spell, in which they scored all their points. They gave evidence of having acquired combination on the Australian tour, and this stood to them in several snappy movements in the first spell, when they found gaps in The Rest’s defence.

The All Black forwards; with Hora, McLean and McKenzie always prominent. found The Rest pack a difficult ’problem to cope with. Hadley was the dominating factor in the set scrums, having a margin in his favour over Orman, but in all other departments The Rest forwards were the equal of the All Blacks, though their work was not quite so finished. , The All Black backs did not produce play of international standard. Oliver was the only‘player to show real Class? The three-quarters, of whom Hart wasj the best, were the weakness in the All Black attack, Bullock-Douglas being completely overshadowed by Smith. Collins was a better full-back than Davies. The Rest fifteen revealed the expected lack of combination, but showed sufficient form to indicate that with the benefit of a few games together, they would prove very troublesome to the present All Blacks. FraserSmith, Best, and Adkins were the best of the newcomers in The Rest pack, in which Clarke, Cottrell and Steere all played well. Fraser-Smith’s dribbling and Best’s work in the loose, were features of the game. The Rest were poorly served by the Fookes brothers in the five-eighth line. They were innocuous on attack and their defence was faulty, though K. Fookes made a much better task of stopping Page, than H. Fookes did of stopping Oliver. The three-quarters were thus hampered and received few chances on attack. Smith came into his own near the end of the game, when he scored a brilliant, try. THE PLAY. New Zealand scored their first try from a brilliant movement, in which Manchester, Barry, Here, McLean, Barry (again), Hadley and Here (again) participated, Oliver getting the final pass to score handily. Collins converted. The Rest retaliated when FraserSmith and Best, by brilliant footwork, took the ball to the New Zealand line, where Edwards scored an unconverted try in the corner.

Collins improved the All Blacks’ score with a spectacular field goal from well out, and they went further ahead when Page broke through . and drew Davies and placed a positional stab-kick for Bullock-Douglas to race up and score a gift try. A magnificent forward rush, with Cottrell, Best, Steero and FraserSmith prominent, ended with . Steere getting a try by the posts. Davies converted, making the score: Al| Blacks 12; The Rest 8. The All Blacks scored thrice in quick succession. Oliver badly beat The Rest five-eighths and sent infield a pass to McKenzie, for an easy try. Collins converted. Collins then added a penalty goal, and the backs brought the score to 25 when they sped down the line, Hart finally beating two men to send Oliver over in the corner. Collins goaled from the sideline, making the interval scores 25 —8. Smith, the Maori winger, opened the second spell by making a try for H. Fookes. Davies added a penalty, and the final score of the game came when Smith was given the ball well outside his 25. He brushed BullockDouglas aside and fended off Collins tackle and scored in the corner. “SQUEALING” DEPRECATED (Rec. August 31, 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 30. Cliff Porter, interviewed by the “Telegraph” criticised the complaints by some members of the All Blacks about referees. “It savours of squealing and it is bad sportsmanship. They could have done much better by saying nothing, even if they had the impression that everything was not to their satisfaction. I hope the people of New Zealand will not take too much notice of them. From the point of view of fairness, Mr. Irving’s referring in the last Test could not have been improved upon. What really happened m the first Test was that the All Blacks met a much better team. Australia won on her merits.” TO-MORROW’S MATCHES.

Two senior grade matches have been set down for decision at Rugby Park to-morrow afternoon. Although the grounds will be heavy, keen forward play can be expected. Star meet Blaketown on No. field, and United meet Cobden on No. 2 ground. Junior grade matches commencing at 1.30 p.m. are also amongst to-morrow’s fixtures at Rugby Park, while United and Cobden B. will play at the Technical School ground at 3 p.m. WEEK-END TEAMS. Blaketown Seniors (v. Stars): Olsen (3). Moonie, Elder, Negri, Bunt, Garth, Scott (2), McDonald, DimonJ, Scandrett, Bell, Pacoe, McNeight and Flannery. Blaketown Juniors (v. Stars): McNabb, Sinclair, Banks, Tones, Tggo, Aiderton, Goodall, Wraight, McLaughlin, Mosely, Brown, Eyington, Bruhn. Hilderbrand, Clark. Mason, Donovan, Wheeler and Johnston.

Star Seniors: Heasley, Mathieson, Williams, Fong, Quinn, Behan, Scandrett, Ogier, Furness. Quinn, Dixon, Corcoran, Bowes, Buchanan, Smith, Petrie, and Stevens. Star Juniors: Minchin (2), Mills, Malone, Watson, Muir, Richardson, Lane, McDonagh, Brown, Cooper, B. Dixon, Bridgeman, Gage, Spark and Mundy. Celtic: Duffy (2), Cullen, McGinley, Heaphy, Forman, James, Clancy, Honey, O’Connell, Hallinan, Vaughan, O’Donnell, Knowles, Fogarty, Baxter, Culling. United Seniors v. Cobden: Gilbert, Schroder (2), Calwell, Collins, Costello, McNabb, Bell, Rose, Bell, Rear, Rathbun, Thompson. Jamieson, Shuttleworth, Jones. United Juniors v. Cobden B, at Cobden, 1.30: —Rathbun, Ellis, Baldwin, Ferguson (2), Weir, Callagan, Flaherty, Grooby, Glen, .Long, Hop-

good, Atkinson, Adams, Phillips, and O’Hara. Cobden Seniors v. Stars, at Park, at 3 p.m.:—Lindbom (2). King, Scott, Quinn, Taaffe, Eggleton, Tennent, Wilson, Brailsford, -Mahoney, Rapley, Birchfield (2), Keith, Hewlitt. Meet at Australasian at 2.30. Cobden Junior A v. Celtic, at Rugby Park, at 1.30 p.m.:—Minchin, Shaw, Tennent, Lindbom (2), Eggleton, Masters, Fleming, Willis, Robinson, Abbie, Barlow, Moss, Jackson, Anderson. Emergency, Corbin. Meet at Australasian 1.15 p.m. Cobden B v. United at Tech., at 3 p.m.:—Hearne, Cowan, Garde, Davis, Pascoe, Gilmour (2), Eatwell, Cook, Leech, Willis, Burn, Kennedy, Manttan, Todd. Meet at Australasian at 2.30. An alteration has been made in the junior fiixture between United and Cobden 8., for to-morrow, and the game is now to be played at Cobden, at 1.30 p.m., instead of oh' the Technical School ground.