ALL BLACK VICTORY

Grey River Argus, 16 August 1937, Page 2

ALL BLACK VICTORY

FULLY MERITED SPRINGBOK PACK HELD Trevathan’s Fine Kicking KING’S SOLID LEADERSHIP INSIDE BACKS SUCCEED. [Per Press Association]. WELLINGTON, August 14. In mingled sunshine and rain, the world’s two foremost Rugby nations met at Athletic Park, Wellington, today, when the All Blacks, in a magnificent display of football, beat the Springboks by 13 to 7. For a full fifty minutes, the New Zealand team were one man short. Even so, on a soft, soaked ground, with a slippery ball, they showed a marked superiority, especially in the forwards. HERO OF THE DAY. The hero of the day was Trevathan, who scored ten of New Zealand’s points. At the close of play, Trevathan was mobbed by a cheering crowd, while 40,000 spectators went wild with excitement at such a victory. THE CROWD. The crowd began to gather at Athletic Park late on Friday night. When the gates were opened at nine this morning, some 3000 were already waiting for admission. Rain in the night, and again to-day, soaked the ground, making the conditions favourable for the home team. The crowd was a colourful one, the bright, hues of umbrellas, women’s cloaks, and waterproof sheets catching the gay sunshine between rain squalls from the south. There was a bleak wind, strong enough to make kicking difficult. Long before the match began, the embankment and the available seats were all crowded, while reserves were fetching big prices from speculators. Resourceful folk, whose houses were adjacent to the ground, profited by the building of improvised scaffolding grandstands, and the selling of sitting space on the roofs, while the grass bank, fully a quarter of a mile from the field, was black with figures. From the earliest phases, it was obvious that New Zealand would make a good showing.

NOTES ON THE PLAYERS. Lambourne’s hooking at once drew' comment, and Taylor’s line kicks. Trevathan was prominent throughout and kicked two fine penalties and a field goal under by no means easy conditions. Dick’s tackling was outstanding, and he scored a pretty try with a last dash for the corner. For the Africans, the two scorers were Williams, who completed a beautiful back movement with a try, and White, who potted a goal from about 40 yards out. McKenzie, of the New Zealand forwards, was conspicuous for work in the line-outs. Cobden retired injured in the first half. The referee was Mr L. E. Macassey. The Africans were frequently penalised for infringements in the scrum. SCRUM PENALTIES QUESTIONED. “While the better team won, it was penalties which ruined us,” said Craven, the African captain of the day after the match. “We are not squealing, but we did find difficulty in understanding some of the decisions, particularly in the scrums.” N.Z. CAPTAIN. R. R. King, the New Zealand captain, who, as lock, bore the brunt of the terrific forward struggle of seven men against eight, was a weary man after the game, but happy. He had little to say beyond an appreciation of the sporting spirit that was manifest throughout the hard-fought game. NEL'S CONGRATULATIONS. One of the first to congratulate King was Nel, the Springbok captain, who told him that the win had been richly deserved. The teams were entertained immediately after the game by the i\ew Zealand Rugby Union, when the president, Mr R. T. Meredith, of^ Southland, welcomed the guests, including the Minister of Internal Affairs and j the Minister of Education. THE PLAY. 1 Babrow kicked off, but the wind ■ swept the ball back behind the line, i where the forwards joined battle in i a vigorous scrimmage. A series of set | scrums in mid-field followed, until ■ South Africa were penalised for a ■ forward lifting. Taylor, with a tremendous kick, gained consideraole | ground. i N.Z. START WELL. New Zealand held their own in the early line-outs and scrums. Indeed, several times they pushed the heavier Springbok pack, while Lambourne was outhooking Lotz. When South Africa hooked, the ball went out to White, whom Hooper brought down. Taylor found the line with an accurate kick, after having difficuly in picking up the ball. N.Z. ATTACK. New Zealand were awarded another penalty. A roar broke from the crowd when, from a line-out, Hooper obtain the ball, and kicked. Lyster missed, and Dick, charging down on him, snapped up the ball and very nearly made the South African line. McKenzie was jumping well in the line-outs. He, Jackson, Simon, and Dick were in turn thwarted narrowly from scoring. A hard struggle on the line ended when Craven found the line with a fine kick. '

FIRST SCORE. The New Zealand forwards continued to press, however, and when the game had been in progress only eleven minutes, Africa were penalised on the 25 line, midway between touch and the line, and in the centre of the field. The crowd went wild with joy, flinging hats and programmes in the air, when Trevathan’s kick sailed right between the posts. New Zealand

had had easily the better of the play so far. The forwards were ’ playing like champions, ; to the surprise of their supporters. It t was in this department that they r showed most superiority. In a scrum which followed the kick-off, they pushed the Springbok pack, and broke t through, taking the ball at their feet. Babrow kicked into Cobden’s hands. 5 He eluded Williams and kicked on. i Craven snapped up the ball, and ran well into New Zealand territory. New 1 Zealand were then penalised for lifting, but Turner’s kick went wide. ! HARD PLAY. 1 A lengthy period of hard play between the African twenty-five and ’ half-way followed. A pretty movement took place in front of the stand when, from a scrum, Simon passed to Dick, who ran infield from the wing. ' Trevathan cut in, and kicked across , the field to reach the line. From tne J line-out,-the New Zealand backs went ‘ away again, but Hooper fumbled a , pass, and from a penalty a moment later,' Turner sent play into the safer half of the field. N.Z. attack again. Dalton, McKenzie, and Jackson led a forward rush, and a scrum ensued, ’ from which South Africa obtained the ball. Simon charged down Craven’s 1 kick. Lambourne picked up, and ran ! to within three yards of the African line. The South African forwards neat 1 the attackers back within their ' twenty-five, but there were penalised, land Trevathan took a second shot, at goal. Gusts carried the kick just outside the posts. Driving rain now drenched the > players and spectators, making the ball heavy and the ground greasy. ’ Taylor was clapped v/hen he found the 1 line in African territory with a long penalty kick. From a scrum, the ' r Africans kicked lhe ball out at the ’ not notice. Trevathan missed a long ’ side, but the referee apparently did ’ kick by Craven. The ball bounced j out. A scrum followed the line-out. New Zealand hooked. Simon sent the ball to Hooper, who swerved neatly round White, and let the ball out to Cobden on the wing, but Turner 1 brought him down with a splendid , tackle. COBDEN DISABLED. Cobden took another nasty tumble ' a minute later, when Williams picked him up by the legs, and dumped him. Cobden limped to the side line, and was helped off the field by the ambulance men while the game went on. Playing fourteen men only, New Zealand were beaten back. Williams slipped past Ward, and passed to Babrow who centred. ROUGH PLAY. Simon relieved a nasty position with a line kick, but South Africa launched a hard forward attack on the line, with such rough work in the melees that the referee stopped the game to warn the players. AFRICANS SCORE. Strachan, Van der Berg, and Bergh fought their way down the line, and a series of five-yard scrums ensued. Once Strachan nearly won his way over. Then the. New Zealand front row collapsed. Lotz hooked the ball to De Villiers, whom King tackled, but; Craven picked up the ball and passed out to Williams, who evaded Ward, and made for the line. Taylor challenged him. but arrived too late, and together they crashed to the ground right on the corner, Williams successfully touching down for a most spectacular try. Turner failed to convert. N.Z. 3; S; Africa 3. ANOTHER PENALTY GOAL FOR N.Z. South Africa were penalised shortly afterwards when De Villiers was putting the ball into the scrum. He threw < the ball to his own forwards’ feet. | Trevathan took the kick, from ten < yards outside ' the twenty-five andbi

' close to the sideline. It was a magnificent kick. The ball again soared between the posts. The half-time whistle blew as an excited crowd gave expression to their pent up ecstasy. ; N.Z. 6; S. Africa 3. ‘ SECOND SPELL. ! Soon after half-time, Williams re- • tired from the field with a bleeding • face, but later he resumed. New Zea- ■ land, however, continued to play one 1 man short. , N.Z. SCORE AGAIN. Hooper obtained a low pass from Jackson, and the New Zealand pack bore down on the Springboks’ goal- ■ posts. McKenzie picked.up the ball, I and threw it to Sullivan, who, in turn, ’ passed out to Dick, and the latter ' Hashed across in the corner to score. 1 Bastard charged down on Trevathan • as he took the kick, but the referee ; would not allow this. Trevathan’s : kick, however, went wide. - New Zealand were now leading by • 9 to 3. For some time the forwards ■ fought out the issue in African country, with a pause when McKenzie signalled frantically to his manager for spare pants. > I DICK’S FINE SAVE. > Suddenly, the whole aspect of the ■ game changed. South Africa hooked 5 from the scrum. The ball flew out 1 to Craven, White and Williams, and 1 the last-named raced up the field, ; fending off Ward. Taylor's tackle missed, but Dick sprinted right across > from the opposite wing, and brought ; Williams down on the side line in New ■ Zealand territory. Dick again distinguished himself when he collared ! Lyster a moment later. Taylor re- ’ lieved the tension with a clever kick. ! AFRICANS COME AGAIN. ! Craven kicked the ball down to the ! posts, and there was an anxious mo- ' ment when Taylor, dazzled by the I low sun, missed it, but he managed I to clear.' The light was now very . trying. Taylor was repeatedly ap- ' plauded for his line kicking. , TREVATHAN’S POT. The New Zealand forwards worked their way back up the field. From a Cine-out, the ball came to Sullivan, who was tackled, but Trevathan picked up the ball, and kicked a beautiful field goal. The crowd was taken by surprise. It was some seconds before the cheering broke out. WHITE POTS A GOAL. The Springboks, nowever, retaliated immediately when, after a hard forward rush, the ball was hooked from a set scrum, and ue Villiers gave White an ample opportunity to dropkick a goal for his side from 40 yards out. The score was now N.Z. 13; S. Africa 7. AFRICANS TRY HARD. The Springboks went very near to scoring again, when De Villiers beat the forwards, and kicked on, and Sullivan, chasing him hard, stumbled, but a scrum took place right on the New Zealand line. A Springbok forward was penalised for lifting. When the New Zealand scrum collapsed again, Trevathan and Taylor saved the situation. Hooper started a back movement, but Sullivan was collared, and Lyster kicked the ball down to the line, pounding after it. The ball struck the foot of the goalpost, and bounced the wrong way for Lyster, but the right way for Simon to touch down. After that, New Zealand rallied, and in the last few minutes forced I play on to the African twenty-five. : They were attacking hard when the i final whistle blew. ! THE FINISH. The hardest scrum of all, however, was after the whistle, when thousands of enthusiastic spectators mobbed the players, and only with difficulty and police assistance could they >attle to the changing room.

| Captain Welcomed ON RETURN TO THE COAST. Mr. Ron King, the All Black Captain, returned home last evening from Wellington. He remained in Wellington for the dinner after the match and came to Christchurch by ; 'plane yesterday morning. From Christchurch he came on to Greymouth by car, driven by Mr. C. Neville. On arrival last evening, Mr. King was the guest of the West Coast Rugby Union at dinner at the Albion 1 Hotel, and the Westland Sub Union : and the Referees’ Association were ■ also represented. Mr. J. Guy (Vice , Chairman), who presided, welcomed Mr. King after his success as Captain ■ of the All Blacks and conveyed the congratulations of the Union to him. They were also proud, he said, to 1 know that the New Zealand team ; had achieved such a splendid victory under Mr. King, and that he himself had played great football throughout : the match. Mr. Guy added words of praise to Mr. King’s father (who was present) and mother, remarking ■ that rugby supporters generally shared the West Coast’s pride at Ron’s success. Messrs T. P. Ryan (Vice President) and E. W. Heenan (Secretary, ' Westland Sub Union), endorsed Mr. Guy’s remarks. Mr. King, who was accorded an ovation, replied, thanking the speakers for their good wishes, and Mr. ' Neville for making it possible for him : to return in time for work to-mor- ■ row. “Our opponents are really good sports,” said Mr. King. | “During the ■ game, I came through the hard ruck 1 with Van der Berg, and went over. ■ The first thing he did was to assist me to get back on my l , feet. The other members of the team are equally fine on and off the field. As for the All Blacks, they'; are, the fin- ' est body of men it has ever been my privilege to associate viith. After 1 the game had gone for -ten minutes, I could see that we were going to make good. The loss of' Cobden was severely felt, but the dar|< cloud soon passed and, in a few minptes, we saw the clear sky again. Oij a fine day, I believe New Zealand has a team which will be an even haider proposition than it was on Saturday.” Opportunity was taken by the gathering to congratulate Mr. N. Eggleton on his selection as referee of the South Canterbury match. Mr. R. King, accompanied by his father, and members of the Westland Sub-Union, left later for Hokitika. Canterbury Team TO PLAY AFRICANS. CHRISTCHURCH, August 13. The following team will represent Canterbury in the- match against the Springboks next Saturday, the announcement being made by the selector, Mr. W. J. Whitham, after the Canterbury-Otago game:— Full-back—G. T. Nolan (Old Boys). Three-quarters—R. Chinnery (Sunnyside), J. C. Rawson (Christchurch), D. G. Cobden (Old Boys). Five-eighths—J. A. Hooper (Sunnyside), W. A. Brooks (Sydenham). Half-back—J. J. McAuliffe (Varsity). Front 'Row Forwards —O. Hattersley (Sydenham), W. i Fleming (Christchurch), N. J. McPhail (Old Boys). i Middle Row—C. Pablecheqp? (Sunnyside), C. W. Williams uVarsity), H. Milliken (Sunnyside),, J IG. Rankin (Old Boys). ; Back Row—F. J. Foley (Ojd Boys). Emergencies—Backs: G*.IB. Eathorne (Albion), K. S. MortUck 'Old : Boys), R. Garrett (A'.bion), Lj Brown. Forwards: R. Burke (Sunnyside), W. Coll (Athletic), E. Whillan| (Athletic). | ■ .i. West Coast Competition' I UNITED AND STAR MAINTAIN POSITIONS. Under the most favourable weather ’

conditions, the second series of games in the second round of the West Coast Rugby Union’s Senior Competition, were resumed on Saturday, but there was an evident lack of interest, and a poor attendance, due to many regular patrons being more interested in the broadcast description of the Springbok-All Black ' match. The grounds were in good order. Unitea, by their win over Excelsiors, consolidated their claims to the Club premiership, but Stars, who won by default- from Pirates, are only one point behind the leaders. Ross are two points further down the list. Ross defeated Kiwi by 16 points to 11. Blaketown suffered defeat a the hands of Cobden* in the only senior match played at Greymouth. Celtic and Kumara played a keen game at Kumara, Celtic winning narrowly. With wins in all three grades, Celtic Club completed the hat trick. SENIOR. Results at a Glance: e United 20, Excelsior 9. Star won by default from Pirates. Cobden 11, Blaketown 5. Ross 16, Kiwi 11. ’ \ Celtic 9. Kumara 6. • JUNIOR. Blaketown 18, Cobden 6. Celtic 14, Star 3. United defaulted to Kumara. Te Kinga, a bye. THIRD GRADE. Celtic 50, United 6. Cobden 19, Star 0.

Senior Grade COBDEN 11—BLAKETOWN 5. Cobden Seniors held the upper hand for the major part of their match with Blaketown at Rugby Park, which they won by 11 points to five after leading by three points to nil at the interval. There were few passages in the match to provide any great interest, the play throughout being of a dour forward nature. The teams' were:— Cobden: A. Lindbom; Gilmour, Tennent, F. Lindbom; A. Vaughan, D. Eggleton; T. Kiely; Kirkwood, Thompson, Keith, Mqss, Spencer, Barlow, Manning. Blaketown: P. Davis; Elder, Pedrotti, Forstner; M. Scandrett, F. Garth; Harrington; Eyeington, Daly, Sheppard, .Pascoe, A. Scandrett, Bruhn, Wafer, Hogarth. After about 20 minutes play, Vaughan cut in cleverly and made an opening for Eggleton, who raced over in a handy position. Kiely failed to goal. Cobden 3, Blaketown 0. Early in the second spell, Pedrotti put his side in a good attacking position. He was held up on the line after a good dash. Good team work by the forwards resulted in Pascoe going wide out for a try. Pascoe goaled with a brilliant kick. Blaketown 5, Cobden 3. When he intercepted a pass out near half-way, Vaughan sent on to (Jpencer, who in turn gave to Manning, and he scored in a handy position. Kiely converted. Cobden 8, Blaketown 5Soon after Kirkwood broke away and he passed out to Gilmour, who had a clear run across at the corner Lindbom failed to goal. Cobden 11, Blaketown 5. Blaketown made several valiant attempts to reduce the leeway, but failed, Pedrotti and Pascoe just failing in turn' to cross the Cobden line. Davis, the Blaketown full-back, played a brilliant game. Mr. Hoskin was referee. STAR WIN BY DEFAULT. Pirate Seniors could not field a team against Stars at Rugby Park,

1 on Saturday, and Star won by default. CELTIC 9—KUMARA 6. Celtic played an even game with the home seniors at Kumara. and won by nine points to six. Scorers for Celtic were James, Collins and D. A. Reid, whilst Simpson scored two tries for Kumara. Celtic led 9—o at the change over. Junior Grade CELTIC 14—STAR 3. Celtic Juniors defeated Star at Rugby Park by 14 points to 3, after a keenly contested game. Scorers for Celtic were McKenzie, Shaffrey and Brown, McKenzie converting one and . Clancy kicking a penalty. W. Wilson scored for Star. Mr. E. Burgess was referee. KUMARA JUNIORS WIN. United Juniors failed to put in an appearance against Kumara at Rugby Park, and Kumara won by default. BLAKETOWN 18—COBDEN 6. Blaketown Juniors defeated Cobden by 18 points to six. Third Grade CELTIC 50—UNITED 6. Celtic Third Graders overwhelmed United by 50 points to six, at the Recreation Ground. G. Kennedy showed rare form for Marist, scoring six tries. Sumner kicked two penalty goals. Mr. W. F. Ellis was referee. COBDEN 19—STAR 0. Cobden Third Graders defeated Star Thirds by 19 points to nil, at Cobden. PAROA V. MARSDEN. Playing at Paroa yesterday, the home team defeated Marsden by 17 points to three. INTER-SCHOOL FIXTURES. The Greymouth Technical High School First XV journeyed to Hokitika on Saturday and comfortably defeated Hokitika District High School by 21 points to three. Scorers for Technical were White (3), Gilmore' and G. Parry, R. Parry converting three. The Greymouth Technical Schools Second Fifteen were also successful, defeating the Hokitika District High School by 17 points to 14. Scorers for Technical were Knight (2), Kyle, Tucker and Cooper, Lindbom converting one. WESTLAND MATCHES. There were not many spectators at Cass Square, Hokitika, on Saturday, when a couple of senior matches were played. Excelsiors fielded a team largely of juniors against United, who had a fairly easy win by 20 points to 9. An unfortunate accident in the game was an injury sustained by Gilbert, the rep. full-back, who sprained his ankle through coming heavily in contact with the wire rope running along the margin between the playing fields in the centre of the ground Mr. J. Butland was referee.

Ross proved more than a match for Kiwis, winning by 16 points to 11 in a game that was not very exciting. Mr. T. Seebeck was referee. Arahura won the Junior Championship, defeating Kokatahi by 12 points to 9. Mr. D. Breeze was referee. On Saturday morning a match was played at Cass Square between the Primary School teams of Hokitika and Greymouth, for the Newman Shield Competition. The Hokitika team showed the better form, winning by 12 points to 6. Rev. Father O Gorman was referee. AUCKLAND, August 14. Ponsonby 21, University 8. WESTPORT GAMES. (Special to “Argus.”) WESTPORT, August 15. Yesterday’s rugby games resulted: Albion Cup: Tiroroa 12, Westport 6. Old Boys 16, Stars 8.

POSITION OF TEAMS. P W L D F A P United 11 8 2 1 182 96 17 Star 11 8 V — 115 44 16 Ross 11 5 2 4 64 51 14 Blaketown 11 6 4 1 98 79 13 Excelsior 11 5 4 2 107 76 12 Kiwi 11 5 4 2 97 80 12 Cobden 11 5 5 1 112 75 11 Pirates 11 4 6 1 86 113 9 Celtic 11 3 8 — 75 165 6 Kumara 11 0 11 — 38 172 0