ALL BLACKS BEAT GRIQUALAND WEST WITH BRILLIANT TRIES DUE TO INITIATIVE OF M. P. GODDARD.

Grey River Argus, 22 August 1949, Page 5

ALL BLACKS BEAT GRIQUALAND WEST WITH BRILLIANT TRIES DUE TO INITIATIVE OF M. P. GODDARD.

From N.Z.P.A. Correspondent With The All Blacks) (Received 9.30 p.m.) KIMBERLEY, August 20 Two brilliant . tries, in which Morrie G odclard played the dominant role, enabled ,the All Blacks to gain a narrow, but well-merited, win over Griqualand West to-day* by eight points to six. Goddard has certainly made a dramatic return to the side. Last Wednesday he scored a clever opportunist try when he intercepted a pass at half-way. To-day, he nonplussed the defence with his speed off the mark and with a clever dummy scored New Zealand’s first try, and he shot through a gap to pave the way for New Zealand’s second try, which was scored by Henderson.

“NEW LOOK” The outstanding penetrative qualities of Morrie Goddard, have caused the South African press to describe his return as giving the All Blacks “a new look.” It was not till the second spell, however, that the All Black backs to-day really showed their prowess. The teams were:— NEW ZEALAND Full-back: J. W. Goddard. Three-quarters: W. A iMeates, M. P. Goddard. P. Henderson. Five-eighths; K. E. Gudsell, N. W. Black. Half-back: W. J. N. Conrad. Forwards: R. A. Dalton, N. L. Wilson, H. Skinner, L. R. Harvey, M. J. McHugh, P. J. Crowley, P. Johnstone; N. H. Thornton. GRIQUALAND WEST Full-back: Van Der Schyff. Three-quarters: Rotezee, Duvenage, Human, Frylink. Halves: Botjia, Van Der Heever. Forwards: Front row: Spengler, Louw, H. Hummel; middle row, Evans, T. and G .Nieuwoudt, Jansed; back row, A. Hummel. A FORWARD TUSSLE The first spell was confined, mainly, to the forwards. Griqualand West had one great opportunity to score when A. Hummel, the back row forward, made an excellent run from some loose play. CHANCES MISSED The ’ New Zealanders missed chances of scoring twice. The first time was when Thorton made a nice break, but then passed forward to Meates, and the second time was

when Conrad - dashed round the scrum, and passed to Johnstone, who made a dive for the line, but he missed his objective by inches only.

Griqualand West finished three points up in this spell, which was due to an excellent penalty goal kicked by the Springbok full-back, Van de Schyff. SECOND SPELL

In the second spell, the ball got out to Goddard more smartly, and he then put New Zealand ahead with a brilliant run from about half-way. He had Henderson in support, and only Van de Schyff to beat. .He cleverly drew the full-back, and then sold him a perfect dummy, to race over under the posts. Jack Goddard converted his brother’s try. PENALTY IN QUESTION. .

There was distress among the All Blacks when Conrad was penalised on his twenty-fice for not putting the ball properly into the scrum. Van der Schyff, whose kicking, was one of the features of the match, goaled from this penalty, and Griquas West led by six to five till within a few minutes of full-time. J. GODDARD’S SHREWD OPENING

Here, in a chain passing movement, J. Goddard moved up, and he then drew the opposing centre nicely. This gave Morrie Goddard the gap that he needed. He burst through the gap with a thrilling pace, raced to Van de Schyff, and then passed to Henderson. For a moment, it looked as though he passed too soon, but Van de Schyff erred in not diving. He tried to push Henderson out, but the Wanganui flier managed to crash over, only inches from the corner flag for an unconverted try. POTS FAIL In the last few moments, Van der Schyff tried to snatch a victory with long pots at the goal, but he missed; MAN SHORT This victory was a hard earned one, but it was well deserved. Particularly was this so, as the All Blacks had had to play one man short for greater part of the second spell. This occurred when Thornton pulled a leg muscle, after making a desperarte effort to haul Van der

Schyff down, behind the Griqua West goal line. Just as, in 1937, when the All Blacks rose to the occasion in the first test at Athletic Park, and won after losing Cobden in the first spell, so the All Blacks rose to the occasion to-day, after losing Thornton. DALTON IN FORM

During this period, Dalton was seen at his best as a pack leader. Dalton was seen a role familiar to New Zealanders last season —driving through in the middle of the pack, and showing a real leaders’ resource. A record crowd of fourteen thousand saw the match. The weather was brilliantly fine, but a strong breeze cooled an otherwise very hot day. De Beer's stadium was the scene of the match. It has been turfed since the 1928 team visited this country, but the ground nevertheless is very hard. Scott and Simpson dropped out of the All Blacks’ team, being replaced by Jack Goddard and Skinner. THE PLAY

The first incident of note w r as a dash up the centre of the field by A. Mummel, who sent the ball to. his backs. The position looked ominous for the All Blacks, but Frylinck was pushed into touch eight yards from the corner. Black relieved the situation, and a good kick by Henderson saw play go to Griqua’s twenty-five. For the next fifteen minutes the play seesawed.

Van de Schyff opened the scoring when he landed a fine penalty from wide out of the New Zealand ten yard mark. Griqualand West were having the better of the scrums and the lineouts, and when New Zealand did win the ball came out to the backs too fclowly. As a result, both Conrad and Black came under a lot of pressure. Conrad evaded this when he slipped smartly round the short side of the scrum, and sent the ball infield to Johnstone, who hurled himself at the line, but he just failed to cross. PENALTY CALLED OFF

Griqualand West were penalised, but Jack Goddard took so long. m taking a kick at goal, due to a difficulty in digging a. hole, that, the referee disallowed it, and Criqualand Wiest cleared from the resulting scrum. N.Z. MAN CARRIED OFF

Early in the second half, Thornton was carried off the fied with a pulled leg muscle. This necessitated a reshuffle in the All Blacks’ scrum, Johnstone going to the side row. The All Blacks’ forwards, conscious of a big task ahead, made a rousing effort. Griqualand West won a scrum, and screwed it, but they lost the ban. Conrad snapped it up, and sent his back line going. Goddard saw a gap, flashed through it and then swerved on the side of Van de Schyff, the full-back, to score under the posts. Jack Goddard, converted. All Blacks s—Griqualand West 3. When the All Blacks were penalised in a scrum, Van de Schyff, from the New Zealand twenty-five, kicked a good goal. Griqualand West 6—All Blacks 5. Up to this point, the Griqualand backs had rarely looked like penetrating and the all Blacks seemed

fated, as in many other games, to lose out on penalties. However, just before time, the All Blacks scored a second try in which the Goddard brother played the leading role, Henderson scoring at the corner, and the game ended — ALL BLACKS 8 GRIQUALAND WEST 6 Since the World War, Gnqualand West has had an impressive record against overseas teams. It beat the 1919 New Zealand Army side, but the 1928 All Blacks avenged this defeat. However, Griqualand West have since beaten the Wallabies in 1933, and Sam Walker’s British team in 1938. The two Griqualand West locks, T. and G. Nieuwoudt, are two .of the biggest footballers in South Africa, being 6ft 7in and 16st 111 b and 6ft 'lin and 17st 101 b respectively. The 1 scrum averaged just on 15st.