Return Match With Border

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 202, 9 August 1928, Page 5

Return Match With Border

All Blacks Win 35 to 3

Home Team Soundly Trounced

First Wet Day of The Tour

[United Press Assn.—By Cable—Copyright.] (Special to Press Association.) (Received g, ii.’o a.tn.) Kingwllllamstown, Aug. 8. For the first time since the All Blacks left Australia they have seen rain. They played the return match with Border on a rain-drenched area before a crowd of 3000 at Kingwilliamstown to-day, winning by 35 points to three, consisting of four goals, four tries, and one penalty, to one try.

There has been seventeen hours’ rain, which turned puddles into pools. In many respects the match was rel miniscent of the famous third test against the Springboks in 1921. It was a gloomy panorama. In spite of the conditions the New Zealanders played surprisingly good football. THE TEAMS. Border. Full-back; Lecouder. Three-quarters: Belton, Hubbard, Duffy, Klemp. Halves! Cheshire, Southwood. Forwards: Landmann. Pretorius Schnell, Nel, Seymour, McEwan, Clack, Tainton.

Ail Blacks 1 Full-back: Lindsay. Three-quarters : Rushbrook, Carleton, Grenside. Five-eighths: Lilburne, Nicholls. Half: Strang. Forwards: Stewart, Burrows, Swain, McWilliams Ward, Finlayson, Snow and Hazlett. The game had hardly started when Lilburne cut clean through the pack and passed to McWilliams. This pass went astray, but Finlayson, racing up, secured the ball and scored. Lindsay’s kick at goal missed. All Blacks 3 Border 0 A miskick by Strang ga“.e Border their one and only try. The ball went to Duffy, who beat Grenside and passed to Belton. The wing man put in a fine run down the line and scored at the corner. The kick at goal missed. All Blacks 3 Border 3 A fine forward movement by the New Zealand forwards took play near the line. Strang sent the backs away from a scrum. Carleton beat his man. Stewart came in as extra and handed on to Rushbrook, who scored at the corner. Lindsay’s kick missed. All Blacks 6 Border 3 Border started a good rally but were soon sent back by a hard drive from the All Blacks’ pack, in which McWilliams, Swain and Burrows stood out. STRANG STARTS BACKS MOVING. Again from a scrum Strang started the backs moving. Lilburne beat his man and passed to Nicholls, who sent a beautiful -lob pass over his head to Carleton and thence to Grenside,

who had a clear run in. Nicholls failed with the kick. All Blacks 9 Border 3 Next followed what may be described as three fast comedy movements by the All B’loks. They threw the ball about in haphazard style, swinging the attack from one flank to the other. McWilliams was the next scorer. He came away in a brilliant solo dribbling rush and when near the line snanped the ball up and dived over. Lindsay converted. All Blacks 14 Border 3 ■Cheshire, who had his ankle hurt, stayed off after half-time. TAME OPENING IN SECOND SPELL. It was a tame opening to the second half until Swain sent the ball to Strang from a line-out. It travelled along the chain to Rushbrook, who sem ed at the corner. Lindsay missed. All Blacks 17 Border 3

The New Zealanders were continually on the attack now. but play at this stage was rather ragged. Another try came when Stewart slung the ball far across field to Rushbrook, who went hard for the corner and then ran round by the posts. Strang goaled This player next worked the blind side an I sent Stewart over for Nicholls to convert, Al] Blacks 27 Border 3 A fine break by McWilliams from the ruck gave Snow the next try, which Lilburne converted. Border had hardly been out of their 25 during the whole of the second spell The last score came from Ward’s boot. A penalty was given the New Zealanders 25 yards out, and Ward kicked a goal. All Blacks 35 Border 3 COMMENT ON THE PLAY. The All Blacks were the masters from their first try. Border were never in the hunt and were s'bundly trounced in both divisions. McEwaii

wns the only forward worth mentioning on the Border side, and Duffy the only back.

All the New Zealand forwards played a good game, particularly McWilliams, Swain, Burrows, and Stewart. Snow also did a lot of useful work. Strang played another sound game, giving his hacks a lavish amount of the ball. The Lilburne-Nicholls combination again worked admirably. They have proved themselves to be a fine thrustful pair. Rushhroow, Carleton and Grenside gave a lively exhibition. Lindsay, esespeciallv in the second half, had more or less a picnic. Ally is now confined to bed with influenza..