All Blacks' Power to Win

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 November 1935, Page 6

All Blacks' Power to Win

LONDON, Nov. lO.f Commenting on the liugby match at Bournemouth on Saturday the Daily Mail says: "It seems that there is some inevitable quality about the New Zealanders enabling them to win matches —call it luck, opportunism, or -what you will. Probably the Greeks had a word for it. The fact remains that when the counties were only four points behind and the crowd was whipped into a state of excitement by the promise of a very close finish, the New Zealanders quietly rallied, and the game was as good as over. "The New Zealanders have found forward play in Britain vastly superior to what they had been led to expect, hence the comparative eclipse of men

like Manchester and McLean, who are obliged to spend most of their time shoving in the serums instead of lightheartedly joining in passing movements like their predecessors." The News-Chronicle critic, in describing the movement leading to Hart's try, says: "It was the best try I have . seen them get" ; This critic also remarks: "It would be wrong to suggest that there was ever any real danger of defeat. One felt that they would always pull something out of the bag if the occasion demanded." The Times says: "The All Blacks owed this victory to the superior speed of the three-quarters, and their extraordinary quickness in backing up. The - latter virtue is the result' of physical fitness such as no ordinary club can:/ hope to attain."