MAORI TOURISTS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1935, Page 5

MAORI TOURISTS

BRISBANE CRITICS ARE PLEASED

(Australian Press Association.) , f BRISBANE, July 9. V It required only a few minutes'withthe Maoris at their first, practice, run; in Queensland, for the critics to declare therii a side. that, is bound toj please the crowds. A carefree spirit', l was evident in everything they, at-) tempted, and, coming on top of at plethora or hard international matches that fail to enthuse as a spectacle,? the natives are bound to -be popular. Billy Wallace was most enthusiasticat the training run. He; seemed to itching to get in it with the players" in everything they did. ; " l A small crowd, which-gathered : at( Slade: Park to see the run, were lighted with the skill of Nepia in tak-i ing the ball, and they fairly gasped; when he sent a place kick sailing; through the uprights from half-way.* Smith the giant winger,''looked ft' likely customer, while others to show dash were the forward Harrison 1 anji Chase, the five-eighth. ( j V The visitors • iare ' greatly •• impressed, with the little that they have seen of, Queensland and there is no member of the team happier to lie here than Mataira, who has happy recollections of his visit with the All Blacks. ; r V, In extending a welcome to : the Maori footballers,, the- Mayor of Warwick, Mr Allman, said that he .belieyed that they would live up to the. rei putation of Union football earned ,by all New ZealaiM footballers.. He remembered the' wonderful; Maori team of which the two. Warbriqks were star performers. - |