THE ALL BLACKS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 168, 19 June 1925, Page 5

THE ALL BLACKS

TOUR OF NEW SOUTH WALES. TEAMS FOR SECOND TEST. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright) Received June 19, 9.35 a.m. SYDNEY, June 19. The third test between the All Blacks and New South Wales will be played on Tuesday next insead of Wednesday as originally intended. Tho teams for the second test on Saturday are as follow: New South Wales. —Full-back, Ross; three-quarters, Crossman, Reid, Morrissey and Smith; five-eighth, George; half-back, Snell; forwards, Thorn, Laycock, Rigney, Fox, Shaw, Erby, Tarlton, Smith, Ritchie. One forward is to be omitted. New Zealand.—Full-back, Harris; threequarters, Elvy, Blake and Wise;- fiveeighths, Matson and Johnson; lialf-back, Wright; forwards, Donald (wing), Lomas, Kirkpatrick, Finlayson, Rightou, Knight, Walters, Dickson. —Press Association. PLAYERS YOUNG AND GOOD. SYDNEY, June 10. The New Zealand Rugby Union footballers reached Sydney just after noon today by tho steamer Aloeraki. The footballers are a young team, but those who know them best declare they will uphold the best traditions of New Zealand Rugby. Air E. McKenzie, tho manager, is a man with a keen football mind. He comes of a footbnll family—he is a younger brother of the famous “off-side Alac,” a wing forward of a generation ago whose battles with the late Freddy Henlon on tl* football field are vividly recalled by tho older enthusiasts. Air McKenzie is a member of the New Zealand Rugby Union executive, and is chairman of the selection committee. He was one of the men responsible for the selection of the famous 1924 All Blacks, who went through the tour of Great Britain. Further, he was a selector of the team which arrived in Sydney to-day. Asked why none of the 1924 men were included in the present side, Air AleKenzie said that a number of them had not seriously taken up the game since their return. They had had a long unbroken period of football, and a spell was necessary. The selectors came to the conclusion that it would be a good opportunity to ullow other players to win their spurs. He pointed out that when Nepia, the Maori, who was a sensation abroad, came to Sydney, he was “green,” and that he had to leave home to build a reputation. “The players are certainly young,” said Air McKenzie, “but this is the day of youth. The forwards, you will find, will live up to the best New Zealand traditions. “J do not take any nlotice of the defeat of the team by Wellington, as the ground was heavy. Anybody who knows the Athletic Park at Wellington, will realise the conditions after a period of heavy rain.” MISHAPS TO PLAYERS'. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 19. The New Zealand Rugby Union been advised from Sjdney that J. AlcNab, of the All Blacks, had undergone an operation for appendicitis and that Elvy and Archer are suffering from injuries which may keep them out of action for the rest of the tour.