THE ALL BLACKS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1936, Page 10

THE ALL BLACKS

ARRIVAL IN CANADA. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Jan. 17. The All Blacks arrived to-day and entrained for British Columbia. “We never offer alibis,” the manager, Mr V. R. Meredith, said, when paying a compliment to the fine brand of Rugby now being played in Great Britain. RECEPTIONS IN CANADA. TORONTO, Jan. 19. The All Blacks have entrained for Vancouver. They expressed pleasure at the wal-m welcomes received at Halifax. Montreal, and Toronto. The manager (Mr V. R. Meredith) regretted that games with Ontario clubs were impossible because of the wintry conditions, but expressed the hope that at some future time it would be possible to arrange games in the late summer or early autumn. A SCORELESS DRAW. ENGLAND v. WALES. LONDON, Jan. 18. The international Rugby match between England and Wales at Swansea resulted in a draw, o—o.0 —0. Wales are regarded as unlucky not to have defeated England, which fielded the same team as that which defeated the All Blacks. Neither fifteen was brilliant. The Welsh forwards surprisingly frequently defeated the English pack, but the Welsh backs, lacking Claude Davey owing to injuries, were unable to exploit their chances. Olmlensky was not menacing, W T ooller and 1 Cliff' Jones being able to bring off tackles on the few occasions when he had a chance of scoring.