UNBEATEN SERIES

Northern Advocate, 11 June 1931, Page 5

UNBEATEN SERIES

VARSITY RUGBY PLAYERS STATE TEAM VANQUISHED. MARGIN OF IS POINTS. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, .Time 10. The New Zealand University Rugby team lias ended its tour unbeaten. D proved its thorough superiority over New South Wales today, and won the match by 28 points to 10. For New Zealand, Mae Kay (2), iDiederieh and Williams scored tries, and Bush converted all four. MaeKay and Bush dropped goals. For New South Wales, Towers scored two tries, which Ross converted. The teams were as follow: New Zealand. —Backs: Bush, MaeKay, Rum, 'Williams, MeKechnie, I Ewart, Carter; forwards: Stephenson - Wright, McCurdy, Hodge, Dixon, Perkins, Peacock, Diederieh, King. New South Wales. —Backs; Ross, Marks, Newton, Kennedy, McCauley, Windon; forwards: Parker, Moore, Joyce, Money, Judd, Love,' McCafferty (hooker, replaced by Walpole), Arnold.

New Zealand led by 19 points to nil at half-time, after which they

were never pressed. New South Wales fielded a scratch I team, which was completed at the last I moment. They missed their leader, Malcolm. Nevertheless the play of several potential players for the New (Zealand tour suffered through indifjfercnt displays. The match was regarded by the selectors as a trial. 'Bush outshone Boss in kicking, tackling and general resource. The real reason of the New Zealanders’ success was' the mastery of the fiveeighths, McTvechnie and Ewart. ( The forwards, although they lost I the scrums and barely held their own jin the line-out, proved vastly better | opportunists, particularly Dicdorich, King and Hodge. Mac Kay’s display I was superlative, and he w r as responsible for Diederich’s first try, with a I cross kick. He cleared Ross’ dive for the next try and then dropped a, goal shortly before half-time. Towers experimented with a drop kick on Kennedy’s wing. Mac Kay fielded the ball, and rolling -with it, outwitted Kennedy, and cantered across the line. The New South Wales backs were rearranged in the second half, during which New Zealand was unable to penetrate the defence until Ross, instead of line-finding, tried to punt over Diederich, who fielded the ball and passed on to Williams, who scored a try.

KICK INTO TOUCH. PORTER GRATIFIED. CHANGE BENEFICIAL. (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, Jnno 10. Mr C. G. Porter, ea.pt.ain of the All Blacks football team, who is in London on a lengthy business visit, says fie is gratified that New Zealand has reverted to the international ruling regarding kicking into touch, which he believed will help in the regeneration of New Zealand forward play. The New Zealand forwards have lately deteriorated, he says, because shining individualism was developed at the expense of solid scrummaging, iThe International rules ought to correct that without, slowing up the game. Mr Porter thinks New Zealand will defeat the Australian touring team. NEW ZEALAND REPS. j SELECTORS APPOINTED.

I _____ i (Per Pres* Association —Copyright.} WELLINGTON, This Day. i The New Zealand Rugby Union last evening appointed Mr E. McKenzie (Wairarapa) and Mr A.' McDonald (Otago) as sole selectors for the North Island and South Island teams respectively, and jointly as selectors for the New Zealand representative; team to play Australia at Auckland on August 12. Nominations from unions for the North and South Island teams, it was decided, must be furnished by August 4. AUSTRALIAN TEAM. CHANGE IN ITINERARY. (Per Pres* Association.—Copyright.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Dependent upon the Taranaki, Waikato and Hawke’s Day Rugby Unions being able to make arrangements, matches with the Australian touring team will be played against Taranaki on September 1(1 and Hawke’s Bay on September lih The Waikato match, originally set down for September Id. is to be played on September 23. If the unions are unable to make the j. arrangements the original itinerary stands.