SECOND TEST TEAM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20597, 23 June 1930, Page 12

SECOND TEST TEAM.

THREE ALTERATIONS MADE.

MILL REPLACED BY CORNER. _ NICHOLLS AND STEWART PLAY. [I)X TELEGRAPH. —MIESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, Sunday. Tho team for tho second test against Britain is tho same as yesterday, with the exception that Corner replaces Mill at half, M. Nicholls replaces Lilburne at first five-eigbths and R. Stewart replaces Batty, who is not available. Tho takings for yesterday's gamo were approximately £4200. At a dinner accorded the teams Dr. Adams, president of tho New Zealand Rugby Union, said the All Blacks on tho day met a superior team. Ho would like to seo tho three remaining tests played in tho same spirit as the first. Britain showed that tho best defence was attack. Mr. James Baxter, manager of tho British team, paid a tribute to tho most magnificent fullback it had ever been his privilege to sec—George Nepia. Aarvold, tho British captain, said ho thought tho British team should consider itself fortunate to win, just as the Now Zealand team was unfortunato to lose. Mr. E. McKenzie, New Zealand selector and manager of tho New Zealand team, said ho thought that a draw would have indicated tho merits of the play of tho teams.. C. G. Porter, tho New Zealand captain, said tho British sido deserved its win, although thero was not much between the teams. lIARDY SPECTATORS. ENTHUSIASM IN SNOWSTORM. CHILLY WAIT IN QUEUES. SCENES AT PLAYING GROUND. [!IY TELEC.TtAnt. —OWN COKKKSI'ON'DENT.] ' DUKEDIN, Sunday. Four women wcro tho first Rugby enthusiasts to gain admission to the Carisbrook ground yesterday to see tho Rugby test match between England and NewZealand. Although thrco men had kept a cold and lonely vigil at tho gates from 5 a.m., it was a young woman from lnvcrcargill who emerged first through the turnstiles. Almost simultaneously on the other side of tho ground thrco more women appeared, the quartet gaining admission exactly at 11 o'clock to select the best of tho outside seats. Tho rain that set in about 9.30 a.m. freshened into a steady downpour after about half an hour, and tho wind had an edgo liko a razor, but even these wintry conditions did not damp the ardour of tho hundreds of hardy ones who formed queues at tho entrances long before the advertised timo for tho opening. An hour before tho official gatekeepers arrived there wero upwards of 500 people waiting, and of these a surprising percentage wero women. People Lightly Clothed. Hundreds of people went to Carisbrook in tlie morning dressed in littla moro than ordinary summer clothes, having given no thought to' weather of so unprecedented a nature, Tho result was that the snow which foil later found most of them unprepared, but the woes of weather wero lightly regarded. It was evidont from early morning in tho city that something of unusual interest was afoot. The streets were crowded and restaurants, shops and hotel bars appeared to bo full to overflowing. Taxi riding involved even more tedious waits than tho city tram services demand. 'The public memory went back involuntarily to a day four years ago when tho Now Zealand and South Seas Exhibition closed its gates for tho last time. Tho occasions were remarkably alike. On each occasion the weather did its worst, but whatever the peoplo of Dunedin were asked to enduro yesterday morning was nothing compared with the Antarctic conditions that prevailed for tho hour preceding the kick-off of the test match. It was icy cold. Faces shrivelled and faded as they met tho damp, icy gusts, but all wero turned steadfastly in tho one direction. A Welcome Distraction. Thousands had taken up their positions on tho terraces at the ground and in tho stand before tho snowstorm came, but even such wintry conditions wcro insufficient either to drivo the multitudo homo or to deter those who wero already on their way. The boys of tho Otago and Southland High Schools, who provided the curtain-raiser, earned the gratitude of the large crowd by taking the field 10 minutes before time and thus distracting attention from tho general discomfiture. A few minutes'* perusal of tho terraces after tho match was enough to give an idea of tho manifold expedients adopted by the crowd for keeping feet warm and seats dry. Boards, boxes, tins, makeshift stools, old sacks, oven oilshects, wcro left lying about, and paper fluttered everywhere in the wind. Lunch cartons and paper bags testified to tho hundreds of liasty repasts consumed on tho ground. The popularity of liquid stimulants was demonstrated by the variety of bottles that lay about.

Thero was not a hint of parochialism in the attitude of tiio crowd,' and it is not incorrect to assert that no visiting tnam was over moro generously treated than (ho British team was yesterday. Tlio crowd of 28,000 tendered them a wonderful reception and accepted tho defeat of (lie All Blacks in what can only bo regarded as An exemplary manner. It was very satisfying and must have been deeply appreciated by tlio winners.