B Teams Batting.

NZ Truth, Issue 471, 27 June 1914, Page 11

B Teams Batting.

•TV- •;.■•• ■ — : ■ / .. On last, Woda»«eday week tho ,B, teatn».had their v flutter and put up a witting and .fast game, that w,as well worth witsieaslng. At times mlatakea wereonado by both sides, but they were duoVtflore to lack of knowledge 6t ono anotsfaor/a play than Inability. to. do tho rigHfe thing. - • •■.-.-.-. ■..-. Oil thoi.rtin of the game, both teams wore 'evenly matched, and It was .only m tho concluding stares that, the. southerners hoisted the winning points, In'liiwr -play, and scrum work, the Booth! Island forwards held anadran-. tagti^ >bnt othorwiao there was not mdcbi' between them, , - , On' tho showing:, writer is of opinion that *a team could be selected from the B'tf'that would not dishonor the silver forn, ■*■-■' " ■■•••• eiom Green, boWnd tho whito. packj shotted that ho has not forgotten how to play, and, on his display, Is Btlllxsapablcot giving any other halves knocktogr'aJbbut'a'tlffhtnin for prldo of 'position; ' His part m the last try was a ■ '.-'...1 ■ '

smart bit of'work; grabbing the ball as it came quickiy from the scrum, he •badly beat two would-be tacklers and gave a neat pass at the right moment to Atkinson, enabling him to drop over. The flve-eights, Watson and Atkinson, although well fed •by ' Gree^n, 'dropped many of his % passes, and/as a result, the' three-quarters did not get the chances they should have. Spillahe, Cockroft and Withers proved a good- quartette ; especially Cock-" roft, who is not a bad 'un. • He is very" cool and is always there. 1 Spillane ' showed himself to be an' adept at taking marks on the fringe of the line. Martin, as the last line of defence, •was safe and kicked str'ozagly. He made few mistakes. • " • \ The North ,-Island backs, did not appear to be a "happy * ' * amily. They rdidn't combine at all well.' ... Nunn, at half,'- and" O'Brien, at full," . were the pick. Tne latter " proved as " /safe as a 'church, and gave' an all-' round tip-top' display. ' '■"' ' , • Kaipara and Loyri'dg'e, on'the wings, were practically starved. ' What little' the Maori : had 'to do he did' well, and showed himself to be a very elusive customer. He should be playing flveeightla, where he could' get plenty of work. He should Have 'been given a chance m the' Australian team' in that position. ' ...... . .. . ■ ■ Stewart, ' Ryan ' and Collier were ' strange to one another. They-ahaped well on their own.' ■'■:■/■ The forwards will not be individual-' ised. They geemed an even lot and all worked we11, ,. There was not a passenger among 'em. .