FORM OF ALL BLACKS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12732, 24 August 1934, Page 4

FORM OF ALL BLACKS.

NEWCASTLE MATCH. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY. August 23. Commenting on tlie Newcastle match, the “Sydney Morning Herald” says: Though the All Blacks had no need to extend themselves to defeat the Newcastle District side, the match produced a few things genuinely worth watching—the first-class goal-kicking and allround play of the full-back, Collins, the great bursts <>i speed shown by Buliock-Douglas, the dexterous service from the scrum base by Kilby, and the superb control of the ball at toe by tlie whole of the New Zealand forwards. The “Telegraph’ l says: 1 1 v New Zealanders as sound judges •op'tlieir own defects will not be carried away by their 35—3 victory. Tlie opposition was really poor, and the All Blacks’ supremacy was never seriously challenged, yet in the second half their display tell away in comparison with tlie first session highlights. Perhaps the early evidence of almost assured victory bv an easv margin lulled them not only into a sense of security but carelessness, a fault that should not mar the record of any international team. W liether from carelessness or not. the fact remains that in the second spell the tourists lapsed badly. Admittedly there was never any great need to score points as far* as the winning of the game was concerned, but that does not provide a reason for good passes dropped or others badly given.