THE ALL BLACKS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 91, 13 July 1928, Page 5

THE ALL BLACKS

TEAM TAKES A REST. wi>! kti .; 1 A VISIT TO VICTORIA FALLS. ' ' U "'; a THE NEXT TEST. ~,, SPRINGBOK TEAM CHOSEN. : C, 'United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. (Received 10.20 a.m.) VICTORIA FALLS, July 12. During; the bast, few days the All Blacks have revelled iri the wonders of Matapos, and the marvels of Victoria Falls. 'On arrival at Bulawayo, the team whs motored: twenty-eight miles to the Matapos Hills where a picnic I lunch was eaten in delightful bush: \ surroundings. After lunch the pjirty climbed the steep grade to the grave of the founder of Rhodesia, Cecil Rhodes. With bared heads in the blazing ■sun of the Rhodesian afternoon, tho All Blacks paid their tribute to that .gjiieat man. r :?That night the team left for the ■Falls, and every member of the (party vy?as staggered with the amazing spectacle of one of the greatest wonders of the world. uiThey were amused at the antics of the monkeys which peered inquisitively from the 1 bushes as the All Blacks walked throug the famous rain forest near the Falls, a delightfully restful place. ii'The spell should do the team a world of good. The team has noi tpujched football since the' Bust match, and no training will be dono till after Saturday's game. Those suffering from influenza' are quickly recovering. ' fjWvey is fit again, and has started : -'training. He may play on Saturday.- 'M -• .."■■

-up rMUCH SPECULATION. There is much speculation as to New* Zealand's next test team. The side will be picked after next SatiirdaVs'.'ni'ateh in which' a test team may be'Rayed. The SfrHnghoks side for the second test-^is:—Tiridall,- Todd, Vander, 'Westhuizen, Stanley, Osier, Slater, Benmicy Osier, Devine, Mostert, Kniger, Van Druten, Danell, Van Wyk, Prettorius, Nel, Pottgieter. .is The team i s undoubtedly stronger ■than the first ..test side. The side has been .strengthened in the backs by the, change of the scrum half, Devine, "who was unable to play in the first'test; Westhuizen is in the centre and Prinsloo has been dropped Mv Todd,; making the threequarter ilnfe equally sound on attack as W defence. The forwards are unalterto Press Associlation.,