OVERWHELMING WIN

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 25 June 1928, Page 7

OVERWHELMING WIN

aIL blacks beat natal. B v 31 POINTS TO 3. !Per press Association— Copyright) jfARITZBLKG, June 2:’,. ffith eigl- points up in the first " -1 slight Wind. New ZeaS overwhelmed Ni.v.l in the second S ol the match payed at Mar.tz«P el ‘ J-tv winning by 31 points K tries, on.- try. and’one nalty "'all to 3 poiui> (one penalty SWl> ' rW r <>l hi hour after the start / Ih q e «c<md -Pell, the All Blacks "* lin nl.iv brilliant football, and the last hall homtbey Inteil whirlwind tmt.es. Ihe backs , taping bole in the defence, through which llm three-quarters the better oi the game, but the J Blacks took advantage of the opportunity to go through ft «s a different story in the second || the New Zealanders dazzling {*/opponents and delighting the trnd with brilliant thrust* by the Twenty-five minutes ol little but w „ed play had passed before anytog approaching good lootball was ttn in the match to-day, then with a eries oi systematic attacks, the All [arts worked play into Natai s wenty-five. where Kilby sent his backs way iron, a scrum. When the ball ane to Strung he sold the “dummy” williiully, cut infield, and then out a the wing, and sent (ironside over, fter a fine run. Lindsay converted mm die touchline. A pena ty for scrum infringement followed the kickfl, Lindsay landing another great pal, this time from ten yards inside llf-way. A spell of dull forward play follow<i. until Johnson dashed down the ilind side of the scrum and sent iflimshaw over, but the rover was ailed back for a knock-on. I lull-time ras then called. New Zealand . ... .. 8 Natal 0

ho minutes alter resuming the ame. Brownlie was penalised lor tanging on to the ball, and Barlow icked a magnificent : ,i against tho ind from half-way. Given heart by the laet that they ere only five point- down, the Natal m.ards played with more vim and lesion and the backs started io Mve with more freedom. Both sides lien tell into slipshod ways, until Mclilliams sent to Kilby from the ruck, he bull was then handled by John9H. Cailetotf*and Robilliard, the lastmed racing hard down the line to a line try, which l.indsav conerted. Plainly Natal was almost paralyse I W, and the New Zealand backs were arsing with more p'ei i-ion. Clarkson. • Natal centre, came to light with • brilliant run. and ,i try was saved an equally brilliant tackle by

lid Say. three fine .; i ~< ks by their Xew Zealand had Natal in a Another sortie saw Strang • Carleton away in line sty 1... and »«ntre cut in smartly, transferring bcrinishaw, who scored under- the . • Lindsay converted. •'line opening by Johnson resulted JL B'™ 8 '™" 1 , 011the • ir,d fr ° m t l '” "hich followed Stewart dived Lindsay again converted was " P U l '" t atta ‘ k - b ’*t J backs broke away, the «hand« ng ; r-."" T '"' Ml ""> through »to p° fK ‘ b '' Joll " s ‘’u and Carle--7 0 Lreuside. who 1,,.-,,

d pass«] infi t "" ,w ” P ed infield to Scrimshaw, who n t SC ° refl ,X(e!l *"t try. It was k ' Ck ’ af successful, •land n an eM ' ni:ltt ‘' r for -Nc"' 1111 now. t|.„ Kiibr made ‘ d sendin t . "I" ,|||l| g from the Mtdft J ° h "- ««uy. Carleton « for a o’ 6 M '" l 1! " l ’ illi “vd ndsat i u ,, h " e t '' V tlle corner. til i nUSSe L d " itb tb *' kick, and b( , ard ~( . a d.

he was not called upon for much serious work. Strang, for the most part, was only a good connecting link, and his defence was erratic. Kilby played another strong game, feeding his backs in lightning style, and combining with Johnson beautifully. On his play in the last two matches Kilby should be certain to be the first test half. All the forwards showed fine form, gaining possession from 28 scrums against their opponents’ 31, and capturing the ball twice out of every three line-outs. McWilliams and Hadley were the best forwards of the day. It is very doubtful whether ond Natal man will get in the Springbok RESULTS TO DATE. The following table shows how the All Blacks have fared against the teams they have so far met on their tour :—

Points : Team played. Result For Agst. Country Clubs . . . Won 11 3 Capetown Clubs . . Lost Q 7 Griqualand Won 19 10 Transvaal Lost 0 6 Free Stale . . . . Won 20 0 Transvaal Won 5 0 Western Transvaal Won 19 8 Natal Won 31 3 Points for, 108; against , 37.