MAORI ALL BLACKS

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 163, 19 July 1935, Page 7

MAORI ALL BLACKS

TOOWOOMBA VICTORY COMMENTS ON THE MATCH By Telegraph—Copyright —Press SYDNEY, July 18. Commenting on the match between the Maori AD Blacks and Toowoomba, the “Sydney Morning Herald’s” correspondent says that, though Hemi was the highest scorer, he was by no means the real hero of the side, as at Warwick and Brisbane. There was a suggestion of laziness about his movements. Nepia’s two field goals for ' the Maoris and Meibusch’s two glorious tries for Toowoomba were the outstanding efforts in a match which bristleo with lively and spectacular passages. With influenza rapidly being exterminated, the Maoris played with an added zest that made all the difference. Mr. Stuart Perkins, writing in the “Telegraph,” says: The margin of victory was wide enough, but it was the manner of the Maori team’s achievement that left the more lasting impression. Once again the scores did not reveal truly the merit of the tourists’ performance. They paid clearly for an eagerness that discounted many fine movements. Perhaps the most pleasing feature of the .Maoris’ display was the second-half power of the forwards, who dominated play during the greater part of that period. The loss of the ball from an even share of scrums and lineouts was counteracted by swift breaking and massed rucking. ALL BLACK MANAGER Attacks have been .made in one or <two North Island papers on Mr V. R. Meredith’s action in laying down as a condition of managing the 1935 All Blacks that he should have the final decision in the selection of teams during'the tour. Answering this criticism, a writer in the 1 ‘New Zealand Herald’’ says that quite rightly Mr Meredith will be in full control and be entitled to the final say. Unfortunately, adds the writer, in the past the managers—the big majority from Wellington —of some New Zealand teams <tihat have travelled overseas have not been capable of asserting the authority reposed in them, and it is a well-known fact that players from l outside Wellington have frequently complajined that “the Wellington element” in the teams has precluded them from getting a fair opportunity. The (presence of Mt Meredith will exclude absolutely any possibility of provincial bias, and for thait reason the present team is likely to return to New Zealland one of the happiest parties that have' ever left its shores.