Queensland's Play Against All Blacks

Chronicle (Levin), 18 June 1947, Page 8

Queensland's Play Against All Blacks

Press Assn.

By Telearavh.

-Covvriaht

SYDNEY, June 17. The New Zealand Rugby Union for wards, Harry Frazer and Lachie Grant, are under medical • treatment * i(n Brisbane for iirjuries reeejved in the first Test mateh and this eVening will Hy to Sydney for special treatmejit. "Frazei has a ehjpped ankle bone and torn liganients, and Grant injui'ed shonlders. lf flt, both are - regarded as ceftainties for the seeond Test to be played in Sydnev on June 28. Yesterday's game, which was a very rugged one, did not add to the casualty list. Many of the New Zealand players, however, lost mueh skin through eontact with the hard soil. One of tne worst sufferers is Allen who has a large pieee of skin off his thigh above tne heavily bandaged museles. "The New Zealanders will have to undergo still harder playing conditions when they meet the Queensla'nd teain for the seeond time tomorrow at Toowoomba, ' ' says the Sydney Herald's speeial reporter with the teani. "The Showground, on which the mateh will be played, is eovered with paspalum tufts. When the New South Wales team was in Toowooniba Jast May there wag concern over the playing surfaee. " Commenting on yesterday's mateh, he said that i^ was played without the tenseness of the Test mateh and as a speetaele was more enjoyable. The ball was tlirown about with plenty of abandon with ° the resqlt that much faulty play was seen, but because both sia.es were quick to seize ehanees from drop*ped passes the expeetaney of surpnse moves was never missing. The All Blacks, who have a crop of injuries, were out to prevent more easualties and apart from plenty oi missing skin 110 one was added to the list, says the Telegraph 's Brisbane eorrespondent. Queensland set New Zealand a hard task by adopting spoiling taeties. The Queensland baeks did not try to t'an out in true thfee-quarter style, but stood almost level with their forwards from the lineouts, serums and rueks. Throughout the game the All Blacns tried to open it up bv throwing the baii around among the baeks, but they.constantly ran into the sound defenee ot Lhe Queenslanders. Many taekles by Broall, Bourke and Bridgmen were made after their rivals Jiad passed the ball, but the referee (Mr. B. Smith) did not see tliein. These' taeties prevented the eustomary baeking up of the New Zealand three-quarters because often three )f their baeks were sprawling on the grouud at the same time. The Queens'and eounter was. to barge and hump he All Blaeks even after the ball haci ^een passed. It was onlv towards the elose of the game that the New Zealand baeks lominated the play. The captain, Fred Allen, sent the game baek to his forwards from a potential three-quarter movement, bewildering the Queensland baeks. The persistenee of the All Blaeks won them the mateh. The baeks u-ored four tries by sheer determinaion. It was a credit to Allen who ■ituek to the promise that the New Zealanders would play an open game at all costs. Allen said after the game: "I defy ajiy team to score many tries when their opponents set ont to spoil all the time, Despite Queensland 's taeties njy teani will continue to throw the ban around in its remaining matehes. ' '