ALL BLACKS WIN THIRD GAME

Chronicle (Levin), 9 June 1949, Page 5

ALL BLACKS WIN THIRD GAME

Tean Agdi Falkd la Screps But Uoniinated LibcoiiIs Eeceive-d ThuiMajjV Jung §, Though ba&ty fee&t§q ifl the scryims, tiie Aii Blacks, du@* j mainly to a ffiagniticent dispUy m tlie uneoucs by Urant? | gained etieugh QX ihe ball tg win the thiru match gf ih§& ] tour against ihe South- W estgrn "Sistrictg by 2i pgqits (five . tnree of which were ecmvert.ea) tq three pen&lty joal) &t Oudtshoorn today. But for some mislianaling at criiical momgnts another Cour or five tries couid have been scored so fradly rattled was the defence. The All Blacks led 8—3 at half timo.

Ths failure' of the team in. the! scrums was a disappointing feature ! of the match. South Western Dis- j tricts are not rated as a particu- 1 larly strong side, but the forwards packed much better and won 28 , scrums to eight. The All Blacks did not pack tight- I ly enough and their opponents were often able to screw the scrums and ! set up dribbling rushes. These were j their most dangerous movements. I In view of the scrummaging de- I ficiency it is gratifying to see the ! team dominate the line-outs as ! they did against Boland, and Grant ! is unquestionably the key forward j of the moment. He must have gone j ne-ar a record for a standing-high jump so towering a figure was he. His quick breaks from the fiank of the scrum also served a valuable ' purpose. j In the second spell Grant kicked j fhe ball away from the opposing ! nalf and dribbled it for 20 yards to : score a splendid solo try. Prazer, McHugT and Crowley were a so imp-e-sive in the lineouts and McHugh showed some of his bcst form in the loose, The New Zealand forwards showed giimpses of greatnees in the

loose. Johnstone was an excellent No. 8 in the scrum, also being re« ientlessiy on the ba'-l. Conrad made a useful debut. whippmg out swift dive passes, and Kearney settled down to a flrstclass aisplay. He frequently carved ireat holes in the defence. Gudsell also made a pleasing debut, handling faultlessly-and ac~ celerating his pace irnpressively when he saw a gap. M. p, Goddard was • inclined to try and burst through tqo much against his opponent, who tacfcled exceLtntly. Meates had more chanccs than Boitmg and always lookeu danger-, ous. J. W. Goddard's hne kicking was equal to that of Scott, but he had an unlucky day with goal k'cking, ssveral shots going just outside the oosts. Meates and Frazer scored tries for New .Zealand in the first spell, Goddard converting one of them. Slabbert kicked a penalty goal for South Western Districts. In the second spell Kearney, M, P. Goddard and Grant scored tries, J. W. Goddard' converting two, making the final scores 21-3,