M. GODDARD HERO OF MATCH

Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1949, Page 7

M. GODDARD HERO OF MATCH

Received Sunday, 7 p.m. ' ° ' KIMBERLEY, August 20. Two -brilliant tries in which iV|orrie Goddard played a dominant * role, enablfed the' All BlaCks to gaifi k narrow but whll merited win over GiiqU^land ;West today by 8 pdints .to 6. Gqddard has "eertainly made a dramatic retqrn tb the slide:/' Last Wednesday he scored a clever opportuniSt-try when 'he intercepted a pass at half- ' way. Today he nonpllass'ed the dqfence with liis speed off the mark and clever " dunimy, to 'Score ^Nfew Zealand's first try, and shot through a gap to p'ave the , way 'for 'New. Zealand's second- try which was scored by Henderson. His putstandihg- penetrative qualities have. caused the South- African rress to. deseribe his return as giving the All Blacks a. new Iooh.; It was not till the second spell, however, that the All Black backs today really showed their prowess.

The first spell was confined.mainly 1.Q the forwards. Griqualand West had oue great opportunity to seore when A. Hummel, back row forward, made ari exeellent run. New Zealand missed scoring twiee, first when Thornton made a' niee break but passed forward to Meates and secondly, when Conrad dashed round the serum and passed . to' Johnstone whose clive for the line miss--ed its objoctive by inches. Griqualand' finished three points up in this spell." due to an "exeellent penalty goal by. the Spring'jok fullback, Van der Schyff.. In the second spell the ball .got out to Goddari more smartly and he pntNew Zealand ahead witli a brilliant run from about halfway. He had Heiir derson in support and only Van der Schyff to beat. He cleverly d'rew the.fullback and then sold him a -perfect dummv to raee over under the posts,. Jack Goddard converting. ' There was distress ainong the All Blacks when Conrad was penalised on his 23 for not putting the ball properly in the scrum. Van der. Schyff, whose. kicking was one of the features of thematch, goaled and Griqualand led 6 — 5 till within a few minutes of full timo:, Here, in a chain passing movement,Jack Goddard moved up and dfew tlu opposing centre nicely. This gave Morrie Goddard the gap he needed. Ile' burst through tlie gap with thrilling pace, raced to Yan der Schyff and passed to Henderson. For a moiuent it looked as though he had passed too soon but Van der Schyff erred in not diving, He tried to push Henderson out but tlie Wanganui flier managed to crasli over inches from the corner flag, for an unconyerted try. In the last few moments Vah'der Sch^-ff" tried to snatch victory with long pots at goal but missed. Thornton Hurt Victory was hard earned but well de served, particularly as the A1J Blacks had to play one short for the greater part of the second spell. This oceurred when Thornton pulled a leg muscle after making a desperate .effort to hau! Van der Schyff dowii beliind the Griqualand goal line. Jfist as in 1937 when the All Blacks11 rose to the occasion in the first Test at Athletic Park and vvon after losing Cobden in the first spell, so the AliBlacks rose to the occasion today after losina- Thornton.

During this period Dalton was seen at his best as a pack leader He was seen in a role familiar to New Zealanders last season, driving through in the' middle'' of the pack and showing a real leader ;s resource. - He received grand support from Skinner, McHugh, Crowley and Johnstone while Wilson also played a really fine game. The forwards did well to come through so well. They are opposed by a heavy yet surprisingly mobile pack. Griqualand had a slight edge on the All Blacks in both scrums' and lineouts. In fact the All Blacks dbi well to hold their opponents in the second spell with seyen men. \ Conrad showed- flashes of his New Zealand fonn with some quick dashes.1 round the Scrum but his passing was er ratie. Black did well under these eondi tions and Gudsell also acquitted him self soundly. N The whoie' tlireequarter line looked dangerous when opportunities eame their way. Outstanding players for the home side were Van der Schyff, Duvena'ge,' and A. Hummel. Van der Schyff did soiue tremendous touch kicking but the Ai! Blacks appear to have found the weakness in his play, namely, his taekling when under pressure. buve'nage is ui his last season of first class Hugby but is still a fine footballer with deceptive pace. Hummel was included in the, iist of Springbok possibles announced after the Pretoria trials and is among the first flight of back row forwards in South Africa. A record crowd of 14,000 saw th# match.. The weather "was briliiantiy fine but a strong breeze cooled on othervvise very hot day. De Beer's Stadium. the scene of the match has been turfed since the 1928 team visited thi* country but the ground was nevertheless ver-y hard. Scott and Simpson dropped out of the All Blacks' team, being replaced by Jack Goddard and Skinner.

iloose in *the first spell, being well led by McLaughlin and the Maori All Black Banapia, with occasion bright bursts by Gabolinsky, Moses and Ratahi. Behind a pack that failed to get a fait share of tlie ball, the Maori All Black half,. Laurie Haureti, was not given much chance to show his paces and had some what poor support from the fiveeighths who failed to handle well. The three-quarters were starved all day though, last year's All Black trialist. .McGougan, ^lowed out well in the last ten miriu'tes, iasting better than some bf his team mates. Bay taekling all round was beiow good representative standard with a ,few..exceptiOns, notably E. Welch who -played consistently good Rugby as fullIlack, handling and kicking even better vthah the Australian Piper, he was con.sistently liarried by the rast following '•Anssie forwards. ' ' Bustled' by the hard rucking tactic-s' of ihe'loear forwards early in the matcn, 'the Australian backs took time to settle to- work and Bay was first ti score when •Goldsmith sent Martin over for a neat ?try converted by Welch in the first ten minutes of play. The Au'stralians replied with a preview.of what was to conre later, when "jhe forwards swept away' in a passing ,rush started by the half Cawsey, for :Windon to' score. Piper 's conversion ;squared the ac?ount. With the' advantage of elean hooking from the scrums and rucks, the visiting 'oacks had a much better chance to get Jgoing but found the bustling Bayr for--wards hard to handle in the early stages. However, their standhrd of handling and penetration generally was much better. I i The second half ..was a walkover for "the Aussies who novv had the advan.tage of a sharp angled sun at their -backs and made the most of it, pavmg . the way for fierce passing rushes vvitn kicks downfield. The forwards eombin"ed with the backs in throwing tlie ball about, xiroviding a consistent scoring .overlap. This type of ganie obviousiy :-had the locals at a loss. The Aussies gave an impression of speed and combinafipu ^iat> wili.de velop into a truly formidabie side and play a type or Rugby the crowds in this district rarely have a eh^nee to see. If they continue to exploit the op,en clean game, their tour should be a great beneiit to the ' game in this country.

rne picx oi tne oacks on cne ciay were Welch and Raureti for Bay and Allan, Fogarty and Blomley for Australia. Of the Bay forwards the Ijpick were Ranapia, jVIcLaughlin, Moses and Ratihi. For Australia they were Shehadie, Cornforth, Brockhoff and Furness. ' Australia 's 35 points came from tries by Allan, Blomley, Brockhoff (two each) and Windon. Piper converteu four tries and kicked two penalty goals. The Bay eight points were tries by Martin and Morrison, one converted by w elch.