SPEED OF OBOLENSKY

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 7

SPEED OF OBOLENSKY

COMMENTS ON RUGBY TEST

STIMULUS FKOM TOU.II

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(Received January 6, noon.)

LONDON, January 5.

Commenting on the Rugby football i Tcs". match at Twickenham on Saturday, in which England beat New ZcaI land by 13 points to nil, Howard Marshall, in the "Daily Telegraph," says: "New Zealand must have been painfully surprised by the brilliance of Obolensky's running, though they had encountered him on a wet day at Oxford. I shall never forget how Gilbert raised his hand helplessly with a look of- almost comic resignation, as Obolensky raced round him to score his first try. "This has been a rich season and we must be grateful to the New Zealanders for the stimulus they have given our game. They ran up against an English side at the top of its form— i that's all." The "News-Chronicle" says: "All things must come to an end, even the superiority of New Zealanders at : Rugby. They have suffered the heaviest defeat any New Zealand side has ever experienced in these islands. Iv all the finer arts of Rugby, save only quick heeling from the scrummages, England surpassed their rivals, whose attempts to batter through the middle . of the English defence were frustrated. • They seemed to have no alternative method of attack. They had nobody to match the speed of Obolensky or ' the skill of Gadney and Cranmer. Their backs had been badly overplayed." ,