ALL BLACKS’ TOUR

Evening Star, Issue 22142, 24 September 1935, Page 12

ALL BLACKS’ TOUR

THE INJURED PLAYERS MANCHESTER STRAINS LEC MUSCLE TEAM FOR TO-MORROW Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 23. (Received September 24, at 2 p.ra.) Manchester (captain) is the latest casualty. He is suffering from a strained leg muscle, and will probably rest for several games. Page and Mahoney are remaining qt Bradford for a week. Both are unable to walk. Hadley went direct to _ Newport from Plymouth, though ho will not be available for two or three weeks. He was greeted by bis comrades at the station. The ‘ Daily Mail ’ considers the tourists should not have great difficulty in defeating Wales, as it lacks skill and science and Welsh teams are a law unto themselves. Monmouthshire’s strength lies in its strong forwards’ loose play upsetting the normal teamwork of finished sides. If the forwards are able to dictate their tactics they may be able to extend the tourists. The problem will be reversed at Swansea, where the Welsh backs are the strong6SThe team for Wednesday against Abertillery and Cross Keys is:— Full-back, Gilbert. Three-quarters—Hart, Oliver, Brown. Five-eighths, Caughey, Tindill. Half-back, Sadler. ■ Forwards—Pepper, Lambourn, Adkins, M'Kenzie, King, Collins, WyUyard, M'Lean.