FOURTH WIN

Evening Star, Issue 22144, 26 September 1935, Page 11

FOURTH WIN

ALL BLACKS IN WALES BRILLIANT BACK PLAY CAUGHEY’S LIGHTNING DASHES Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 25. (Received September 26, at 9.30 a.m.) The All Blacks defeated Abertillery by 31 points to 6. They led by 20 to 0 at half-time. Thirty thousand were present at the picturesque Abertillery ground. FIRST SPELLr There was strenuous forward work in the opening- stages. The All Blacks were.-often penalised for off-side play ill the scrums, and the Welshmen were breaking quickly on to Sadler in dangerous fashion. Richardson by a break-through brought the ball well down to the fullback, who made a typical Gilbert save. Hart made a great run down the wing and beat the full-back and scored, Gilbert failing to convert. New Zealand 3 Abertillery 0 Three times in as many minutes the New Zealanders were almost over. Wynyard and M'Kenaie dribbled past the full-back’s weak opposition, and the latter scored a try, Gilbert converting. New Zealand ... ... 8 Abertillery U The visitors were definitely on top, despite fine work by Richardson and Griffiths. Then Caughey beat three opponents and sent Brown over for an unconverted try. New" Zealand 11 Abertillery ,0 Caughey got across twice brilliantly in the last few minutes of the first spell, Oliver converting both. New Zealand 21 Abertillery ... ... ... . ... 0 SECOND SPELL.

After the interval Caughey amazed the crowd by his lightning dashes. Tindill and Oliver were also superb, but the forwards were not having things all their own way. Hart was suffering from an injured leg, and Gilbert replaced him on , the wing. Brown drew first blood for the

T. H. C. Caughey,

Welshmen by a penalty goal from a wide angle.

New Zealand 21 Abertillery 3 There was much hot work among the forwards, but the play r was clean. Sheer weight carried King over, Oliver converting. '•New Zealand ... 26 ' Abertillery* 1 ... 3 Good Welsh dribbling failed to penetrate the visitors' defence, and the All Blacks retaliated with dribbling, the forwards using their weight to advantage. Oliver had a' nasty fall and seemed in a bad way, but resumed after treatment. Gilbert, taking a marvellous one-hand pass, went over, but was recalled for a forward pass. At this stage the home defence was surviving incessant shocks, and heated work in the scrums prompted the referee to address the players. Gilbert converted Brown's next try, and then the Welshman, Brown, kicked a final penalty goal. New Zealand 31 Abertillery 6 REVIEW OF THE GAME STRENUOUS FORWARD WORK LONDON, September 25. (Received September 26, at 10 a.m.) The special correspondent of the United Press Association states that the Abertillery forwards, -Berrow and Yeardsley, were replaced by Fildes and Keysay. Following rain during the night the weather was gloriously sunny for the match, and a beautiful natural •amphitheatre was packed with a typical excited Welsh crowd. This was the New Zealanders' first experience of Welsh community singing. Mr Meredith anticipated before the match an improved showing by the forwards, whose condition was better. He expected them to reveal more dash and determination. Abertillery's strength was in the forwards, who were reported to be hard rucking, fiery players. Ward and Williams are ex-internationals, and four other forwards are candidates for the Welsh team.

It was Abertillery’s big day. Thousands lined the streets cheering the New Zealanders.

Two All Blacks were immediately penalised after the commencement for being offside, and the beginning of the match was marked by a series of rucks and strenuous Welsh forward work. The latter’s backs, too, were prominent in some nice movements, Gilbert saving a possible try. Immediately afterwards Sadler got the backs gong, and Hart, with a great run of 40yds, beat the full-back and scored. Gilbert’s kick missed.

The New Zealand backs were brilliant, just failing to score on three occasions inside as many minutes. Wynyard was pulled down a few yards from the line, an* Gilbert failed with a penalty from wide out. From halfway Tindill made a magnificent cut through, after a pass from Collins, but offside play prevented a possible try. The crowd hooted the referee for penalising Abertillerv.

The forward play continued to be strenuous, the All Blacks holding their own. The Welshmen were not afraid to throw the ball about among the backs. Wynyard and M'Keuzie dribbled through from halfway, and the fullback failing to stop the ball, M'Kenzie scored, Gilbert converting. In a great passing rush Caughey and Oliver burst through, and Brown, with a fine run, scored. Caughey was the hero of the first half. He went through the attack repeatedly. The All Blacks were playing gfteat football, bewildering the opposition by the speed of their backs and forwards, lightning passes among the three quarters leaving the defence standing. Tindill, Oliver, Caughey, Brown, Hart, and Sadler made dramatic runs. At half-time there were indications of a runaway victory. The All Blacks’ forwards, though not outclassing their opponents, were doing well, Wynyard, tDollijiSj and M'Kenzie being partico-

larly prominent, but the whole eight were showing determination in the rucki and speed in the open. Hart injured his leg and went ta full-back, changing with Gilbert. Oliver, with a great diving tackle, prevented a certain try. The crowd wero standing up whenever Caughey got th» ball. He was being well fed by TindilJ and Sadler. Abertillery's full-back. Brown, kicked a penalty. Oliver made an opening for King to surge through and score by the posts, and Oliver converted. , , Oliver was laid out. He seemed to receive a nasty knock, but resumed after attention by the ambulance. Manchester, who was acting as lines, man, rushed out to see what was amisi with his acting-captain. From a line-out M'Lean bur*t through, and Gilbert, taking a wonderful pass with one hand, crossed the ■ line, but was pnlled lip for a forward pass. The distribution of the ball from the scrums was about even. Brown raced down his wing and scored, Gilberfe ponrerting jrifrh. a gneat kick..'