SPRINGBOK VICTORY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 143, 5 July 1937, Page 10

SPRINGBOK VICTORY

Australians Well Beaten at Brisbane BRISBANE, July 4. The Springboks defeated an Australian fifteen by 36 points to S, and, a crowd of 25,000, the biggest Rugby Union crowd in Queensland history, paid £2000 to sea a leaderless legion under the name of an Australian fifteen soundly trounced in all departments of the game by the Springboks, who, playing for tbe first time on their tour on a haxd and dry ground, showed they were all their publicity men had said of them. The teains were: — Springboks: Brand, Turner, Hofmeyr, 'Barrow, Bester, Harria, de ^illiers, jNel, Lote, Martin, Bastard, Bfergh, Wandenberg, Stracfian, M. LouW. Australian fifteen: Walker, Q'Brien, ; Towers, Hayes, Andrews, Lewis, de Gibibons, Binningham, Bonis, Cerutti, Wil|son, Bissett, Douglas, Oxlade, Blundell. The South African team included eieven membors of their first Test team and if it is dry in Sydney on July "17 Australia has little chance of success. The stars in to-day's game wero Brand, Babrow, Turner, Bester and all ithe forwards. Brand raised the ire of i the crowd by xepeated kicking out, but Ihis finished display when up against | it and his fackling were as good as janything Brisbane has seen. Turner, l playing on the wing, scored three dellightful tries, a feat that was emulated iby Babrow, who was always construeitive on attack and very destructive on defence, Bester, who may be the star of the side in New Zealand, chimed in delightfully in many back line move- ■ inents which were the feature of the ; second half. Of the forwards it is best not to in* idividualise as they played as a pack and won full praise as a paek. The line-outs were dominated and Bota beat Bonis in Jthe scrums, not convincingly, j bnt well enough. Of the Australians the less said the better. Qne of the most unimpressive on the field was the Australian captain, Towers, wfio was never near his top tiU late in ihe game. Easily the best of the local players was Walker, the;' Queensland full-back, whose daring in-, vasion with his- three-quarters more; than once nearly brought tries. He was ithe only one who could- pierce the jSpringbok defence. Cerutti was great I all through and' he is still Australia 's best forward. De Gibbons, at half, played a plucky game and if McShane is dropped in the next Test de Gibbons may get his chance, i The first half of the game* was made seem poor because of the Australian fifr teen's miserable showing, but the fuli strength dominance of the South Africans was revealed in the second half. It was not a happy day for Aus-. tralia, but Nel and his men must be very pleased with themselves. Tries were scored for the Springboks by Turner (3),, Babrow (3), Louw and Bester. Brand converted six tries. Towers kicked a penalty goal for the Australian fifteen.