SPRINGBOKS WIN SECOND TEST

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 197, 6 September 1937, Page 9

SPRINGBOKS WIN SECOND TEST

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All Blacks Overwhelmed in The Final Stages SCORF, SHOULD HAVE BEEN Greater Than 13 to Six

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CHRISTCHURCH, Last Niglit. In overcast, but fine, weather and on a soft ground the Springboks secured a convincing victory in the second Test at Lancaster park yesterday afternoon, winning a game full of interest by 13 points to six, and outclassing the All Blacks to finish with pleiify of pnnch in reserve. The hnge crowd, offiically estiniated at 45,000, beeame excited to fever point in the first half as New Zealand built np a six-to-nil margin, which, it seemed, wonld be liard to overtake, bnt in the second half the Springbok forwards took charge of the game, and, after rnnning the All Black pack at one stage almost to a standstill, the visitors liad no difficulty' in getting on top on points and in holding the advantage to the finish.

In this half the New Zealand forwards lost most of the dask which had kept them in the lead earlier in the game and they seemed unable to stand up to the Springboks' terrific work in the tight. The springboks appeared in the end a much better trained fiftecn than their opponents. The xucking halfway through the second half, when Kew Zealand's chances were fading, beeame so torrid that the referee had to intervene more than once to warn players about rough play. After one particularly willing encounter between the two packs he called the two captains together and had a few words with them, obviously about rough play. One New Zealand forward seemed to lose his temper and a big section of the crowd saw "more than one tussle between the opposing forwards which had nothing to do with the ball. It was about this time that Rankin, who up to then had been playing brilliantly, fadeu out ofi the picture after he was seen to fall heavily from the side of the scrum and about the same time that M. M. Louw, the South African forward, received an. injury which ended in his partial collapse after the game. But the warning of the referee had its full effect and the fexcessively hard play was stopped. • South Africa's points came from.' two converted tries and a free kick and New Zealand's from two unconverted tries. Sullivan, the All- Black centre three* quarter, scored all New Zealand's points and his second try was one of the most sensational seen in big football for many years for after breaking through the opposing backs in his own territory he chased the ball and in an exciting neck and neck race with Williams, the flying South African tEreequatter, he got over by inches. Turner scored a brilliant try fot, South Africa and Bastard scored a seo ■ond after a devastating attack by both backs and forwards. Brand converted these and also out over a fine free kick. Territorial Advantage Actually South Africa's superiority was greater than even this margin indicates and they appeared to win without# having to call on all their xeserves of i strength and initiative. Rar superior ! work in the scrums and lineouts gavo the visitors possession with at times amazing regularity and with the backs pursuing a dogged plan of short aceur- j ate punting to the touch line it was easy for the visiting team to maintain a big territorial advantage. For some reason the All Blacks did not play with anything like the vim and vigour of the first Test, the backs being handicapped. through lack of the ball and the forwards flagging after the terrific rucking of the first half. There were somo disaijpointments individually. Trevathan did not play up to his old form, missing his kicks and twice in quick succession 'in the first half failing narrowiy with pots at goal which in normal form he would have put over. Nor did Trevathan combine as weil with Hooper as was expected. On attack Hooper was occasionally brilliant with Sullivan easily the best attacking back. Taylor, the full-back, was always sound, and Simon did as well as he could with his limited opportunities. The three-quar-ters were likewisp handicapped by lack of the ball. The New Zealand forwards in the first half looked like a pacL which would beat the Springboks, witi. Lving, McKenzie, Reid and Rankir easily outstanding. Rankin, without doubt, justified his inclusion, playing spiendidly until he was badly shakei. towards the finish. Again Harris, the fly half, was thc brains of the Springbok attack, giving

a notable exhlbition. on the aav Turner outshone Wiiliams who wa3 always well watched on his wing. Cravcn got in a grcat deal of hard work bchind such a successful scrum and Brand made no mistakes at all, kicking aceuratcly time* and again with splendid touch line shots and well judgcd punts to save his pack a lot of work. The two IiOuws, van den Berg, Nel and Bastard were the leaders of those effective Springbok forward thrusts whicb decided the issue in the second half. There were no changes in the New Zealand team but Hofmeyr, van de Vyver and dc Villiers were omitted from the 18 nanics published for the Springbok team. The teams were: — New Zealand. ... , ' Full-back: J. M. Taylor (Otago). Three-quarters: J. Diek (Auckland;, J. L. Sullivan (Taranaki), W. J. Phiilips (King Country). Five-eighths: J. A. Hooper (Cauter bury), D. Trevathan (Otago). Half-back: H. Simon (Otago). Back row forward: A. A. Parkhill (Otago). Middle row forwards: R. R. King (West Coast), S. Reid (Hawko's Bay), J. G. Rankin (Cauterbury), R. McC. McKenzie (Manawata;. Front row forwards: D. S. Dalton (Hawke's Bay), A. Lambourn (Wellington), E. Jackson (Hawke's Bay). South Afrtca. Full-back: G. H. Brand. Wing three-quarters: F. G-. Turner, V. O. Wiiliams. Centre three-quarters: L. Babrow, J, White. • .i..,.. . Stand-oflf half: T. A. Harris. / Scrum half: D. H. Craven. — ' Front row forwards: S. C. Louw, J. W. Lotz, M. M. Louw. Middle row forwards: L. C. Strachan, ,P. J. Nel, M. A. van den Berg, W. E. Bastard. Back row* forward: W. F. Bergh. Bad Start for N.Z. The play started "badly for New Zealand although the home team won tho toss because Africa started a series of 'consistent successes in scrummaging which boded ill for the All Blacks. However, the All Black forwards countered this with effective spoiling which bustled the African back movements and robbed them of a lot of their thrust. King saved the New Zealand line early in a long African attack with a splendid mark which the crowd cheered lustily. Shortly after there was a gasp as Harris attempted to pot. at pretty close quarters but it wrfs a grubber. New Zealand improved steadily and Trevathan found the line far down to put the All Blacks on their first really proniising attack. The All Black pack was again beaten for thc ball and the Africans were soon down again hammering at the New Zealand line. Play had been going for 32 minutes before there was a try and in that time Africa easily had the advantage, but the initiative of Rankin prepared the way for the first score to New Zealand. Harris attempted to get the Springbok backs away but Rankin, breaking from thc scrum, quickly stopped the movcment. The New Zealand j pack swarmed down in a great dash to Africa's twenty-five. The attack was stemaned temporarily but New Zealand secured from a scrum and when the Springbok backs stopped that movej ment Rankin came across quickly, carI rihd the ball down and caught Wiiliams in possession. He secured and passed to Trevathan. Trevathan passed t'J Sullivan who ran only a few yarda to score. Trevathan had a long -kick and the ball went wide. The score was:

New Zealand 3 ! Africa .. .. 0 Sullivan's brilliant Try There was less than five minutes to go before the eni of this half but New Zealand added another three points from Sullivan's brilliant solo effort. Ini New Zealand's twenty-five Hooper 's clearing kick was charged down. When the Springboks secured Sullivan neatly intercepted and. kicked into the open field towards the line and over the head 'of Brand, and he started after the ball Wiiliams and Sullivan ran a thrilling race down to the line with no othcr plaver near enough to assist elthor and Sullivan won the race with the crowd on its toes yelling encouragement. It was a Temarkable Irv. Trevathan missed a moderately difi'icult kick. The scores at half ti-iio were: New Zealand 6 Africa 0

In the second half it was not long before the crowd sensed that the New Zealand pack was fading. The first Springbok try was a surprise mainly because it showed up the weakening defence so well. In a flashing back movement Turner got the ball and simply earved his way through to score after running round behind the posts. Brand converted. New Zealand 6 Africa 5 Play flagged for a while but the Springboks had a great ehance to get ahead when they were .awarded a free ' kick 30 yards upfield and well out and Brand made a perfect job of iit Africa 8 New Zealand 6 The final and deciding try came after another few minutes when South Africa attacked with greht dash and Turner, White, Strachan and Bastard ali handled in a bewildering movement: which ended with Bastard getting over.! Brand again converted. Ihero was only another five minutos of play and Kew Zealand, obviously a beaten team, had a diflicult job in defending their lino for the rest of the game i'rom i'urther attacks by tlm Springboks. Tho final- score was: Africa 33 ; New Zealand ........