THE ALL BLACKS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1925, Page 3

THE ALL BLACKS.

[Australia A- X.Z. table Association.]

ANOTHER Y\ IN. SYDNEY, July J. T be All Blacks played the final game of the tour against a team picked by E. J. Thorn (captain ol the X.S. team) al Manly. The team consisted of Sydney men. and a few local players. The ground was in good order. After a good hard game, the New Zealanders won fiy 21 to n. I.awloli, a Queensland Rhodes Scholar. who played for London against 100 1921 All Blacks, was a lower ol strength in to-day’s match. By his good following up, time and again he extricated his side from Hanger. Wise was undoubtedly the best player mi the ground, ami gave a sterling exhibition ol wing play. Though he scored only once. Ic was responsible for same of the oilier scores. The Blues, in the first spell, were playing against a strong son, which sometimes prevented accurate handling. Both sides got about the same a mini n l of the hall Irom the- scrums and line-outs, hut the Blacks made the most use of it. .McCormick, Riglitim, Einlaysoii and Walters were all prominent in bright forward movements, Kigbion's ciril*hliiig rushes being a feature of thegame. Harris at lull-back played bis usual sound game. I). Johnston, who has not participated in many games (luring the tour, showed himself a player <- class. Throughout the game the Blacks were superior, but they did not have tilings all their own way. They wellseveral times hard pressed, hut the Bines’ tendency to kick too hard spoiled most of their likely movements. The New South Wales practice throughout the tour ot the halt-hack pottin the ball into the serum has proved a hindrance to the hacks getting going. When New South Wales got the ball out cleanly and quickly, it had to lie there until the half-back got round to it. By that time the All Black side row men were to it. For the Blacks, Wise. Lomas. AY right. Righton, Dickson, and Finlayton scored tries, of which L. Johnston converted three. Lawton scored a try for the Blues, while Doran kicked t.wo penalty goals. SYDNEY. July 2. Mr McKenzie, commenting on the tour of the All Blacks, said the victories of the New Zealanders were not so much a matter of their possession of superior players as the difference in style. One reason was the antiquated scrum formation of New Sooth Wales.