FOOTBALL.
MUST HAVE PACE. Mr W. F. Ilornig, who acted as manager of the Now Zealand team which visited South Africa last year, placed his linger upon- the principal weakness of the All Blacks on that tour when he explained at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Unio.ii last Aaursetav that the All Macks were not fust enough. “No matter in what position on the field we happened to be ” said Mr Hornig, “ the .Springboks were too fast for us. New Zealand will have to find backs of pace.” This little sentence threw a flood of light upon the unusual number of defeats the New Zealand team suffered in South Africa last season. The selectors will have to hunt round for players of the pace of George Smith. D. McGregor, Steel, and Parker, if fivers "such as Smith and Macphcrson are to he countered next season.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1929, Page 5
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147FOOTBALL. Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1929, Page 5
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