THE ALL BLACKS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2900, 23 June 1925, Page 2

THE ALL BLACKS.

WIN BY GOAL TO NIL. The second test between New South Wales and the All Blacks was played in threatening weather. The ground was soft after overnight and morning rain. Sixteen thousand were present, including the Governor-General (Lord Foster), Sir Dudley de Chair (Governor of Xew Si>itth Wales) and Lord Siradbroke (the Victorian Governot), who. shook hands with both teams. Law replaced Elvv in the .Ml Blacks' team and Bondlicld replaced Grosman, while Smith was dropped from the New South Wales team.

Tlie All Blacks lost the toss and kicked oil against a fairly strong wind. The game was a much belter display than the lirs! test, but the ball was greasy and prevented accurate handling. The kicking by both teams was good. New South Wales was unfortunate in losing Thorn in the middle of the first half, as he was suffering from an injury to the call' sustained in Wednesday's match, and Breckenridge replaced him. Throughout, the game was very even, and the fact that neither line was crossed speaks volumes for the defence of both sides. New South Wales, in the first half, made good use of the wind, but some of their kicks-were too hard and the ball went dead. Some nice passing by both sides was witnessed. Snell, behind the New South Wales puck, was well supplied with the ball and set his hacks moving in nice fashion, the leather frequently passing through all the hack's hands. The New Zealand backs also handled well, their bn eking-up being the feature of the game. Both full-backs played excellently. Ross's line kicks were a delight. Knight, in his lirst npearance of the tom, was prominent in all forward movements. Righlon, Finlaysoit and Dickson also showed up. Thete were many off-side penalties. Donald in particular was an offender, and the referee allowed him latitude. On the whole, the game wtts a forward one, nicely interspersed by hack movements. Harris's winning kick was an excellent one. He secured the ball just inside the blue half, slightly on the angle, and kicked a beautiful goal.