ALL BLACKS DEFEATED.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3804, 12 June 1928, Page 3

ALL BLACKS DEFEATED.

... TRANSVAAL WINS BY 6 POINTS

TO NIL.

FINLAYSON ORDERED OFF,

Johannesburg, June 9

A great crowd of thirty thousand people watched the All Blacks beaten by Transvaal by two tries (6 points) to nil, on Ellis Park today. The ground was in good order and »condition, and brilliant sunshine favoured the players.

The teams were as follows: — New Zealand. —Full-back: D. Lindsay; three-quarters: n. C. Robilliard, S. R. Carleton, B. Grcnside; five-eigtlis: M. F. Nieholls, L. M. Johnston; half-back: Kilby; forwards: P. Ward, J. Swain, J. Burrows, M. Brownlie, C. Brownlie, I. Finlayson, R. McWilliams, R. Stewart. Nieholls was first five-eigthth and Johnson second. Transvaal. — Full-back: Richter; three-quarters: Prinsloo,' Dibie, Raath, Liebenberg; halves: Devine, Kotze; forwards: Kruger, Mortimer, Gecre, Oliver, Pretorius, van Druten, Botha, Nykamp. Starting a strong offensive early, Transvaal had New Zealand on the defence, but the New Zealand forwards retaliated with a fine sortie and went almost the length of the field.

For the first twenty minutes the Transvaal backs were continually getting the ball from the scrums, but made little use of it, as their attacking movements lacked sting.

The local forwards dominated the play in both scrums and lineouts, and the All Blacks got very little of the ball. Punting high, the opposing backs rushed Lindsay, and bustled him while he was attempting to clear. Unfortunately, Robilliard bumped into Lindsay, and this allowed Raath to race up and dive over the line. Devine’s kick missed. Transvaal 3 —New Zealand nil.

In 'the last five minutes, New Zealand had the best of the play, but taking the spell as a whole, the play was deplorable. There was not one fragment of good football by either side in the forty minutes, and the All Blacks gave the worst display of the tour so far. Transvaal started the second spell with an electric dash among the backs, which ended in Prinsloo dropping a pass when in a scoring position. A few minutes after stating again, Finlayson was ordered off for punching a player on the ground in front of the main stand, and walked slowly from the ground with bowed head amid hoots and jeers from the crowd which caused him to receive police protection. Just after this incident, the Transvaal forwards heeled the ball from the scrum to Kotze, who sent Devine away. Devine passed to Liebenberg, and the winger dashed down the line, and ran over at the corner, with Lindsay and Carleton hanging on to him. The kick mis-> scd.

The game ended Transvaal 6 New Zealand 0.

For New Zealand the match was all a tragedy. The team could do nothing right. The forwards were beaten in the scrums and could only held their own in the line-outs. When the backs were given a chance they usually mulled it badly. It is doubtful whether an All Black team ever played such distractingly poor Rugby. THE FINLAYSON INCIDENT. The Finlayson incident came as a bombshell to the New Zealanders, for the North Aucklander has a big reputation as a great sport. He was seen lying on the ground, with Geere, the Transvaal forward, on top of him, having a head lock on the New Zealander, and screwing his neck unmercifully. When freed Finlayson made one solid punch at Geere’s jaw and connected. Tho whistle went and Finlayson was ordered off. The whole incident happened in front of the main stand.

Seen after the game, Finlayson said he had nothing against anybody and took all the blame to himself. The game had been very hotly contested and it was unfortunate that the whistle went just at that moment He was sorry the incident had occurred. THE MANAGER’S VIEWS. _ Mr. Ilornig, the manager, said: —“There is no question that Geere was trying to screw Finlayson’s head off. If the referee had seen that part of the incident, both players would have been ordered off.’lt was a hard-fought game from start to finish.” The Johannesburg “Star” said:— “The Transvaal forwards played their traditional game, the opposing pack, and with Devine, scrum half, won their way to victory. The All Black play was certainly improved. Mr. G. L. Finlay, the ex-Scottish player, was referee. SATURDAY’S RESULTS.

SENIORS. Shannon 11 v. Wanderers 3. Weraroa 28 v. Hui Mai 9. JUNIORS. Miranui 12 v. Shannon 8. THIRDS. Foxton 15 v. Tokomaru 3. Wanderers '6 v. Weraroa 3. SENIOR TABLE.

Both the local Seniors and Juniors had a bye on Saturday and played a “scratch” match on the racecourse.

Shannon Seniors’ defeat of Wanderers on Saturday came as a surprise. Wanderers are now only one point ahead of Shannon in the Senior Championship. NORTH AND SOUTH TEAMS.

The following have been selected to represent the southern district against the north at Feilding to-morrow: —

Full-back: Williamson; threequarters: Strange, Mullins, Palmer; five-eigtlis: Brophy, Akuira; half: Evans; hookers: Summers, Crawford; lock: Parsons; supports: Tremewan, Payne; rover: O’Shea; break-aways: Galpin, Hcatlcy; emergencies: backs: W'alsley, Slmpleski, Robb; forwards: Taylor, Guy, Charles.

The north team will be as follows :

Hookers: Bowler and F. Hight (Feilding); lock: Conrad (Feilding); break-aways: C. Hight (Feilding), and M. Waldin (F. 0.8.); back row: Staite (Sandon), and Kitchen (Waituna); wing-forward: A. Waldin (Fig.); (half: (Hartley (Oroua Downs); five-eigtlis: Goldfinch (Rongotea), and N. Brnmwell (F. 0.8.); three-quarters: H. Darragh (Fig.), C. Spence (Apiti), and T. Ainadio (Rongotea); full-back: C. Hartley (Waituna); emergencies: backs: G. Darragh (Fig-), and Barling (Apiti); forwards: Miles (Waituna) and River (Oroua Downs). MAORI-PAKEHA GAME.

The teams for the Maori-Pakeha match at Levin to-morrow are as follows: —

Maoris: Johnston, Roberts, Warren, Wallace, Moses, T. Parata, Hakarai, R. M'Donald, Heremaia, Tatana, Hurst, O. McDonald, Ransfield, Weipeihaiia. Reserves: Taylor, Broughton, Mitchell, Maliona, Pine.

Pakehas: Ryder, Robbie, Westwood, Procter, Fuller M‘Kenzie, Walls, L. Dalzell, Moody, Andrews, Satherley, Ward, K. Dalzell, Cole, M'Donald. Reserves: Bryant, White, Williams, Kilsby, Rhodes.

In regard to the transport of the above mentioned players, Mr. S. Austin has kindly placed his ear at the disposal of the Union and will take the following: Messrs Moses, Taylor, Westwood and Procter.

Messrs Fuller, Andrews and Pine will travel to Levin in Mr. Rout’s car.

P. W. D. L. Pts. Wanderers 6 5 — 1 10 Shannon 6 4 1 1 9 Hui Mai 6 2 1 3 4 Weraroa 5 1 — 4 2 Foxton 5 1 — 4 2