RUGBY TEST

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 591, 24 July 1933, Page 5

RUGBY TEST

yy:AL)_ABiES . iNj defeat springboks in hakti a'hld open " game t H , *'• A SPLENDID PACK l— ^ - • Rec. July 23, 6.30 p.m. Durban, July 22. The seconj test between the Springboks and the touring Wallaby side resulted in a win for the Australians By 21-6. " * The game coincided with the Durban "ra'cing holiday season and the crowd of 16,0 Oi) eclipsed even the record attendance at the New ZealandSpringhoks match on the ' same grouhd in 1928. THe'ground was fast and the weather warm. The Australian team was unchan'ged but South Africa played Wari'ng on the wing' instead of Gage. Playing with amazing dashj' the Australians had all the better of the game in the 'first half hour/a number bf res'olute attacks only being stopped by the exeellent defence/ Kelleher, Loudon and Billman were prominent. During this period, the Springboks looked -dangerous only onee .when they went over the line but lost ground after a seemirigly certain scoring movement. Thereafter weak passing among' the inside ba'cks 'deprived" Australia .of several opportunities. The half-time score was Australia 13, Springboks 6. The' Australians continued their spectaculaf ' attaeking movements with their th'ree-qua!rters. ' Their forwards were playing magnificently in the loose and holdirig their own in the scrum. The Springboks were endeavouring to wear down their' opponents by taking scrums. instead "of line-outs. It was from a scrum near the 25 yards line that Bennett slipped rourid the blind sid'e and scored.- Billman missed the kick. Th:e Springboks continued to favour' scrums and to break up three-quarter moves, ' biit they were unable to penetrate the heroic defence. • The Springboks commenced to employ desperate short "passing bouts' but they were held in eheclt by the deadly tack]jing; while their threeauarters never looked dangerous. Then Kelleher gathered the. ball at midfield and passed to Cowper who passed to Sturtbridge who' returned again to Cowper who again sent it back for Sturtbridge to score. a brillianftry. Billman converted. ' The Springboks then launched an.other attack, Osler attemptirig ' to break away but sending on to CfavCn who thiust his way into the Australian forwards who were' tiririg but still tackling magnificently. Their backs were very active on the ' def ensive. To waf d the end, both sets' bf backs were obviously dog'-tired aiid play became spasmodic. The Australians were cheered' when they left the ground, the victots by 21-6. Roy Louw, the veteran forward, stated in an in'tervietv after the match that the Australians were the finest scrummaging pa'ck that'he had ever played against. Where they excelled was in the amazing speed with which they moved in the loose in addition to the way in which' they stood up to the grueHing scrum wbrk. The giant Springbok forwards wei'e' scrum maging all the time Instead of taking line-outs. Tho Australians avenged all their previous defeats.