Sports Brevities

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 405, 13 July 1928, Page 7

Sports Brevities

A South African opinion of the All Black forwards: These big, often bulky-looking forwards are not mere brawn and muscle. They are skilful players. They are brought up in a school which teaches that forwards should be able to handle a ball and to run as fast as any threequarter. They do not confine their energies merely to scrummaging, mauls and line-out play, good as they are in all these departments of the game. As soon as ever the ball is loose, they automatically become extra backs. League in Wellington A well-attended meeting of the Management Committee of the Wellington Rugby League held recently welcomed the new chairman. Mr. N. Nicol. who was previously a member of the Council of the New Zealand League at Auckland. An old player in Dave Rigby is contemplating re-forming the old City League Club at Weilington. The All-India team won the hockey section of the 01vmi>ic Games. Its final match was with Holland, which it beat by three goals to nil. The Netherlanders made a stubborn resistance, but were no match for the Indians in the science and sublety of the game. Dhian Cliand, whose play impressed New Zealanders when he toured the Dominion with tlie Indian Army team, scored all three goals. In their Olympic Games matches the Indians scored 29 goals, and did not have a goal scored against them. Germany and Belgium met to decide third place, and Germany won.

Without Breakfast! D. F. Lindsay, All Black centre threequarter and fullback, must have appreciated sleeping in a bed in a real room at Capetown when the New Zealand team arrived there. Though the first practice was held at 11 a.m., he was late For it, and had to rush to the ground at Newlands without his breakfast. Missing the bus. he got to the ground with the help of an obliging youngster and a bicycle. Fruit had to be his meal.