One Win and One Loss

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1025, 16 July 1930, Page 8

One Win and One Loss

WITH THE N.Z. LEAGUE TEAM “Boys Are Working Together

(I -'nti THE cC.V'.; .-rp-ec.cJ Jttp rttenUtt.Ti icith V t Tecs-.; SYDN’EY. Jal— b. WE fc&d a terrible grotmd to play on for our match, three parts of the area beicz ajikle-deep in •rater. The Xew South Wales team included nine “Kangarotrs.” so it vras a stroeg team to tackle. Everything was against good football, but Sew South Wales o"res its win to better t- am -rork and the turning to account of the chances :: got. We often made mistakes through faulty handling and lost quite a lot of chances when in a good position.

Tr_s Xew Soatii Wa'ea team had a wonderfu! understanding and there was support every time one of the players haul the beil. Under these condition. 3 they never kick the ball. Their ’ slogan i=: "Keep possession." and they ; do ft right to the last letter. The forwards are like bac.t=. and the 5 is the man over here. There are three good front row men, and | the rest are scouts. The one object is ? to keep the bat! fn the opera This is where we made a mistake in trying ■ to keep the game ciose. The hore men were beat-ng us in the rucks and throwing the ha about as rf it was a fine day, sc we had a let cf defending to do. i We did not get too many chances \ from the set scrums, the ball being \ smothered by the quick breakaways of the opposing pack. It was a fast game on such a ground, and we did very well in our first game together. In future we will have to retain posses- \ sion of the ball and get right down to it and develop team work“KICKED TOO MUCH” Dufty, at fullback, was sound on defence, but be did far too much kickI ins when he should have run his backs t into scoring positions. ' The wingers, Tittleton and Watene, did not get many chances, but Watene showed up well with his good tackling. The conditions did not suit the inside backs, and they were well j watched, being smothered as soon as \ they got the ball. We played four three quartern. Wethleriil playing right centre and Brisbane left centre. Both were sound on | defence. Brisbane, 1 think, vras our j best back. Gregory' played soundly, but he was often caught in possession | of the balL Abbott justified hi* inclusion, playing a rattling good game. With a bit more experience he is going to be as good as any of the previous New Zealand halves. (The forwards v.ere a hard-working pack, but they will have to handle the * bail under all conditions. The dribbling tactics they adopted on Saturday wifi I not be to our advantage in future ! matches. Htephenson got his share of the ball, and was a hard worker in the open. ■ The other front-rankers, Caider and Trautvetter, were tire.ess workers, and 1 they did most of the heavy work in the forwards, the Latter being in the fcpot--1 light all the time. ; Clark did not show up in the heavy ! going, lie needs a lot of solid training to tune him up. Timms was in everything that was going up to the time he was hurt, lie will be missed while getting treatment. KchofT d:d not seen; to be able to do anything right, but ) this good forward will show up on a dry ground. Tittleton and Timms both have badlv sprained arikies, but they will be nt and well again soon. Wetheri.l is suffering with an abscess in tne ear, but wih oe in trim again very soon. Ail the rest or the boys are in good nick, and are ail working together to make our tour successfuL VICTORY AT BATHURST OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS / (&LS Up'.'.Hil licpreaeiitativc icith the Team.) SYDNEY, July 10. We had a wonderful trip up to Bathurst, travelling by one of the many de luxe buses over here. It is a beautiful drive of about 130 miles over the great Blue Mountains. We left Sydney at six o’clock and set out on our long journey. We arrived at Penrith at eight o’clock and had breakfast. Afterward the boys took the opportunity of a little practice *at the haka , which, by the way, is very popular over here. Our dusky warrior, ‘Steve” Watene, gets out in front, and the boys aro hot stuff at it. We then went on to Bathurst, seeing all the sights en route. The country is very barren out this way. The bush, consisting of bush gums, is not in the same street as the native bush in New Zealand. We arrived in Bathurst at about 12.15, and the first thing was a rush for the dining-rooms. The boys are not homesick judging by the way they eat. Tho Alaj'or gave us a civic reception, and we had the freedom of the town. The picture show's had a great run. . The sports ground where we played was as bare as a board. Grass was conspicuous by its absence. RECORD CROWD The attendance o? \ 300 was estimated as a record for the town for over 20 years, so we more than paid our way. The game was hard and fast and the crowd was there with applause when a bit of good work was done, and everybody was pleased with the game. The New Zealand team showed a big improvement in team work, but bad handling and poor passes spoilt many good chances. We led by 13—3 at half-time and everything was going fine, but in the second half the man with the whistle

j very hard on us. Fome of Ms j backs often brought off joie fine ■ handle the ball enough. Of the becks. Watene was the best i or. the paddock, closely followed by | Abbott, who does just a little too . much running from the scrum. GREGORY’S DAY OFF Ted Aleyer had his first game on ; totir and he will be hard to keep our • of the big games if he repeats this \ form. We were unlucky in losing | Brisbane in the first 15 minutes of the j game. He was tackled very heavily \ and was carried off. Ke had slight concussion, but he is all right again now, and will be ready to take his place in the team on Saturday. Gregory had a day off and Dufty was shifted up to five-eighths, where he played to advantage, being sound : on attack and defence. Pearce played on the wing, but he : was not a success. This is where : we are going to find it hard to get suitable men to fill the posftion. The forwards showed improved form and of the toilers Trautvetter. Caider j and Griffiths showed to advantage. ‘ The scrums were well formed and ! , Stephenson gave us ball more often t than not.