Another Win

New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 419, 4 July 1947, Page 8

Another Win

WARM glow of satisfaction could be felt over New Zealand on the weekend before last. First of all there was, of.course, the impressive victory over New South Wales on the Saturday afternoon, then on the Sunday evening fans were permitted to hear their heroes acquit themselves with equal glory in the intellectual field, when Jack Davey steered them deftly through a quiz which, from the point of view of quantity if not quality of question, might have caused many an experienced quiz participant to feel faint. Quizzing the All Blacks, heard from 2ZB, was remarkable for three things. First, deft handling and pretty ad-libbing by Jack Davey; second, the brave conduct of our Boys in Black; and third, the way the audience (at any rate the audience of which I was a member) lapped it up. With many an adjuration of "Down to the scrum," "Hook it out," and "On the bail, boy," Mr. Davey proceeded to put the lads through their schedule. Team-work was of a very high standard, and no member was permitted to drop a pass if anyone else was in a position to help. Mr Davey was coach rather than referee. Typical of his methods was his asking of the question: "How many races did Phar Lap win? Now I don’t want you to say anything vague like 36 or 38; I want the exact number," whereupon the young man deftly piloted the ball between the up-. rights. New Zealand is obviously continuing its policy of exporting its best brains.