THE BIG GAMES
50 YEARS OF THE ALL BLACKS, edited by Wilfred Wooler; Phoenix House and A. H. and A. W. Reed, 16/-. As books published on the earlier All Black tours to the British Isles are now almost collectors’ items, this comprehensive survey of all four tours will be welcomed by many football enthusiasts. Three of the six contributors are Welsh, five were internationals, and four
Nad played with distinction against All Blacks im international matches. Active participants usually find it difficult to write objective history. but these former players have achieved a very fair measure of impartiality. Comment-
aries are given on every game oO! the four tours. Some of these contain little beyond the names of the players and the point scorers, while other more significant matches have correspondingly more detail. A general survey of each tour and some statistics complete each section. For the most recent tour, extracts from press comments by a considerable number of critics are given, D. R. Gent being the most impressive. Two or three pages are devoted to the most controversial topic in Rugbywhether Bob Deans grounded the ball over the line in the only match the 1905-6 All Blacks lost. As time seems merely to have hardened opinion on both sides, the truth will never be established, so the matter might decently be buried at this stage. The formal group photographs of the tourists .and their occasional conquerors are wel] produced, but action photographs of Rugby rarely seem to catch the vital moments with much success. Thatefine forward and former England captain, Sir Wavell Wakefield, contributes an admirably balanced foreword in which he deplores the disproportionate importance of the penalty goal in modern Rugby and suggests alterations to the laws to make the kicking of such goals more difficult. The book is attractively produced and is a worthy addition to the still slender library of books dealing with Rugby
football.
R. G.
Wilson
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 821, 22 April 1955, Page 13
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323THE BIG GAMES New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 821, 22 April 1955, Page 13
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