The New Zealanders in Wales There is little doubt that
the New Zealanders regarded the match with Wales as the most important of their tour and no expectation that it aroused was disappointed. In the second half the Welshmen, leading by ten points to three, showed something of their national tempera- ment: they became flurried and tended to pass wildly. The New Zealanders, relentless opportunists, seized on the weakness and made the score twelve points to ten. But 'Wooller, wisely transferred from the wing where the Selection Committee had surprisingly placed him, is a centre who not merely takes but •makes opportunities. !Thanks to two for which he may claim the chief credit, the match ended with a try which gave victory to Wales, and to Rees-Jones a chance of atoning triumphantly for an error. The better team won----by the narrowest margin possible. •
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