RUGBY FOOTBALL

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21886, 12 September 1936, Page 18

RUGBY FOOTBALL

TO DAY’S TEST MATCH - ( AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. TEAMS CHOSEN CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BE IDEAL (PBBS3 ASSOCIATION TBLEGEAif.) DUNEDIN, September U, The prospects for to-morrow’s second test match, to decide the-fate of the Bledisloe Cup, which is the symbol of Rugby supremacy between Australia and New Zealand, are at present excellent, as indications are that the weather will be fine and the ground in perfect order. After the close result of the first test, critics are somewhat at a loss in selecting the winner, especially as both ' teams were sorely pressed in last Wednesday’s matches at Timaru and Oamaru. The Australians are very confident of their ability tp return with the trophy, particularly as Storey is again available as full-back. The New Zealand team has undergone three change?. Mitchell replaces Caughey-ns centre three-quarters, Gillies goes in as first five-eighths, and Griffiths moves to second five-eighths,-In the forwards, Ward replaces McKenzie, because of McKenzie's leg injury at Wellington. The, teams chosen are:—

New Zealand Full-back: Pollock, Three-quarters: Hart, Mitchell, Watt. Five-eighths; Griffiths, Gillies. Half-back: Sadler. Forwards—Front row: Jackson, Hadley, Dalton. Second row: Wells, King, Held, Ward. » Back row: Rankin. Reserves: Killeen, Sullivan, Vorrath, and Green.

Australia Full-back: Storey. Three-quarters: McLean, McLaughlin, Rankin. w Five-eighths: Kelaher and Lewis. Half-back; Gibbons. Forwards —Front row: Walden, Bonis, Malone. Second row: Hutchinson, White, Bridle, Kelly. Back row: Hodgson. Reserves: Don. Hammon, Egan, Stone, Ramsay, and Windon.

CANTERBURY V. WEST

COAST RETURN MATCH TO-DAY • Canterbury and West Coast will meet in a return match at Lancaster Park to-day. At their first meeting early in the season the West Coast side won by 15 points to 13, and it has since strengthened its combination until now it is considered to have every chance of. extending Otago in the RanfUrly Shield game at Dunedin next week. The game to-day, therefore, will have special interest for the West Coast enthusiasts and should be one of Canterbury’s hardest of the season, R. King, the leader of the West Coast pack, will play to-day for the All Blacks in the second test at Dunedin, but. all the other well-known West Coast forwards will be seen in action, The teams are as follows: — West Coast Full-back: J. Agnew. Three-quarters: W. Mann, G. Gilbert (captain), E. pfahlert. Five-eighths: S. Hendry, R. Roberts. Half-bkck: M. Davidson. Front row forwards: R. Kirkwood, M, Olsen, B. Kelly. Middle row: R. Birchfield, P. Pascoe, J, Walker, A. Scandrett, Back row: J. Cox. Emergencies: Backs, E. Collins, Wyatt; forwards, W. Berry, J. Anderson. Canterbury Full-back: G. T. Nolan. * Three-quarters: R. P. Round, C. H. McPhail, J. Gillespie.

Five-eighths: W. Bedelpb, W. A. Brooks. Half-back: J. J. McAuliffe. Front row forwards: J. Q. Hattersley, W. A. Hearn, J. Mahoney. Middle row: M. Scandrett, H. Milliken, N, J. MePhail, W. Fright. Back row: J. E. Manchester. Emergencies: Backs, O. Scott, J. Pawson, C. Clark; forwards, G. S. Cooper. P. J. Noonan, J. Fleming. Mr R. W. Blazey will be referee. BRITISH ASSOCIATION MATCHES LONDON, September 10. British Association football results are as follows: — First Division—Sheffield Wednesday 6, Everton 4. Southern section—Car-