"THE KANGAROOS."

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 219, 15 September 1922, Page 6

"THE KANGAROOS."

ARRIVAL IN AUCKLAND. TEAMS FOR FIRST MATCH. The Australian League team arrived in Auckland this morning and will play t)ie first match of their tour against tlie Auckland representatives to-morrow afternoon at the Domain, when a mc*t interesting exposition of the cole ehould be witnessed. Altogether there are twenty-two players and with them are Messrs. H. Flegg and L. Schoea°.ld, joint managers, and L. Cubitt, trainer.. The firs-t-named is chairman of the Australasian Se'.ection Committee, a position which ho has held continuously - for fourteen years. While in the Dominion he will watch the New Zealand p'.aycrs ' with a view to seeing whether there are any who are suitable for Australasian teams. The thirteen selected to take the i field to-morrow include seven of the "Kangaroo" team, and they can be depended upon to make the game fast and , open and give the onlookers an ilea of I what really first-class leagtij .s when I played by the pick of Australia. Proctor, the full-back, is custoilUn for the North Sydney-team, and he is the 'best j man in this position in the game :n I Australia. He is small but very solid ; and kicks well with either foot. It is expected that he will occupy the posi- . tion when the English ieatit vi.iits AusI tralia next year. Horder. nn the uin~, is well known in New Zealand, for h« | has been a nipmber of previous combinations from the other feide that have visited the Dominion. He is playing better than ever this season and so far has scored IG4 points for fie Xorth Sydney Club. In the last Oirce matches alone he has kicked 21 goals. Rule, the ,

j centre three-quarter, was selected to ! visit England with the ''Kangaroo" tiam, , but owing to -business reasons h© " to j decline. He is looked upon as tile brst I centre three-quarter in Sydney. \ est is a "Kangaroo" threp--.iLia.rter, and is almost the equal of Rule. He played j ' : splendid football in England and vas a great success on the tour. Toot.r?, wing three-quarter, is v in;:nbor ot the Glebe Club, which was runner-up in the | : I championship. He is very fa-t and I handles the ball excellently. Caples, the five-eighths, is the captain of the team, | , I and he was recognised as the most sue- | cessful player on the recent tour to | England. Critics stated that he wa* the finest five-eighths on cither the English lor the Australasian side. Johnson, the half, plays for South Sydney, and is the , coming "half in Australia, being lltt'e inferior to Thomson, who was selected j but was unable to make the trip. Prentice, the hooker, was a member of the j "Kangaroo" team, while Tye is a new I front°rank man. He is very fa*t and a I good tackier. Ives is also a great tackling forward. Gray and Latta, both members of the "Kan-aroo" team, are sp'cndid forwards, while Burge, who is woll known in New Zealand, is looked on as the greatest scoring forward in the game to-day. The Auckland team has updergone some alterations since it was first selected. Feid received a fractured jaw while training, arid Stormont injured one of his knees. In consequence tfheir j places will be filled by iianlon and I Douglas. The first curtain raiser will j commence at 1 'p-m., when the City and i Athletic sixth grade teams will meet. Tliis will be followed at -2 p.m. by a ■ match between the junior and Wednesday representatives. Tlie teams are: — AUSTRALIA. Full-back: ProctoT. Three-quarters: Horder, Rule, Vest and Toohcy. Five-eighth: Caples (captadn). Half-back: Jo'nnson. Forwards: Prentice, Tye, Ives, Gray, Latta, Burge. AUCKLAND. Full-back: Dufty. Three-qt.arters: Delgrosso, W. Davidson, Littlewood. Fire-eighths: B. Laing, Wetherall. Half-back: Poison. Forwards: Hanlon, Somers, Douglas, Hawkes, Avery, Bass. Reserves: Backs. O. Davidson, Brown, Ohent; forwards, McNeill, Mackie. The Auckland players are to meet at the Tepid Bath at 2 p.m. to-morrow. JUNIOR V. WEDNESDAY REPRESENTATIVES. The following teams have been selected to play In the match Junior Representatives v. Wednesday Representatives at rhe I -Domain to-morrow: — Junior Rep. Team. — Full-back; Perry (Ponsonbri: thrce-Quiirters. Wilson (Ultimata). 1 Fai " (Mangere), Hodge (Richmond); flve- , eighths. Hartley (City*. Smith (Dcvonportl; ' half. Siebert iManukau): forwards. JetiklnIson (Richmond), Tracey iNorthcote). Harper kDevonport). Pennyeook (Northcote), Verrall l(Citv), Neads (Northcote). Reserve*: Barks. | (Stewart (Northcote). Anscll« (Manukau), Home (Cltvl: forwards. Riley (Ponsonby). Xgatal (Devonport). McCloskey (Manukau). | I Players are requested to attend at the Do- ; main at 1.30 sharp. | Wednesday Representatives. —Full-back. Cnmpncv: three-quarters, Calderwood, Fry. MCPherson: five-eighths. Brady, Webb; half. Garrett; forwards. Rowlands. Harvey. W. , 'MePherson Perrlval. Stormont. Dickens. 1 Kwerres: 'Racks. Ellis. Perkins, Reere. Fielder; forwards. O'Donnelt, Johnson, 1 Chitty. ) f SIXTH GRADE A. 1 City Rovers.-Reld. Hillson (2), McQuoid, j Limn, Hendry. Noble. Knox. Donald, Rlgg, Green, Crowther, Sheridan.