LEAGUE TOURISTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 163, 12 July 1926, Page 10

LEAGUE TOURISTS.

BOOKED FOR ENGLAND. i TWENTY-SIX MEN SELECTED. I! .W CK.LANDKRS INCLUDhD. ONLY THRKI-; FORWAKDS. The ]ilay in the three trial pa mc- nt Auckland durinjr the pa>t woc'a made it vci-v denr :li:it while llm majority •« the' M buck* a> l"> t<> Kuplnnd wish i!ie New Zealand League team wuild 1... A u-.\k haulers, ii wii- al-o e\ ;d.-n! thill few forwards, would '»• «.•:;>>-. 'i fn.ill th-.- X.ivMi.■l-μ ;>v.'v:i:t-. I ■ " ..i..(.t ~r-. Mes-r*. )•:. II Mair. <. H. llart'.inyliiun, 1!. -I. Stirlhu.'. nu<l A. ' . MiClvniont. ypjttcrdiiy anr.oun-ed their election at Cα rlii \v Park where t !•■■:■<> VVU-. a crowd iif a cniij.le nf iiti-vlrcu pi\'-cnt, Tin , selection w.i - well reerive,| and the general opinion was that th"*' , ivpoiiMble for naming the fortunate •_!ii have done their work well. The inclusion of Cardiwr i< the *nrpriw of the selection. He mtlv yl ; into the last of the trial- on tlay and thoiifrli lie did veil il i< 'l"i' ; '■■ fui -whether hi« play was <\\\Y< --j.-ri •» Iv , pood to warran' him lieiiiLr taken \ " Certainly lie kicked a lor *>'■ ponls. hut other- are ju-t a- happy at i that branch of ilu , yame. The in-lii-j sum of I-. Hnnvii will he supported. :i • there i-; no qiie«tinn of I::- lirilliancy. j and I>eeau<e he »vas bottled uji l>y I l.ittlewootl in one jraino only, there wa< ] an inclination to count him out. "ne ; tSiinjr is certain and it i< that if t '*' ; eluh teams were to lie reorganised to- i morrow one of the ni"st >'ii-rlit nfu-r----players would lie the (itv winuer. With I a pre.it puck in ''run; the chance* ar< , , that IJrown will !>e one of the s-tars nl i the side in Knuluiid. The M sclucied i :u,:- J Backs. Full-hack? : C. Dufty, ('. K. Crepory | (Auckland). ] Winp-llirecqiinrters : J. Sander* ; i('antcrlmry ). (I. (Jjird'ncr. .1. I'arke-. i I-. Brown i Auckland !. ('■entro-throequarters : P>. I)uvi(N»n ] (Auckland), W. Desmond (Welinpton). Fi\ e-eifrhtlis : ,J. Kirwan. 11. BrisImne. 11. Cole, ('. Wehli (Auckland*. j Half-backs : A. Wilson Hall Cant it- j bury), F. Dolgropso (Auckland). j Forwards. j F. Tleiiry. T.. Mason, L. Peterson. 1.. > Vivian (Canterbury). X. Mouatt. •'. Wrijrht (West Coast), 11. Thonia(Otugo), W. Devine (Tiniann, V.. Ilerrinp, A. Sinire. 11. Avery (Auckland), A. Carroll (Wellington). Vacancies caused by any of the abovementioned players not bein« available ! will be filled by reserves in the following) order : — > Forwards: J. Men/.ies (Waikato). -I. j O'Brien (Dovonpurt), L. Hutt, J. Clarke I (Auckland i. j Backs : W. Eokhoff (Otapn). J. Little- j wond, If. Riley, C. Prentice [ Auckland). | Avery was appointed captain, and Mouatt vice-captain. i