NOTABLE OMISSIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 121, 24 May 1935, Page 12

NOTABLE OMISSIONS.

THE WANGANUI TRIAI* FIVE ALL BLACKS LEFT OUT. (By Tclcgrppli.—l'rcs.s Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The teams for the All Black trial at Wailgauui on June 1 are: — Wanganui-Taranaki-Manawatu and Horowhenua. Full-back: Collins (Taranaki). Three-quarters: Bradley (Manawotu), Campbell (Wanganui), Edwards (Taranaki). Five-eighths: Campbell (Horowheniia), C. Brown (Taranaki)', No. 1. Half-back: Gudgeon (Taranaki). Back of scrum: McKenziu (Manawatu). Middle row: Mclntyre (Wanganui), Clarke (Taranaki), Steele (Wanganui), Merwood (Horowhenua). Front row: Henry (Manawatu), Fowler (Taranaki), Fastier (Taranaki). Reserves: Bishop (Horowhenua),; forward; Morgan (Wanganui), back. In view of the fact that BullockDouglas' capabilities are known to the New Zealand selectors, and in consequence of the great number or young threequarters offering, the district selectors have gmitted him and recommended that the Now Zealand selectors give him suoh trial as they desire. Wellington and Wairarapa. Full-back: J. Hemi (Wairarapa). Three-quarters: N. Ball (Wellington), C. Stringfellow (Wairarapa), A. Wright (Wellington). Five-eighths: W. Langdon (Wellington), R. Devine (Wairarapa). Half-back: B. Sadler (Wellington). Back row: A. Stevenson (Wellington). Middle row: E. Barry (Wellington), J. Butler (Wellington), N. Trass (Wairarapa), G. Laing (Wairurapa). Front row: R. Hull t,Wellington), A. Lambourne (Wellington), P. Leahy (Wellington). Reserves: J. McNeile (Wellington), forward; E. Tindill (Wellington), back. Kilby, Page, Lilburne and Griffiths, all of Wellington, who were members of the 1934 All Black rearguard in Australia, have apparently been omitted for reasons similar to that expressed in a P.A. message from Wanganui relative to BullockDouglas. The Wellington-Wairarapa selectors are Messrs. M. F. Nicholle and E. McKenzie, the latter of whom is one of the New Zealand quartet to pick the 1935 All Blacks. The complete Taranaki nominations were:—Backs: • A. Collins (Clifton), C. Brown, J. Sullivan (Tukapa), L. Edwards (Patea). Forwards: R. Clarke, R. Young, L\ Fastier (Stratford). The programme for the remaining 1935 trial games is: — Saturday, May 25—Canteibury-Ashbur-ton-South Canterbury v. North Otago-Otago-Southland, at Dunedin. Wednesday, May 29. —Golden Bay-Motueka-Neison-Marlborough v. BullerWest Coast, at Nelson. Saturday, June I.—Taranaki-Wanganui-Manawatu-Horowhenua v. WellingtouWairarapa, at Wanganui. Monday, June 3. —North Auckland-Auck-land v. Waikato-Thames Valley-King Country, at Auckland. Thursday, June 6.—East Coast-Bay of Plenty-Poverty Bay v. Hawke's Bay-Bush Districts, at Napier. Saturday, June B.—Possibles v. Probables, South Island, at Christchurch. Tuesday, June 11.—Possibles v. Probablee, North Island, at Palmerston North. Thursday, June 13.—Possibles v. Probables, New Zealand, at Wellington. ■ Saturday, June 15.—Possibles v. Probables, New Zealand, at Wellington.