IRISH TEST ON HEAVY GROUND.
FORWARD BATTLE? Both Sides Full of Confidence. McLEAJT REPLACES McKENZIE. United Press Association. —Copyrigli:. (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, December 8. Weather will play an all-important part in to-morrow's international when the All Blacks play Ireland at Dublin. On a heavy ground the match is a liki'y to develop into a titanic forward battle. Both sides are full of confidence. The teams are: — New Zealand. Full-back: G. D. M. Gilbert (West Coast). Three-quarters: G. F. Hart (Canterbury), C. J. Oliver (Canterbury), N. A. Mitchell (Southland). Five-eighths: T. H. C. Caughey (Auckland), J. L. Griffiths (Wellington). Half-back: B. S Sadler (Wellington). Front Row: A. Lambourn (Wellington), W. E. Hadley (Auckland), D. Dalton (Hawke's Bay). Middle Row: H. F. McLean (Auckland), Tory Reid (Hawke's Bay), R. R. King (West Coast), J. E. Manchester, captain (Canterbury). Back Row: A. Mahoney (Bush).. Ireland. Full-back: D. P. Morris (Bective j Rangers).
Three-quarters: J. J. O'Connor (Cork University), L. Malcolmson (North Ireland), A. Bailey (Dublin University), C. V. Boyle (Dublin Univeid^'). Half-backs: V. G. J. Morgan (Clontarf). * Front Row: T. B. Dunn (North Ireland), C. Wallace (Wanderers), C. R. Graves (Wanderers). Middle Row: S. Walker (Instonians), Deering (Bective Rangers). Back Row: J. A. Siggins (Collegians), C. E. Beamish (Air Force), W. W. McRoss (Instonians). It rained steadily most of to-day and the ground is sure to be heavy tomorrow. It is generally believed that this fact increases Ireland's chances, but the New Zealanders are not pessimistic, j Some quarters criticise the wisdom of playing H. F. McLean on the side of the. scrum in preference to R. M. McKenzie, who is an excellent wet-weather forward. Mr. Meredith, Mr. S. S. Dean, chairman of the management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union, Mail' cbestftr and Gilbert visited the Dail. They met Mr. de "Valera and Mr. Cosgrave. Mr. de Valera signed autographs and chatted to the party, asking questions about New Zealand. He wanted to know if the members of the team liked Ireland better. The team visited,the headquarters of tlie Irish Hospitals Trust Sweepstake. An official .promised a gift of a gold brooch to the first member of the team marrying within a yeaiv. The manager of a picture theatre after ■ a performance presented Oliver with a shillelagh bearing an inscribed silver shield. t °
IRISH TEST ON HEAVY GROUND.
Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 290, 7 December 1935, Page 10
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