COM LINE IN RUGBY LEADGUE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 55, 5 March 1936, Page 7

COM LINE IN RUGBY LEADGUE.

TEAM FOR DOMINION. Player Omitted to Avoid Risk of Criticism. ENGLISH SIDE ANNOUNCED. United Press Association. —Copyright. (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, March 4. The English Rugby League team for, Australia and New Zealand is:— Full-backs. —Sullivan, Brougli. - Wing-tlirce-quarters.—Morley, Hudson, Smith, Edwards. , Centre-three-quarters.'—Fred Harris, Atkinson, Eisiuan, Bclshaw. Five-eightlis. —Jenkins, Brogdcn. Halves. —Watkins, McCue. Forwards.—Field, Armitt, Silcock, Woods, Miller, A. L. Jones, Troup, Arkwriglit, Hodgson, Exlcy, Beverley, Ellerington. The team embarks for Australia 011 April 17, with Sullivan as captain. Bennett, a coloured five-eighth, is a notable omission. The administrators decided not to risk criticism by his inclusion. The forwards are nearly all men of speed and clever handlers, good in the loose and' tight. The weight of the scrum compares favourably with that of previous English -sides. Feetliam, though lie is considered the most outstanding loose forward in England, was left out because it was thought that he would not be rugged enough. J. C. Morley (Wales) was a member of F. D. Prentice's 1930 British Rugby Union team which toured Nev; Zealand. He scored one of the tries by which the national fifteen was beaten, 6—3, for the first time by any 6ide from the Old Country.