FINAL TEST.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 167, 16 July 1936, Page 22

FINAL TEST.

SATURDAY'S ENCOUNTER. j Information was received by the Auckland Association yesterday and submitted I to the Control Board last night, that Mr. J .1. Tinkler, Auckland sole selector, and ; a member of the New Zealand selection committee, had been appointed manager j of the New Zealand team for the final I Test 011 Saturday. The Xew Zealand Council also intimated that the chairman, j Mr. J. A. Milburn, would attend the j final match. Regarding the assembly of the New Zea- ! land team, it was intimated that the | Southern members would arrive to-day or i to-morrow. These were .T. Todd (Wei-1 lington), W. Ives (Canterbury) and .T. Brid<jens (Poverty Bay). ill'. Tinkler advised that the side would .be practising at Victoria Park this evening. Entertainment arrangements for the | Australians will include a visit to the I Winter Exhibition, while they will be the ; guests of the management of the Plaza f Theatre this evening. The team will he I the guests of the Hart-O Brian Revue | Company at His Majesty's Theatre to- i morrow evening. Miss Janice Hart, the j leading lady of the company, has accepted I an invitation to kick-off in the Test match j on Saturday. j A motion to rescind the home-and-away principle of playing senior matches was j discussed at some length. It was pointed , out that the decision of the board to t play three rounds in the championship ■ would cause some unfairness legarding travelling. Notice of motion was given by Mr. F. Baker that the board consider concentrating the matches' at Blandford ; Park by playing an early game. An apology was received from the referee who walked off the field and | refused to control the second half of the j senior match at Blandford Park on Satur- ' day. He stated that he had left the field : as a protest against unfair criticism from j the spectators. The matter was referred | to the Referees' Association," with a I request that it take any aition it con- < sidered necessary. . i i Several matters relative to the associa- ] tion's art union were mentioned in letters . received from clubs. The secretary advised , that he had made arrangements for the t drawing of the art union next Saturday, j l < — 11