FOOTBALL.
THE CANTERBUBY-OTAGO MATCH. The Otago team, which meets the Canterbury representatives this afternoon at Lancaster Park, was completed last night by the arrival of several members, who were accorded as hearty a welcome as their companions received the previous evening. There is every prospect of a most interesting and exciting match. The teams are nearly equal in weight. Canterbury possessed the heaviest backs, and Otago the heaviest forwards. The former have exactly 14lba each the best of it, and the latter 31b on the total weight. The Canterbury backs average a little over 12dt 31b, and the forwards a little better than 12st lib; whilst the Otago backs average a fraction over list 31b, and the forwards overl2st lib. The personnel of the teams is as under :— Canterbury. (Bed and Black). Full Back. H. Wilson list 71b Three-quarter Backs. T. R. Cresswell ... 13st 01b J. Marshall 13*t 01b W. Balch 12st 01b Half Backs. T. Gordon list 81b G. Forbes Wat 101b Forwards. H. Thacker ... ... 14st 01b J. Cow 13st 01b C. Garrard ... ... 12*t 61b L. Ebert 12st Olb J. Stokes 12st 01b F. Leach list 81b W. Humphreys ... list 71b J. S. Hawkes (captain) list 51b F. Evans Hat 2ib Otago (Dark Blue). Full Back. W. A. W. Grenfell ... 12at 01b Three-quarter Backs. W.Lang 103t 71b W. elder list 12lb A. Laarenson ... ... list 21b Half Backs. O. Crawford lOst 121b W.J.Cran ... ... list 21b fFORWABDS.J.B. Montgomery (Capt) 13»t 81b J.M'Cleary ... ... 12sfc 71b J. Torrance *.. ... 12st 61b J. Duncan ... ... 13st 31b R. D. Isaacs ... ... 12st 21b G. Turton ... ... I2at 2lb H,Mathesoa 12st 01b C. HanninK list 31b A. B. Drabble ... ... list 01b Mr J. P. Firth will act as referee, and Messrs G. Harris and A. Bsqullant as touch line judges for Canterbury and Otago respectively.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7965, 12 September 1891, Page 6
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