FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20565, 6 June 1932, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

I UNION. UfTERISLAND MATCH. •OJtTfl OVERWHELMS THE SOUTH. fte jforth Island by -S points to 10 'ifflkistercd.ft vory sound beating to ' g on th Island at Lancaster Park on 'tUT&y afternoon in an encounter \ieli #» packed with very fast and Ljacnlar open play by both forwards tjpael* Bitter must have been the jisappointment of the vast crowd, kow„'at the unexpectedly poor showing ' ij by the South back division, which ajted i« the match being robbed of jtfc j)i its interest by being so one,l n has happened rarely in football .-.jhhigh class that a defence has vet s° utterly demoralised as that of !je gonth Island on Saturday, and the

.- jjjlsjund —backs and forwards alike IsßJlingat top speed—kept up uji anias-jgttt-e right to the end of the game to irtidi-M spectacular a contest as has ittaseen on L ancas t cr I'ark for many »fayTie day was an ideal one for Eugby. jleje was no sun and tho light northtasfc breeze was not sufficient to interfen with the accuracy of the kicking. flu ground was in perfect order alliojgh slightly on the heavy side. Hat in New Zealand big football aojses intense interest in the eomniuniviras testified to on Saturday by an jjtwdance of about 14,000 people. By «im. there were few vantage points 'ft and half an hour before tho match Kjpenced stands and embankments ttr» practically full, and hundreds of -tophy occupied specially arranged ae"imisodation on the ground itself. He result of the match was a triumph i»r speed and fine co-ordination herein biwks and forwards. Before tho tatti there were those—and many of :lejishrewd judges of Eugby—who conjifoed th,e balance of power was with til South Island side, on paper at least. 2 that "were so it remained on paper as >t to stage of the game did the southtin representatives, as a team, proJm| form convincing enough even to suggest that a heavy defeat would be traced. But for heroic efforts by the South forwards right to the final lddltte it is probable that a record stoie for inter-Island fixtures would lavi teen established by the victors. South Island Backs Fail. The South Island backline made a Awing which can only be termed disgrMeful, even allowing something for tie fart that in the set serums the North Island forwards were smarter at getting possession. Some of its member* dll something by individual effort to justify their inclusion, but these fla&es were apasniodie and in a match of such high class counted for little ag&jnst n opposition whieh quickly settled down into a smooth-running (.•ouhisatioß. The sight of as many as thrw%ntß Hand backs hopelessly out of pdtjjfjta at once on more than one . weukjj pn& the North Island attack ' stitalfgg through gaps wider than a iwjlsia one which -was as unexpected uftvga annoying to South Island supjtrteij; The South, did not seem to be ib'efo rally. Many times Simon, the Otago half, made an attempt to open jup play but tho men outside him made i series of mistakes which ruined dimes. Passes were flung shoulder high tfwell wide of the mark, and in a flash ItKorth baeks would rush through the Ottered defences to launch brilliant aimdual , and eombined counterifUeks. Their tackling. had some very W lapses, especially among the inside m. The latter stood flat-footed in lAmg passes and were most ineffective s {rerouting the five-eighths of the Sirta Island from making penetrating 'tats before transferring to the thTeeWters.

fie'one exception to tlie indictment itix South rearguard was G. F. Hart, iH the right wing. Eobbed of all *opifthmities by the failure of the men aside him to operate successfully on itaek, lie continued to maintain a high foaiwil <m deience, an*also did a lot d good work through individual ettotl His try from the one opening «i» by the South backs—Oliver had MOd through a gap in fine style—was iwralatian of speed and determination wlflß form the Canterbury man must j*w»sidered the finest wing in the ""totton playing at present.

fetjttvidual Efforts of Rearguard. ,*ty biggest disappointment was G. $T *t'first, five-eighth 3. The Canter%player was outclassed on the day His work on both defence and at*4 TOs most ineffective. Praise must *Bvea him f or several fine clearing *n to the line to stem hot assaults. jJJMW ho made a pretty opening J*».aeariy let him across for a try. '"k'Blmon at half he did not work ?%MKI frequently took passes *■% .flat-footed or juggled, with the opposition time to ?*fr.tie attack. As a Tesult of G. J. Oliver was V/W W mai>3 ' cnances > hut the few IgLW were made full use of. marred Oliver's efforts ?« v «Htlnually. It was their misSs9 Wttier than his bad handling B,ae <i the mistakes, however. of Buller, at centre made jjJyW<l individual dashes and also ■jjjp* better work on defence than ■*•«'& 1 His tackling the first half, but was patchy ■wi£ nelnd ' ng stages and his posiKte- * waß 'ni° st unimpressive. In he might havo showed ■^jj*'* tw advantage. The centrethe STorth Island, T. 11. Bittfip' °* Auckland, played a very ■*H]g%?«d thrilled the crowd with bursts of speed through in-' 10 °PP° rtulll ties, his ac8 and very strong runWm as a centre of the e sllou l u a name ■*il*il\ . -t iv °n an opportunity in ■ m jss\ back line. ■l, Becures ri ve Tries, lines the outW*&J? a ? F - Bullock-Douglas, i K ht win S for ■L'Smr n(I ho scored flve tries_ ~ He was kept well fed ■?^tof'*. t0 wllom must b e g ivcia B' f TtoTkin g Bullock-Doug-Bf^WkM^ 11 admiraul J' ancl send_ m at rnoments when M*"fs 'baol full opportunity to Hk*S*r!h given room to move. HSjjgiOo trieß at least speed and MslS??l" a large part and of the highest class. Hgw|lg| U | m * u bas vastly imBSfHfiftrT* ycar ' w ' nen he na( * the North Island as ■lllilg:* & Ball, of Wellington, H^^S5 for Hart, and was efup all day. A. G. Hjjfllllff^ o * as m fbe case of

Hart, was not given a chance owing to the poor play of the inside backs. He showed in individual dashes exceptional speed, but he was too frequently out of position on defence.

Kgby's Play Brilliant. Of the two half-backs, F. D. Kilby, of Wellington, was easily the better. H. Simon of Otago, was disappointing on attack, being very slow to get the ball away. On defence, however, he did a lot of hard work with little support from the five-eighths. Simon 's was a plodding game rather than brilliant, and at no stage did he exhibit form to justify his consideration for New Zealand representative honours. Kilby, on the other hand, played one of the finest games of his career. Certainly he has never been seen to better advantage in the South Island. His passes shot out like lightning, and their consistently good direction enabled Lilburne to beeonie a swiftmoving pivot of the North Island attack immediately tho ball was secured. On Saturday's play Kilby must be first selection for the All Black half-back position.

The North Island five-eighths, 11. Lilburne, of Wellington, and H. Pollock, of Wellington, worked together very well, and their straight running paved the way for a number of North Island tries. Pollock was replacing G. A. Farmer, of Hawke's Bay, who was unable to play, nad ho made full use of the opportunity afforded to lay his claim to consideration before tho : New Zealand selectors. He has a clever side-step and is very fast off the mark. Both he and Lilburne made some wonderful openings. Lilburne was as good as he ever was, and higher praise than that is not needed in Canterbury, where his play has been known for years. Great Forward Duel. In the forwards the duel was a great deal more even, and except for the fact that the North Islaud secured the ball moro cleanly and more often from set serums and the tight, feeding the backs splendidly, there was little between the two sets of forwards fully up. to New Zealand standard. If the contest botwoou tho two sets of backs had been as even tho crowd would have witnessed a memorable encounter. The North Island packed the .'MI formation throughout, with tho ex-New Zealand wing-forward, P. Solonlfn, of Auckland, as the odd man, while the South started with a 3-2-3 formation, and later in the match changed first to the 3-;;-2 and then to tho 3-4-1. So far as getting the ball was concerned the 3-1-1 combination was obviously the more effective. F. Solomon played a magnificent game throughout, demonstrating the value of the roving type of forward who might easily be a back. Solomon was in many back attacks and seemed' to be always on hand'when there was a chance to turn an opportunity to account. He is a heavy man, but very fast, and could easily iill a place in the back division. The outstanding forwards, apart from him, were H. 1\ McLean, of Wellington, a fine stamp, fast, energetic, and with a safe pair of hands; It. Clarke, of Taranaki, prominent in numerous loose rushes, besides being a tireless worker in the tight; E. R. C. Steere, of Hawke's Bay, a big man, who also has considerable speed; and B. Palmer, of Auckland, who played fine football. Some of the break-aways by the last-named were mpst spectacular. E. \. Jossep, of Wellington, was not so prominent iu the looso, but in the front rank of the scrum did invaluable woi'k. C. A. Satherley. of Hawke's Bay, was often prominent, and is a younvf forward of whom more should be heard.

Tour Outstanding Packmen. [ Four men iu the South Island pack stood out for work -which, given support by the backs, might have, led to victory. They were D, Max (oil Nelson), "O. Purdue and T. Metcalfe (of Southland), and A. 1. Cottrell (of Canterbury. It is opeu to grave doubt it any of them could be left out of the best scrum able to be selected in NewZealand to-day. A. H. Andrews (.of Canterbury) played .well until he had to go off injured, but was not quite iu the same class of the four mentioned. It must br added that the other three men in the pack, J. Hore (of Otago), W. Lucy (of Otago), and «V. E. Manchester (of Canterbury), all played fine games, and Hore at ieast, on his line showing in tight play, must have caught the eye of the New Zealand selectors. *J. Collins, of Taranaki. was the better of the full-backs. What he had to do he did -well, and he made some very fine saves on one or two occasions. Ho has a very long kick and tackles well. J. Connolly, of South Canterbury, was unfortunate in that most of the time he had to face two and three North Island men at a time. He gave a plucky exhibition under the circumstances ajhd his tackling was commendable. His kicking was disappointing.

The Teams. The teams wore as follows: North Island. (Black.") • Full-back: .1. Collins (Taranaki). Three-quarters: X. Ball (Wellington) T. H. G. Caughoy (Auckland) F. Bullock-Douglas (Wanganui). Five-eighths: H. Pollock (Wellington) IT. T. Lilhurne (Wellington). Half-back: F. D. Kilby (Wellington) (captain). Forwards: F Solomon (Auckland), 11. 1\ McLean G. A. Sathorley (Hawko's Bay), E. E. Steerc (Hawke's Bay), K. Clarice (Taranaki), E. A. Jessep (Wellington), B. Palmer ( Auckland), A. X. Finla yson (North Auckland). Emergencies: Back, I?. M'cKcnzic (Bay of Plenty); forward, E. Barry (Wellington). South Island. (White.) Full-back: J. E. Gonnolly (South Ganterbury). Three-quarters: G F Hart (Canterbury) E. Holder ' (Duller) A..C. Proctor (Otago). Fivo-eighths: G J. Oliver (Canterbury) (captain, G. Day (Canterbury). Half-back: 11. Simon (Otago). Forwards: A If. Andrews (Canterbury), .1. K. Manchester (Ganterbury), T. G. Metcalfe (Southland), G. W. Purdue (Southland), D. Max (Nelson), J. Hore (Otago), W. Lucy (Otago), A. I. Cottrell (Canterbury). Emergencies: Back. G. D. Innes (Canterbury); forward, W. MeNeight (Buller).

THE PLAY. isoutli kicked off into the wind and Clarko kicked high, giving the hall to his forwards, who carried it to the South lino. Bullock-Douglas .secured l'rom Kilby and dashed into, a ruck. A penalty cleared, but North returned to the aWuk, Lilburne avoiding Day and carrying on to the South goal. St cere narrowly missed a try and South forced down. Proctor i-ecurod Irom a line-out, but was tackled alter gaining a few yards. North attacked from :i scrum in mid-field but Caughev tumbled a bad pass after the bull had snapped crisply through the liveeighths. Hart came in from the blind side and the ball went the whole length of the backs in a pretty move-

raent, Proctor being grounded in Aorth territory. Simon went through trom a serum but was smothered and Collins Jacked to the line to clear for the North. South attacked hotly and a scrum near the line resulted in a valiant run by Hart, who was tackled near the line by Ball. An interchange ot passing between Kilby and Solomon took play to half way, where an infringement saved South. Connolly went down to a heavy North forward rush and the Blacks secured from the resultant serum. Lilburne missed-his pass and Oliver aud Day rushed tlir , oU S" in n promising dribbling rush l 'i r!!, rd,;lo W:ls Penalised for off-side pJuy. lho kick enabled North to take up an attacking position. Lilburne .cave the ball to Bullock-Douglas, who dashed for the line. From a scrum Kilby was held up a vard short of the line. Another scrum ensued and Kilbv and Lilburne worked the blind side, the latter passing to Bullock-Douglas ten yards out. The winger was tackled by Proctor, but wriggled free, to dive over lor a- good try in the corner. Collins failed to convert.

North. Island 3, South Island 0. Kilby passed to Lilburne, to Pollock, lrom a scrum in mid-field. The last-named short punted to a gap and Caughey lollowed through to bustle Oliver and Hart off the ball. The centre lacked through, but too hard, "u 4 ! ' uil went ilUo toueh-in-goal. lho North iorwards were securing the bail nio.-e frequently from the set scrums, and their backs were combining in some spectacular open plav. Kilby broke through from a "lineout, but Holder speculated well to clear. Caughey, bustled with the ball, kicked, which took play to tho South line. South 'bad an anxious moment when Connolly's clearing kick was charged down. Holder, however secured and cleared. Pollock obtained in looso play and Lilburne threw out a long pass over the heads of the backs. Ball caught neatly and swerved through, transferring to Caughey, who passed a low one to Solomon. The Auckland man took tho ball magnificently and scored in the corner. Collins failed with the kick.

North Island 6, South Island 0. ' Within a minute the .North bucks got going again, when Palmer, a forward, opened up play for them. The ball went to Lilburne, to Caughey, who made a 'M yards run to Connolly he fore passing to Bullock-Doug-his. The winger, however, was well smothered by JI older and Oliver, and a spectacular movement was checked. Day, alter tackling Lilburne, kicked to the line and put South on attack. Purdue broke up an attempt by the North hacks to open up play again, and Mas and Cottrell joined in to carry the movement on to within five yards of the North goal line. There the forwards rallied in defence, hut the South pack secured, and Simon sent l>ay away on the open side. The Canterbury live-eighths flew through a gap, and it seemed a certain try until Caughey and Pollock brought him down two yards short of the line. McLean, Clarke, and Fiulaysou were prominent in a loose sortie, which took play hack to half-way, where Lilburne dashed round the blind side, took a pass from Kilby and ran right to Counollv before giving a beautiful pass to Ball. The latter fumbled unexpectedly, and a groat chance went abegging. The North forwards wore maintaining a supremacy in tight work, which was enabling their backs to have more than a lair share of the ball, and the South rearguard was having to break ur> assaults to allow them to initiate others on their own behalf. The next, try was a thrilling uiie. the movement pavinc ils way commencing at half-wav. McLean seen rod in a melee and, turning, threw out a verv lone; nass to his backs. The hall flashed in turn from Kilbv to Pollock, to Caii'_diey. to Mullock-Doug-las. The thrce-ouarters burst loth Connolly's and Proctor's tackles and went reross in the corner for a good try. Pollock failed to convert. North. Island 9, South Island 0. The South forwards were warming to their task, and shone in devastating loose rushes. Purdue and Max. were especially prominent, the latter making some brilliant openings. The North backs were proving much too good, and the South's efforts to open up the same were fruitless. Suddenly _ Pollock heat Holder and Oliver in North territory, and after a jinkv run sent Caughey .and Bullock-Douglas away. Caughey ran to Connolly and sent out a good' pass to the YVaiiganui threequarters. Bullock-Douglas made n<> mistake in takimr the "pass, and raced the final 30 yards unopposed to rUu rmht round behind the posts. I ollock converted, and half-time came immediately with the scores:---

North Island 14, South Island 0. Metcalfe secured from the kick-oif and made a determined rush into the faco of the North forwards, but North scored almost immediately. I aliftor broke ricdit away from a tightlypucked informal'scrum on the South 25 line, and there was nobody to tackle him until he reached Connolly. Stcere dashed up on the blind side to take a good pass ami to charge across for an easy try. Pollock's lack Vailed. North Island 17, South Island 0. Max. Purdue. Holder,- and Hoare broke awavy but a good movement was bpoTTed bv a pass which went astray at a critical juncture. Ball snapped up and dashed down the line bofor© pas<in" to Clarke, who in turn passed to Mclean. The hi? Wellington forward scored easily. Kilby missed --c kick. North Island 20, South Island 0. The South defence was demoralised and North, openiug up the game at every possible opportunity, made no race of it. >"or the next score there was not a South back in position when Solomon, joining in with his backs, ran 50 yards dowtirteld to Connolly, and took his time over a pass to BulloekDoiu'lus. who ran tho last 30 yards with" no South man in sight. McLean converted. North Island 25, South Island 0. South, aparently Btung by the succession of reverses, at last showed a taste of what was expected ot them, and as a result, scored a magnificent try' Simon sent Day away on the open side, and Day gave Oliver room in which to work. Ho made lull use of it badly heating Caughey ana Pollock to run deep into North territory, where he sent Hart a good pass. The Caiiterburv winger showed a spectacular burst of speed to leave the opposition standing and score m t-o corner. Holder converted with a sensational kick from the side-line.

North Island 25, South Island 5. Vortli were penalised at half way, «,& Connolly kicked a veiy high bah to the centre of the field. The South forwards followed the kick very fast and swept the defence aside to dribble the ball over the goal line under the posts. There was a great scramble foi: position before Andrews shot clear over two prostrate men to score Holder converted. Andrews was hurt in scoring and left the field, being replaced by AlcNeight, of Bulks*.

North Island 25, South Island 10. South hooked from a scrum, but Simon was slow on the pass The ball returned to the scrum, and Kilby sent his back* away smartly right along the line of travel to Caughey, who beat Holder and had Ball outside him. H<-> tried to beat Connolly himself, but the South Canterbury full-hack brought the centre down with a fine Hying tackle South rallied to clear momentarily NVith North attacking hotly a<min a pass from Caughey to BullockDouglas went astray, and Proctor, picking up, ran 40 yards before he was tackled from behind, and the ball went out at half-way., Satherley broke

away whan a South rearguard rush broke down, and he and McLean had a double inter-change of passing until McLean received and ran across the goal line. The last pass had been forward, however, and Hart's efforts 10 Btop a try had been successful, triay swung right to the other end or ue field, when Collins was beaten by the bounce of a kick by Proctor and the South forwards enabled a strong attacking position to be taken up. A penalty to North relieved. North were soon after awarded a penalty just outside the South twenty-five Imo when Metcalfe went down on tlie ball to stop a rusju initiated bv Caughey, and did not get off it quickly enough. McLean s kick, however, went outside the posts. Strenuous plav in South territory ensued, and the packs, now playing all out, fought a hard battle on the offensive and defensive. From a scrum on the line Kilby secured, but was smothered by Metcalfe, who gamed valuable ground. Day cleared ngrit to half v.-av with a good lmo kick, giving South their first respite lor ten minutes. South had a chance wlucli was spoiled bv Dav giving a weak pass to Oliver, aiid the ball was given to the forwards again at half way. Day short punted, and he and Oliver went right through, the latter trying to speculate. Collins secured and gamed -10 vards with a lino kick, putting North on attack once again. Lilburne, instead of passing, turned and iouiici the line four yards from the Soutn goal line. From the line-out kilby sent Lilburne away, and all the backs handled. Caughey, tackled by Oliver and Holder, throwing out a high pass over Proctor's ,head to Bullock-Doug-las. The three-iiuartor took the ball well to race across for his fifth try. McLean missed an easy shot at goal. North Island 28, South Island 10. Cottrell was prominent in a solo dash from his own twenty-five line to past hallway, but there was nobody m support. The North forwards rallied round Collins, who had stemmed the rush, and with play in neutral territory the game ended with th© scores: Mr A. B. Rowlands (South Cauterburv) was the referee.

PREVIOUS MATCHES. The rusaltp of inter-lslund matches to date have been <is follows:--1597, at Wellington— North won, 10 - 3. 190*2, at Wellington-South won, -JO —ll. 1903, at Auckland--South von, 12— o. J904, at Dunedin —Drawn, 3-3. 1905, at Wollinytoiir-North \\«ui, 2(] - 0. 1900, at Wellington—North won, 9 -•-o. 1907, at (Jhristchureh—North won, 11—0. 1!'08, at 'Wellington— North "on. L2 ISO 9, at Wellington —South wen, 19—11. 1910, at Obristehureh—South won, 14--10. 1911., at Wellington—North won. 19 —9. 1912, at Napier—Nor tit won. 12— 8. 10111, at (.■hvistehurch- South won, 2j-0. 1914, ut Wellington--South v.mi. 8 --0. 1919, nt Wellington--North von, 28 ■-•!]. 19-20, at Wellington - North hcu, I*2 —3. Iy2l, fit ChiUtiduiich—North v. on, -'3-13. 11/22, at Auckland- South won. !)-• 8. 1923. Nt "Wellington -Drawn. 0 —l>. 192 J, .u Wellington- North wmi. 3'.) ft. I') 2-'). :\i N'oj-th v. or, if.;—o. 1920. at Wellington-■ North » ( ,n. <IL 9. _ "192". ut. Wellington—South won. 111. —BO. 192-v at (•livi-tc'liuri'-h- South ».jii, L o —l4. 1929. at Wellington— North won. 2:"' --20. 1931. :H \VeHins4r.u-Drawn. •_'<»—2o. 1032, :>r C'hripteliuj-eli-■Ni-i'th won. 23 10. ' Ol the 27 niatche.-, played the North I.oaml has won 1.1 ami the Ninth h !:• nd nine, and throe have been drawn.

TEAMS ENTERTAIN Kl). Ilei.iv ibr member* "l the .Vu'tli Island tcaci left for their liomoj on StiTuvday night's lorry steamer, they, together with the South Imluihl team and officials were the quests at a dinner at (Joker's Hotel. Mr A. .E. McWinil. ot the Caiiiorhurv Ihigby l;nio\t, t>rosi«lod ami welcomed tlie visitor.-, on behall of hi.s IJuiij-i). Tlie toast ui' the winning side was proposed i>y (J. .). Oliver, tho South I-land captain, and V. Ivilby, captuin of tlie Nortli Island, responded before proposing the toast of the lo,ser*. Mr \V. .). Wallace, umnage'r for tho leant goitiy; to Australia, proposed the toast of ''The .'Referee,' 5 Mr A. B. of fckiutli Canterbury, whe T'esponded. At tlte dinner in the official party were Mr S. S. Dean, chairman of tho Management Committee of the Now Zealand Hugby Union, Mr E. McKeuzie and Mr A. McDonald, the New Zealand selectors, Mr W. J. Wallace, Mr S. Wilson, and other members of Uie Canterbury IJtigby Union.

PENINSULA SUB-UNION. The Poiiiiisulu ijub-Unioli's tij.-;i. seven-t*-sido tournament was lield at Duvaticholle oil Friday. The Springvalo Senior Cup was won by Akaroa and th>i Tipperary Junior Cup by Akaroa D. 'J'he rosuH of iLe individual matchta was_ as follows : ■•• SKKIOKS. j ; 'irst Bound. Byes- Akaioa, A, Little Kiver, Akaa'.a B> United A, Port Levy B, Eastern Bays B. United B. Kastern Bays A ti, t'ort Levy A •'. Second Round. Akaioa A 'J, Little 1 liver 5. United A 18, Akaroa B 0. Eastern Bays B 3, Port Lew B 0. Eastern Bays A 11, United B 0. Semi-final. Akaroa A 5, United A 0. Eastern Bays A 11, Eastern Bays B 0. Final. Aiiaion A u, Eastern Bays A o. j unions. Akatoa B b", Little Kivor U. Akaroa A G. United S. Final. Akaroa- B 0, Akaroa A 0. The senior team was: E. A. iltokb, .ft. T. Masefield, C. M. C. Wilson, h. H. Harrington, J. X. Ferguson, O. G. Eves, and 11. Navbey. The junior team was: W. Tainui, R. Pmiker, ,T. MoKabb, V. L. Brocherie, A. L. Hammond, J. Carlisle, and T. IT. Suncliell.

ALL BLACKS CHOSEN. AUSTRALIAN TOUR. FOUR CANTERBURY MEN INCLUDED. The following team has been selected to represent New Zealand for the Australian tour, to commence this month:— Full-back: ■I. Collins (Taranakii. Three-quarters: (j. i\ Hart (Canterbury), T. C. Oaughev ('Auckland), E. Holder (Buller), A. C. Proctor (Otago), T>\ BullockDouglas (Wanganui), K. N. Williams (Hawke's Bay). Five-eighths: 11. It. Pollock (Wellington). IT. T. Lilburne (Wellington), C. 1). Innes (Canterbury). Half-backs: F. 11. Kilby (Wellington V M. Corner (.Aucklandi. Forwards: J". J'loro (Otago), A. I. CotUoll (Canterbury), K. A. Jessep (WellingE.'Palmer (Auckland), 11. V. McLean (Wellington), J. K. Manchester (Canterbury), D. Max (Nelson), E. If. C. Steere (Hawke's Bav\ F. Solomon (Auckland), T. C. Metcalfe (Southland), G. W. Purdue ('Southland), P. Clarke. (Taranaki), 15. Barry (Wellington). The above tram was chosen bv the selectors on Saturday, after the interIsland fixturo at Lancaster Park. Messrs 15. McKcnzio (the North Island selector) and A. McDonald (the South Island selector) watched the game. Of the 25 players chosen, P.. N. Williams, G. D. Innes, M. Corner, and E. Barry did not play in the North v. South match, although Innes and Barry were chosen as emergencies. The chairman of the Selection Committee, Mr S. R. Dean, who is also chairman of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Bugby Union, said, after the selection, that all the players chosen had signified that they were availnble. Tt was thought by many that Lilburne was not available, but on Saturday that pluyer announced that such was not the ease. Williams is expected to have recovered from his injury this -week. Mr W. J. Wallace, a member of the l!K)o All Blacks, has already been appointed manager of the team for Australia, lie was in Ohristchun'b for Saturdav's match.

The learn -will, assemble in Wellington and leave for Australia on June 17th. Tli« tour opens with a match against New South Wales on June 25th. The following is the itinerary of the tour:— Saturday, June £oth—New South Wales, at Sydney. Wednesday, June -9th —Western I>istriets, at Orangp. Saturday, July 2ml—Australia (lirst Test), at Sydney. Wednesday, July 6th -New South Wales, at Sydney. Saturday, July 'Jth— at Urisbane. Wednesday. July l.'lrh ■ I'risbnne, at Brisbane. Saturday, July Kith —Australia (second Test., at Brisbane. Wednesday. July 20th—Darling Llowns, nt Tonwoomba. Saturday, July 2u'rd —Australia (third Test), at Sydney, Wednesday. July 27th—Vi.roria, at Melbourne. IN OTHER CENTRES.

'IMiiHS .'.SaO' I.UIO>' I'KI.Ki'.RAJiS.J aEW VLVMoITFT, June I. North TaruiniH results: Tulcupii :;, Star 0. Dili Boys M. Ktmlford ■'!. CVHic S. Clifton :;. iIAWEKA. Jim* i. (■'"iith Xnruiiiiki iohijHs: Ifapohga L'l, Athletic c. '>k»iiiwa 18, Opnmike ■'. I'tiloa So, Klthnni 0. V.'aiiiuiti- 16, fTuv.-eiii 11. wa::ga>:lh, jm,,. s. Kuicr.m U. JJarisl s. Pirutc!, G, Technical Old Bov? b\ Old Boys 13, h'atana C. WELLLVCTOX Juno P. KaKtbourii.« J6, Unit H. Wellington 15, Oriental !•. University 12. Miramar P. Old Boys -X, Berhampore :'.. DlfKI-ITiI.V. .I.ui.- fi. K'aifcoriii S», Southern <:. l)ni)C(lii) S. Zingari fi. Alhambra 1 i. Union ti. TaJeri 8, Pirates 7. The 'Var:-ity A iinrT B mat, h is <.,, i, t - p,aye<l iaior. RUGBY LEAGUE. RICCARTON'S GOOD FORM. Results:- - LiJiwooU 17, Riccarton 7. Addington 24, Sydenham o.

A \-tsvy eold east wind made rather unpleasant on Saturday, and interfered considerably with the play. At Sydenham Park Riccarton, at the bottom of the tabic. met Linwood, at the top. and for a good part of the first spell played *e if they would win. Later they faded, and Linwood had quite o fair win, though their effort was not up to standard. Addington took the lead early against Sydenham, their speed in the backs being a decided advantage, and they won by a big margin of points. Linwood still head tlie championship list, but have to meet Hornby in the next match, which will probably be the docider. Ju the first round the country team gave Linwood their only beating of tho seasou. Vollowing are the positions of the teams: — Oh. I*. W. L. Por. Agt. l'ts. Linvood . . ti •"» 1. 122 SI 10 Hornby . . « 1 'J K<7 74. . 8 Addington . . 7 ;s 4 123 101 f. Sydenham ..7 - .i 57 312 -t Riccarton ■ . . 6 L' 4 tiO 121 4 LINWOOD (17) v. RICCARTON (7). i'or their-clash on Saturday both Riccarton and Linwood wore below full strength Xv. Gillespie was missiug from Linwood, and \V. ilcCaw from lliecarton, who suffered a serious loss when Muir, their full-back, had to be carried off with a fractured ankle. The teams took the field as follows: Riccarton —W. Muir; O. Manson, F. Brownie, W. Murray; W. Wituell, C. Shackoi; A. Peddie; H. Vine, A. Thompson, D. Marshall, b'. Shackel, O. Crosado, W. Drury. Linwood— V. Jackson; R. Jorgensen, !F. Lynskey, C. Priest; F. Jlcrson; J. Kelly; A. lairman; Al Smith, G. Sharp, T. ilcCaushmd, V. Cluck. R. Ringdahl. On their first appearance at headquarters Riccarton did well, especially in the first halC, when they had the competition leaders on the run most of the time. They have 60iu* very good men, notably C. Shackel, who gave the best exhibition of five-eighth play seen this season. He has elean hands, runs straight, and is qtiick to find openings. However, his outside men were not good on attack, and gavo poor support. Brownie and Murray were the only ones who looked try-getters. The pack play well togetbxv, and can teach all the others tho proper fan lortnatiou when making an attack. Crosado was the most prominent, but all went very well. The team will be very hard to beat next season.

Of Liuwood it can b? said they played poorly, and only near the end did they look comfortable. There were few back rushes, and in these Merson almost* invariably made a mistake. Jorgensen's display was timid, while Jackson was subdued after the opposition had dumped him a few times. Fairman and Kelly were the best on attack, and saved the side repeatedly. J.imvood had the wind behind them in the first spoil, and were soon up for Jorgeosen. to get a rather lucky try by hard following-.

lie failed at goal. Smith and Alnir weninjured in subsequent play, the latter going off, and A. Monk coming on. Alauson went to full-back, Drury' to a wins, where he played quite well, and Monk into the pack, ] Riccarton had a slight advantage l'ov tho j rest of the spell, but their only score w» u ; penalty by Vino. At the start of the second spell the Reds played bo well that Linwood looked well | Loaten, but the effort was short-lived At . , '? r a rush Fairman worked tho blind _ side well to let' Priest over. Jorgeuscn missed.. The first good back effort followed soon after, sliding with Lynskey over in a corner. Again tho kick failed. Smith added a charautoristic trv in a loose ru=Ji. Tins tamo Jorgensen converted. It was left to Riccarton to score the next try. Urowme broke loose from a tackle, and went well upheld before he sent on to Murray, who held the ball after some juggling, and dashed in. Vine goaled. lu a last-minute- effort, /.jroens were in again for Smith to score beside post, the kick missing. The final s-'or.. Linwood 17. Riccarton 7 RoffcTCo: Mr J. K. Worrall. ADDINGTON (21) v, SYDENHAM (0). A scratch Addington side accounted for .Sydenham rather easily at Jerrold Street Boserve The Magpies were on top for most of the trams, but tho match was far from spectacular. There i« no doubt that Sydenham have dropped well below standard, and that a vast improvement, will have to bo shown if the. team expects to be successful in future matches. , „ , G. Falgar and L. Clotrg were the best o the Addington backs, wliile A. Townsend and 1' Klanasan were the most prominent in the forwards. For Sydenham. m thbacks M. Smith, and in the forwards Madden and Blacklcr, went well: From the kick-off Addington attacked, and being awarded a free kick Simpson opened tho score with a goal. Then Clegg scored after Falgar, "Ward, and Brownie had hanuiea. Townsend tben followed up a kick by 1-algar, and gaining possession, scored lor Olegg to goal. Falgar tlieu bent Brimble over but no try was ruled. However, a moment later ho finished off a passing nisn l>v scoring at the corner. Half-tmio then sounded with the score: Addington lb, Sydenham 0. , On resuming Hvdeuham attacked, ami a sure trv was lost when Bamberger sent out l-> wild "pass. Addington then assumed the offensive, and Clegg broke away and put in a good run beforo passing infield to 1 ownsend, who scored under the posts. Olegg converted. Townsond scored his third try when ho broke away in a loose rush to go over it tho corner, Clegg and Falgdr tlwn started n passing rush, which ended in Brimble going over at the corner. The final whistle Then sounded with the score: Addington 24, Sydenham ". JUNIOE GRADE. .Sydenham Linwood 0. » Addington JO, Woolston '■',. THIRD GRADE. YVaimairi 14. Ricearton ;:. Hornby 12, Linwood B 0. Linwood A 19, Sydenham :'.. FOURTH GRADE. I.inwood 10, Riccarton ;">. SIXTH GRADE. Hornby 30, Sydenham 0. SCHOOLBOYS' GRADE. .Sydenham B 9, Wairoairi O.f Sydenham A 8, Addington u. St. Joseph's B beat Linwood by default. .St. Joseph's A 3;i. Woolston 0. ENGLISH TEAM. NEW SOUTH WALES DEFEATED. EIGHTEEN POINTS TO FIVE. irKITKD PRKSS ASSOCIATION - -BY KLKC'IAtL J TTSr.TGr.iI'H —COPYRIGHT.) (Keceived June 6vh, o.j p.m-i SYDNEY. June 0. Although the English Rugby L.-aguo tei.m beat New South Wales by IS points to ."> yesterday, the game was keenly contested. The home team lost Kadwell early -owing to a broken leg, but gave the visitors .plenty of eNerciso, and put up a valiant fight right to the end. , The Australian Test team men tor Alonoiiy wero resting, and most of the Englishmen had not played here before.

The local players should have scored several times, but over-eagerness lost them points. In the first spell Sullivan opened the scoring with a penalty goal. Woods and Hndson got tries, Sullivan converting the hitter. At half-time the scores were: England 10, Jfew South Wales 0. On resuming the New South Wales team attacked vigorously, and P.' Williams, half- ; hack, kicked a penalty goal. _ Then Woods resumed scoring for Lapland ; with a try, which Sullivan converted* Hud- , sou also crossed again, 'but no goal resulted, j The home team pushed the attack in the ; final stages, but the English defence was , sound. Jn the last few ininuaes G. Williamscrossed the visitors' line, but the try was j not converted, and the game tmded: | England .. ■• ■■ ] ' Xew South Wale- - ■ 5 The weather was line, ;ind tin* attendance \v:is over o'U">o.''>. x TEAMS FOB. FIRST TEST MATCH. ll!.-«ei\ed June sth. 5.J ]>.ui) SYDNEY. June ">. The teams for the first Test match on Won- j day ore as follows: | KXGLAND. ; Full-back: . '. Sullivan (captain) Throe-quarters: \ Smith liuosdeu Atkinson Dinssila!c K'iahy ; "<"ijf to he ,omitted'! j Five-eighth: I Pollard ; ilali'-back: •■] Kvans j i'or wards: x'ceihaiii Uodgsou Horwit .•Siieotk , White Thompson AIiSTKALU. Kull-bacic: McMillan j . Three-quarter*: ' c. l-e.iv. Wis>sel Wilson r'ive-cighth: Xorman Half-bark: Gee Forward:-. l>,-i s I'i-arce Dempst y >n-inm>u l.iltl.- .Niaus.'l; i.c.-iptaiu) i ASSOCIATION. PETER DAWSON CUP. WESTLAND RETAIN" TROPHY. Tlie match between Westluiid and Canterbury for Hie Peter Dawson Cup, held at Creyraouth on Saturday, provided some exciting football, and there was a keen struggle before. Westlaud eventually won by 3 goals ,o - There was a large attendance and ,Ue wi:.U""«S e 'th. toss and pUyed with *™ open'-ng up well for Westland and he and o lern changed the direction of may. Westd scored ttrtt from a great movemer. when \nderson headed in and Malpass sen. n Westlaud 1. Canterbury 0 Soon atfar \nderson met a cross from the left and sen. in To the corner of the net. \\ «tland ->. Canterbury 0. Canterbury retaliated and Sutherland, centre-half, showed up in. some promi ng movements-. McMillan instdo feft scored with a fast and accurate and brought the scores to: V,estland 2, Canter bun.l. In quickly changing play Trotter McMillan, and Weils were showtng vp well for Canterbury, and there were several na.ow escapes on both sides Westlaud scored a-ain before half-time when Cowe "ossed I from u fait Coast attack and Tennanc headed ', through. i Westland U, Canterbury I. Canterbury again attacked early it._ihe second spc" and Trotter scored. Westland 3. Canterbury 3. Fas, and exc.tt.g play was the main feature of thu second half, and Cantci-burv tried in vain to equalise the score*. Westiatid showed some fine stamina and wee placing hard right up to the final u'iMle finishing strongly and successfully

withstanding the assaults on iu»ir «*■!. final -wore: — \Ve<t!an<i 3, C»n!erbur<r S. INTERPROVINCIAL MATCH. I OTAGO TEAM CHOSEN. i,i'UESS ASSOCUTIOS 1 T£L£G&U|.) DO'EDIX, Juu S. The following have b*en selected to 3»pi%font Otago in the English Football _Asaoc«%tiun Trophy match against Canter'stuy ea Satxirtlay next:—3lcDoug*ll, Tayior, Aadterfon, Gordon, Brown," Ctitpaon, Doaoaa, Me Hugh, Hooper, ITcCorznaek. Balk. Eemgcncics: M»rtin, A; Sutherland. Cope. ■ IN OTHER CENTRES. (.tBESj ASSUCIATHMt lIlUMtm.) DIiSiSDIX, J«*« •» J ilussiel 4, Port Chalmers 3, ! Seaoiiffi 3, ATorKington. 0. ! Old Boys 9, Technical 2. Maori Hill. 6, Northern 3. ■WELI4XGTOX. Jaiwe ft. Swifts 4. Marist 0. ' i Waterside 5. Diamonds 3. i Petono 2, Jjower Hutt 0. ! Hosi-ital Seatonn I.