RUGBY FOOTBALL CANTERBURY ON TOUR

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27733, 10 August 1955, Page 3

RUGBY FOOTBALL CANTERBURY ON TOUR

Opening Game Today At Wanganui GROUND DRYING = WELL 5 (From Our Own Reporter) WANGANUI, August 9. j The seventeenth match between Canterbury and Wanganui and the first 1 match of Canterbury’s northenj tour < will be played tomorrow* on a ground ] that at present allows fast, open Rugby. ] Canterbury has a good record against ' Wanganui—it has won 14 of the 16 | matches played. Canterbury lost in i 1904. by five points to nil, and in 1948 < by 22 points to 8. Both these matches ] were played at Christchurch. ' Last year, in its bid for the Ran- . furly Shield, Wanganui failed by only s four joints to beat Canterbury, the i match ending 17-13. « Canterbury will field a very strong ’ back line tomorrow. The pack has ’ been altered considerably by injuries 1 I and the inability of some of the players ito be present for the first match. S. : |F. Hill and R..H. Duff, Canterbury’s : I hopes in the line-outs, will not join j the team until August 12 at Welling- , ton, and their absence from the forwards will probably be. felt tomorrow. : !• Other notable absentees are N. 1 Roberts and E. Bullmore, who were ' ; injured in the Christchurch-High : i School Old Boys match last Saturday. ' Bullmore is on tour with the team, but : will not play tomorrow. J. Stewart - is another who will not join the team .until Friday. K. F. Meates did not travel north last evening, but will fly to Wanganui for tomorrow’s game. In the backs, B. Wood will be playing his second game for Canterbury. His first match was against Buller earlier this year. He replaces J. Hotop, (who was picked for the tour but was [unavailable. i F. McGuigap, the captain of the Wanganui team, will be remembered !by Canterbury enthusiasts as a former 'Christchurch club and Country lock 'forward of a few years ago. He captains a \well-knit side, which should i provide Canterbury with plenty of (opposition. J. Karatau, the Wanganui hooker, should have a keen duel with D. Young. Karatau was selected as the North Island’s second string to the All Black hooker, R. C. Hemi, in the inter-island match this year. v There has been considerable rain in the district during the last few weeks, but the ground at Spriggins Park has dried well, and if no further rains falls, should be in excellent order tomorrow. The Canterbury team trained at the ground this afternoon. The following are the teams:— Canterbury.—K- C. Stuart; A. E. G. Elsom, C. A. McDonald, R. M. Smith; A. W. McPherson, B. Wood; P. B. Vincent (captain); R. Moffat; H. Burry. N. Teague, K. F. Meates, J. Buxton; E. Hern, D. Young, J. Staines. Wanganui.—D. Mander; M. Chase, A. Webby? C. Crimp; R. Northin, D. Glehgarry; G. Downs; J. McKnight; R. Crawshaw, F. McGuigan (captain), T. Oldfield, D. Stewart; W. W. Williams, J. Karatau, R. Carroll. MALVERN SUB-UNION The following will represent Malvern against Canterbury Maoris at Sheffield on, Saturday, August 13:— juniors, at 1.30 p.m.—D. Adams, E. Elstob, M. Faulklte*. Don Mitchell, G-. Loe, J. Gunn (captain), R. Moore, S. Clucas, S. Adams. J. Shuttleworth, C. Adams, Pave Mitchell. M. Battersby, D, Wild, H. Joyce. Reserves: R. Redmond,.®. Irvine, J. Feast. S. Cooney. P. Adams, K. Ford, M. Calder. Seniors, 3 p.m._A. Bringans, K. Fowler, H. Mitchell, R. Churton, B. Tutton, H. Calder, P. Reardon, P. Jebson (captain), S. Mitchell, T. Brankin, B. Clinton, M. - Dods, A. Locker, M. Breton, R. Mitchell, Reserves: G. Edge, N. Milne, B. Mitchell, E. Henderson.