COMMENTARY ON

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COMMENTARY ON

Quick th p ki^^ e^®® eri y ale M. another 15 yards daring

Linwood line kick, just after it had crossed x the touch-line. Seefeg he had neither support ; Mor opposition elose to mm* foe bowled the ball 5 yards into the

. field of Play, asoped'R ®P and mad* about jSdTwttb a quick tin* kick. Henderson s play this season has been M impressive that it warrant* his Inclusion In th* Canter* bury fpiming squad. * ■ lie former Otago full-back. > C, M«ry. Cave a polished display against Belfast He played in rwisitinna

three positions. -. full-back, centre: and second five-' eighths during the kame. He looked most accomplished in - each t position,' scoring two good tries at centre. As * utility back i he would be very useful in the Canterbury team. 1

★ I* o*l looked an enterprising first five-eighths for Techni-Ml-Shirlay in the first few - minutes against Marist. A jinking run took him through half the Marist side, but apart from ♦hit solitary burst Quirk was strangely subdued.

Against New Zealand Universities, W. F. MeCermfcK Played a brilliant game. His catching of • the ball under

| pressure was parI ticularly good. Against Merivale he gave another outstanding display, during I'which his ability a tackler Was i high-lighted. In [the movement in which B. Robert|son scored Meri.vale’s only" try.

McCormick came across very quickly ana was in position to toekle three of the attacking side. BsJotjced two into passing and had Bptetson te a tackle when be dived over the goal-fine.

is stui one of the best front

young and .fairly little slower, he continues to revel in th e tight play, where his

driving pud rushthe* r iwlH.+' Ve^l_i?v^ 0 , controlled * Technical - Shirley unobtrusive but Performance. There was little that escaped his. ate fl V€ ? partiBan apechii dechioK. n ° faUlt Wftb