OTAGO SIDE NAMED

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30190, 23 July 1963, Page 22

OTAGO SIDE NAMED

(N.Z. Press Association) DUNEDIN, July 22. Three changes have been made in the Otago Rugby team to play the New Zealand Maori side at Dunedin on July 31 from that which beat England at Carisbrook last May. W. A. Davies, who could not play against England because of injury, returns to She side in place of M. J. Whyte, at second five-eighiths. W. J. McAuley comes m to replace D. H. Montgomery on one wing.

Montgomery has been on the injured list and is an emergency for the match. The other change is id the forwards where L. A. Scherp comes into the pack in place of G. T. McLennan, who was not available. The team is:

Backs.—E. S. Diack, W. J. McAuley. I. S. T. Smith, P. J. Morrissey, W. A. Davies, E. W. Kirton, C. R. Laidlaw. Forwards.—C. F. Clark, B. Duncan, J. F. Anderson, L. A. Scherp, H. Morrison, M. C. Meikle, D. W. Clark, K. A. Nelson.

Emergencies.—O. Colloty. D. H. Montgomery, S. R. Inglis, K. Smith, J, G. Flannery, A. R. Barker.

Clarke Not Retiring

(N.Z. Press Association) WANGANUI. July 22. Footballers generally retire too early, the AU Black fullback, D. Clarke, said in Wanganui today. “In many cases, of course, players have commitments that do not allow them to continue playing and in those cases it would be unwise for them to do so,” Clarke said. “But there are a lot of players who give the game up when they are 28 and reaching their peak. “I have) no plans for retirement and I have my wife’s blessing to make that statement,” he said. View On Training

Clarke, who was accompanied py Mr A. Lydiard, said 90 per cent of Rugby players could improve their play if they had a better approach to training. The two men said that training should be carried out through the week and that players should have five to 10-minute warm-ups before the match.

Training should start early, before the season, but should be along the correct lines. They did not approve of cold showers after a match and considered massage Mier a match “old fashioned.”