Selector's Views
r THE convener of the New Zealand AH Black selection panel, Mr N. J. McPhail, would not forecast a winner for today’s game when he was approached this week. However, he was prepared to agree that a win for Canterbury was certainly not beyond the realms of possibility. "I have great faith in Canterbury and think that the team will rise to the occasion,” he said. However, he added, a team could still
rise to the occasion and be beaten. “Possibly Canterbury is not so strong in name players as it was in 1956 but knowing the tradition of Canterbury aind the fact that its record shows that it can rise to the occasion, I think it could win. A lot would depend on the knowledge that the forward selector (Mr R. H. Duff) could install in his players and whether or not they could get enough good ball to their backs.”
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30811, 24 July 1965, Page 11
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154Selector's Views Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30811, 24 July 1965, Page 11
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