Drayton Moved To Forwards
■rare* Riwm dreppe* •»* P*»tt'*"*J chans** hav* be*" m*d* th* Cantarbwry "“O’ Laaaa* Mam which will pin* Wallingtan at W*lllngt*n an July 2. Th* wing. C. C. L reec tJ S) r u-'iSJAAT'-vs; that played Wert Co*rt in Rothman* tournament Ona* at Chrlrtchurch on Jun* 11. Their replacemenu are r. vSmith (Martrt). B. (Kalapoil, and D. W. Moore (Hornby). AH have SP*”"* for th* province thi* **a*on. Th* team to:— Smith; A. N. Amer <P»P an “ 1 . ) .- B. W. Langton (Hornby), williams. E. Kereopa (Unwood): R. A. Neiman (Hornby), G. H. Clark* (Papanui, vlce-captaln), J. L. Whit* (Addtorton): I. T. Drayton (Hornby), M. « “’J 1 (Martot); J. H. Fisher (Addington, captain). W. P. Noonan (Ldnwbod), Moor*. Th* reserves ar* G. J. Ro**”’ owskl (Linwood) and G. J. Abercrombie (Linwood). The mo»t aurprlalng f«»‘“r* of th* team 1* th* moving of Drayton from full-back where he has been tn particularly good form this season. His defence ha* been outstanding and bls running strong. Poswlbly the selectors (Meeers D. L. Blanchard E. Butt* and R. K. Andrews) have decided that Drayton's powerful runs would be the anawer to Canterbury'* immobile forward problem. Smith played quit* well at fuiH-back earlier in the season but his beet performance was at stand-off half against Auckland.
Neiman'* defence m»y net t, e strong enough to contain We|. Hngton’s former Kiwi. G j Woolcard. Amer, ha* been moved back to the whig and WKMams madhds only other appearance-, agalnrt Menawatu—at atanc ott half. The change would undoubtedly »uM the players f„ r they have been returned t 0 their dub portions. Ftoher. who captained Canter, bury against Auckland late last season, was th* logical chn ce a* captain in succession to p M V. White (Addington), whj has now moved to Wellington. Training at Shew Grounds. Sunday, Jun* 24. 10 a.tn.—Advt
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31091, 21 June 1966, Page 16
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