ISLAND MATCH

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31767, 26 August 1968, Page 22

ISLAND MATCH

North And South XVs

The selection of the injured P. K. Hatchwell (Canterbury) and the 21-year-old Mid-Can-terbury player, J. W. Greenslade, as wings are the surprises of the South Island Rugby team announced at the week-end. ' The features of the North Island team are the return of M. A. Herewini (Auckland); the naming of the voung North Auckland flanker, B. Holmes; and the pairing of the test centres, G. S. Thorne (Auckland) and W. L. Davis (Hawke’s Bay), with Davis as second five-eighths. B. L. Going must have also gone very close to selection and, consequently, a share ! n a New Zealand record. Three brothers have never appeared for an island team, let alone in the same side. South Island.—W. F. McCormick: P. K. Hatchwell (Canterbury), A. L. Mowat (Marlborough). J. W. Greenslade (Mid-Canterbury). W. D. Cottrell (Canterbury), E. W. Kirton (Otago); C. R. Laidlaw; I. A. Kirkpatrick; A. J. Wyllie, J. F. Burns (Canterbury). A. B. Sutherland (Marlborough), T. N. Lister (South Canterbury); A. E. Hopkinson (Canterbury), J. K. Mcßae (Southland), A. J Kreft (Otago). Reserves.—Backs: L. J. Davis (Canterbury), N. M. Avery (Marlborough). Forwards: K. I. Milne (South Canterbury), W. W. Townsend (Otago).

Worth Island.—K. T. Going (North Auckland); 0. G. Stephens (Wellington), G. S. Thorne (Auckland). M. WO'Callagban (Manawatu); W. L. Davis (Hawke’s Bay), M. A. Herewini (Auckland); S. M. Going (North Auckland); B. J. Lochore (Wairarapa); K. R. Tremain (Hawke’s Bay), C. E. Meads (King Country). S. C. Strahan (Manawatu). B. Holmes (North Auckland); B. L. Muller (Taranaki), B. -E. McLeod (Counties), K. F. Gray (Wellington).

Reserves.—Backs I. N. Stevens (Wellington), B. L. Going (North Auckland). Forwards: T. M. McCashin (Horowhenua), A. E. Smith (Taranaki).