League Team Unchanged

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32287, 4 May 1970, Page 26

League Team Unchanged

The Canterbury Rugby league team to play against New South Wales Country at the Show Grounds on Wednesday will be the same as that which lost, 13-18 to Wellington last month.

However, B. Jager (Hornby) has been reinstated to the training squad and will be an addition to the reserves. Jager, who has played seven matches for Canterbury in the last two seasons, has represented Southern Zone and a South Island XIII, and toured New South Wales with the New Zealand under-23 team last season.

The convener of the Canterbury selection panel (Mr E. Butts) said last evening that the 1969 Kiwi wing, M. P. Brereton (Marist-Western Suburbs), had been ruled ineligible for Wednesday’s match.

Brereton made his debut for Marist-Western Suburbs against Addington on Satur-

day, impressing with his attacking play in the centres. His transfer from the West Coast has yet to be officially approved by the New Zealand council, so that he will not be able to play for Canterbury until the provincial Board of Control receives notification of this. Canterbury Team The team is:

B. Williams (ChristchurchEastern Suburbs); S. Wilks (Addington), D. D. Martin (Papanui), I. L. Dalzell (Hornby), S. Dunn (Papanui); i J. G. Clarke (Papanui. captain), G. R. Cooksley (ChristchurchEastern Suburbs); J. G. Greengrass (Linwood), R. J. A. MacKenzie (Marist-Western Suburbs), R. G. Thorpe (Linwood); J. L. White (Addington, vicecaptain) K. G. Walker (Papanui); R. S. Walker (Papanui). The reserves are: T. Jones (Hornby), Jager and K. Wakelin (Papanui). Several Kiwi players—including the backs F. R. Christian and G. J.' Woollard and the forward E. D. Wiggs—have been dropped in the selection of the Auckland league team to play New South Wales Country at Carlaw Park next Saturday, reports the Press Association. A feature of the selection by Messrs R. J. Cranch, N. L. Denton, and D. A. Barchard (convener) is the inclusion of the young Otahuhu centre, P.

Matete, and two other Maori players, E. Heatley and R. Williams. in the second row. The team will be led by G. Dick, player-coach with Mount Albert, who will take a prop position. Auckland Team The team is:— Full-back, J. Young (Ellerslie); wjngs, R. A. A. Mincham (Glenora), J. Dagg (Mt Albert), centres P. Matete (Otahuhu). B. Lowther (Richmond); standoff half. R. W. Bailey (Ponsonby); scrum-half, E. M. Carson (Glenora); props. H. Tatana (Mt Albert), G. Dick .Mt Albert); hooker, L. S. Morgan (Mt Albert); second row, E Heatley (Otahuhu), R. Williams (Richmond); loose forward, A. P. Kriletich (Marlst). Cost Of Teacher Training. —The cost of lengthening teacher training in the 10 years from 1966 to 1975 will be s39m, and the cost of introducing the 1:35 staff-pupil ratio up to 1975 will be $32.4m, according to the Minister of Education (Mr Talboys).—Palmerston North. May 3.