Player makes N.Z. team

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34133, 21 April 1976, Page 16

Player makes N.Z. team

Murray Irwin (Cashmere High School), who missed selection for the Canterbury secondary ■ schoolboys’ water polo team, is one of six players from the province chosen for the national team. Irwin played in goal for a composite team over Easter at the national tournament in Wellington, the team including players from areas without teams at the tournament. The other Canterbury players chosen were Matt Lewis — selected for the third time — Chris Lewis, Derek Ferigo (all Christchurch Boys’ High School), John Davie (Burnside) and Eddy Smulders (St Thomas’s! College). The other six players to I travel to Victoria and New South Wales, to compete ini the annual “test” series against New South Wales 1 Combined High School, are | from 'Wellington. They are!

■ Grahame Duffy fcaptain), jPaul Dyson, Keith Brodie ,;Gary McCardle. Stephen I Williams and Chris Jarvis. Paul O’Reilly, last vear ■- captain, was unavailable. : Three other Canterbury 'were chosen for the trial (from which the team was chosen. They were David (Clarke (Shirley 8.H.5.), Steven Wakefield (Christchurch 8.H.5.) and the youngest in the side, John Koens (Papanui High School). Wellington won the tournament for the seventh successive year, and again Canterbury was its strongest opponent. The home side seemed set for a crushing victory, when it led 11-1 at three-quarters time, with the Canterbury team unable to handle the experienced and skilled top plavers — Dyson (Duffy and O’Reilly. i However, with Dvson and I O’Reilly fouled out, Canterbury fought back in the final iquarter and drew up to 7-11. I In its earlier games. Canterbury beat Bav of ! Plenty. 12-5: Wairarapa 23-2. i the composite team 17-2,