ALL BLACK TRIALS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 208, 31 May 1935, Page 13

ALL BLACK TRIALS

Two South Island Teams Selected NEXT WEEK’S GAME Following the playing of the South Island group trials in Dunedin and Nelson, the selection committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union, Messrs. E. McKenzie, V. R. Meredith, A. A. Adams and W. Pearson, has made a choice of thirty-four players for the final South Island trial, which will be played in Christchurch to-morrow week. As has been the case in some of the group trials already played, prominent candidates, who are expected to appear in one or other of the two New Zealand trials, have been omitted from the South Island match. Three All Blacks in J. Manchester and G. Hart, of Canterbury, and G. Purdue, of Southland, all of whom played in the group game at Dunedin, are not included in the South Island Possible and Probables game, and neither is Don Max, of Nelson, though the family is represented by his brother. The two teams, announced by the chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union, Mr. S. S. Dean, are as follow: — POSSIBLES. Full-back.—G. Gilbert (West Coast). Three-quarters.—J. Watt (Otago), C. J. Oliver (Canterbury), T. Morrison (South Canterbury). Five-eighths.—O. Lunn (Golden BayMotueka), D.-Lane (Marlborough). Half-back. —H. Simon (Otago). Forwards. —L. George (Southland), J. Hove (Otago), G. Adkins ('South Canterbury). H. Deavoll (Canterbury), L. Max (Nelson), J. Best (Marlborough). L. Niven (Otago), W. McNeight (West Coast). PROBABLES. Full-back. —T. Nolan (Canterbury). Three-quarters.—E. Holder (Buller), N. Mitchell (Southland), R. Busch ('Nelson). Five-eighths.—<K. Mortlock (Canterbury), G. Gaffaney (South Canterbury). Half-back. —M. Davidson (West Coast). Forwards. —O. Hattersley (Canterbury), G., Orman (Buller), C. Lovell (Marlborough), F. Green, (Otago), F. Vorrath (Otago), R. King (West Coast), G. Giddings (South Canterbury), T. Metcalfe (Southland). Emergencies for both, teams. —Baeks: C. iSaxon (Otago), T. Trevathan (Otego). Forwards: E. McKenzie (Ashburton), R. Seaton (South Canterbury). LAMBOURN OUT Replaced by Ongley, of Poneke Although. A. iLanibouru, the Petone. Wellington and, All Black hooker, has made an excellent recovery from the injury to his left knee sustained, two weeks ago. he did not feel justified ,in> participating in. the trial match between Wellington and Wairarapa and Wangauui-Taranaki-Horowhenua and Manawatu, at Wanganui, and he notified, the Wellington selector, Mr. M. F. Nicholls, accordingly. Lamibourn’s place will be taken by C. M. Ongley, who has been playing particularly well in the middle of the front row for Poneke since Crichton dropped out of the team through injuries. Mr. Nicholls invited J. Wells, of Athletic, to play, but Wells bad to decline. He suffered an injury to an eye last Saturday, and has not yet recovered sufficiently to .participate in a trial game. Lamhourn may Ibe given a chance in a later trial match. HAWKE’S BAY-EAST QOAST By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hastings, May 30. The combined Hawke's Bay team to play a Poverty Bay, East Coast, and Bay of Plenty side in an All Black trial game on June 6 is as follows:—Full-back, Udy (Bush); three-quarters, C. Smith, Tremewan, and Aspey (all Hawke's Bay) ; five-eighths, C. Le Quesne (Hawke’s Bay) and McSherry (Bush) ; half, Clothier (Hawke’s Bay) ; forwards, back row, Rolls (Hawke’s Bay) ; second row, Mahoney (Bush), Reid (Hawke’s Bay), Miller (Hawke’s Bay), and Mataira (Hawke’s Bay) ; front row, Olhver (Bush), Dalton (Hawke’s Bay), and Mitchell (Bush). Emergencies: Forward, Harvey (Bush) ; backs, Harris (Bush) and Bradley (Hawke’s Bay). The referee will be Mr. Gilchrist, of Gisborne. HAWKE’S BAY-BUSH Preliminary f to Trial Match By Telegraph.—Pres.. Association Hastings, May 30. In a preliminary match to next week’s All Black trial, Hawke’s Bay to-day defeated Bush by 34 points to 16. At halftime the score favoured Hawke’s Bay by 26 points to 6. Hawke’s Bay scored with surprising rapidity in the first half, when they had the assistance of a fairly strong breeze, and frequently started off movements in their own twenty-five from the kick off which elided with tries. Bush

rallied toward the end of the spell and scored two unconverted tries. The story was different in the second half, when Bush, winning a good proportion of the scrums and lineouts, kept the Hawke’s Bay enterprise in check aud more often than not were on the attack. Scorers for Hawke’s Bay were Apsey (3), Tremcwan (2), Le Quesne, Hannigan and Donovan (tries), and Bradley (five conversions) ; for Bush, Harvey, Mitchell, Harris, McSherry (trie* 9 ) and R. Mills (one conversion).