RUGBY LEAGUE TOUR
Australian Team Chosen VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND (Received August 27, 11.30 p.m.) Sydney, August 27. The following Rugby League team has been chosen for the tour of New Zealand: — Full-backs: J. Whittle (Queensland) and L. Ward. Three-quarters: R. Hines, H. Robinson (Queensland), R. McKinnon, W. Mahon (Queensland), D. Brown. Five-eighth: V. Hey (Queensland), Half-backs: F. Gilbert (Queensland), V. Thieknesse.
Forwards: M. Shields, P. Falrall, F. Curran. H. Bichel (Queensland), R. Stehr, J. Gibbs, S. Pearce, E. Lewis, W. Prigg, E. Collins (Queensland). All except the Queensland players are from New South Wales. The Board of Control to-night decided that the financial arrangements with New Zealand will be on a fiftyfifty basis. The team will leave Sydney by the Monterey on September 18, and will return on October 10. Dave Brown will be captain and V. Hey vicecaptain. The itinerary is: September 21, v. Auckland at Auckland; September 25, v. combined team at Wellington; September 28, v. New Zealand at Auckland ; October 2, match at Auckland or vicinity; October 5, v. New Zealand at Auckland.
October 9, match at Auckland or vicinity.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 284, 28 August 1935, Page 9
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