ALL BLACKS FOR THIRD TEST

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 65, 14 September 1923, Page 10

ALL BLACKS FOR THIRD TEST

companying temptations was useless, the selectors added. The controllers of the game have taken notice. After all, tomorrow's game is a. Test, although it has no bearing upon possession of the "Ashes."- -And then, the future, with its important events, has to be studied. It was deemed advisable therefore, to assemble the third Test team for a course of training prior to the match. Eastbourne.was the chosen locality, and since Tuesday afternoon the players have been in quarters at the seaside resort with' Mr. A. J. Griffiths, who managed and coached the first and second Test teams, in charge, and Mr Jim- Taylor in attendance as masseur and;Ji[r. "Dorrie" Leslie", paying daily visitg-to act in a similar capacity., "SOUND AND FAST. From the point of view of physique (ha players in training are a very fine

perhaps, nervous, but was ready to meet the position which seemed impossible to a footballer—and an All Black at that- "Now, don't cry. out, you can ask again," she remarked.

A snooker tournament, in which North defeated South, individual players gaining prizes, a cricket match (proposed • for this afternoon), cards and music, are among tho iteni3 of entertainment, while the handing out o£ what the players term "dope" might be classed under the same heading. Last night the members of the,party were called upon to try their vocal powers, and the result ' was very entertaining, perhaps not so much to the defaulters who were made to swell tho fund "for extras. Mr. Pete Coira, a popular man "among footballers, visited the training quarter* yesterday afternoon, and was tendered" an "official reception." His. part in the entertainment of the

12st; a former Nelson College player; represented Nelson in 1920, and Buller in 1922-23; was emergency for the South Island team this season.

J. Swain (Wellington), front row forward ; age 23, height sft 9in, weight 12st 91b; played in Hawkes Bay before coming to Wellington; represented Hawkes Bay 1919-20-21; has represented Wellington for two seasons. E. B. Masters (Canterbury), forward, lock; age 22, height sft llin, weight 14st 51b; played in Wellington in 1920 for Oriental juniors; has since played in Christchurch. representing Canterbury in 1921-22-23.

■ J. Ormond (Hawkes Bay), forward, side o{ scrum or back row; age 31, height 6ft lin, weight 13st 121b; played for Christ's College' and afterwards in tho "Wairoa district; was a member of the New Zealand Pioneer team; rep;