MITCHELL NOT PLAYING
IBy I'elußraph—i'ress Association.)
INVERCARGILL, This Day. N. A. Mitchell will not play against the Springboks today. He announced his decision after being advised by the New Zealand selectors not to play. It was also stated that Mitchell would play in a club match at Auckland on September 18, a week before the third Test.
Last Saturday Old Boys were without the services of two men, and. in order not to let his team down Mitchell played in the back row of the scrum. He had two runs during the match, but did not attempt to go flat out. From those two runs tries resulted. At half-time Mitchell left the field, but his injured muscle was not affected by the 40 minutes of play.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 60, 8 September 1937, Page 13
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