THE OTAGO-WELLINGTON MATCH.
'To t:h: ::d:T'IH. Sir.—The lni-g-lolknd-of match has been played and lefit to Oiago. thanks to her present selectors. After repeated failures, they persisted in playing Beimel as centre tin re-quarter, and have paid the penalty. Tho difference between a weak centre and a strong one means a lot to a train, especially when the other backs are only a mediocre lot. The selectors might be excused if there'had been no belter player available, but when Ongley has been showing such fine form in his matches against Sydney University, it is hard to understand why he has not been selected for Otago. A player like Ongley would have been a tower of strength to the Otago backs on Saturday, and there is no saying but what he may have saved tho honor of Otago. I have advocated the claims of both Ivimey and Ongley from tho start, and my judgment has been proved correct as regards Ivimey. Up to the time of his injury on Saturday ho was the best forward on the ground,' and his enforced retirement was a big factor in tho subsequent falling away of Otago. Still, it was the weak backs that lost the game, and I think it will be bettor for Otago when they go back to a sole selector in the person of Mr Harris.—l am, etc., As I Expected. September 13.
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Evening Star, Issue 14163, 13 September 1909, Page 7
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