SCOTT UNABLE TO PLAY IN ALL BUCK GAME TO-DAY

Evening Star, Issue 26136, 25 June 1947, Page 7

SCOTT UNABLE TO PLAY IN ALL BUCK GAME TO-DAY

SYDNEY, June 24. • The star New Zealand full-back. Bob Scott, has an injured groin, but hopes to be fit for the second test on Saturday. He was told by the doctor to-day that the injury would take a week to a fortnight to get well. The New Zealand team for the match against Combined Northern at Newcastle to4norrow is:—Full-back, T. Webster; three-quarters—J. McLean, J. Smith, T. Mason; five-eighths, P. Smith. B. Couch ; half-back, V. Bevan; forwards—L. Connolly, J. McCormick, R. Dalton, H. Frazer, L. Grant, F. Hobbs, K. Arnold, N. Thornton.' Frazer and Grant will be making their first appearance since the first test in Brisbane. Had they been unable to play to-morrow they would not have been considered for selection next Saturday. Simpson and Argus will be rested for the first time on the tour. The Combined Northern team is:— Full-back, B. Percival; three-quarters —P. Preston, A. Ayton (or J. Williams), C. Clarke, J. Marshall: fiveeighth, L. Dann; half-back, A. Hayes; forwards —R. Worboys, L. McLoughlin. B. Hamilton, G. Cady, R. Thorncroft, H. Norrie, iR. Innes, D. Phillips. Mr Lewis Tomalin. who handled the first New South Wales match with the AH Blacks, has been chosen ns referee for the second test at the 'Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. His handling of the previous match received high praise from the All Blacks. YOUNG MAORI PLAYER SUSPENDED FOR LIFE

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 24. The Management Committee, of the Wellington Rugby Union to-night suspended a junior Maori footballer for life following a charge of assaulting a referee on the field. This is believed to be the first sentence of its kind inflicted by the union. This jwas the sequel to a match on May 31. Three persons, the Maori boy, the coach, who called his team off the field during the progress of the game, and a player who was ordered off for objecting to the referee’s ruling, were notified to appear before the union. Only the latter two did so. The coach was suspended for the remainder of the season. It was decided to caution the player ordered off for objecting to the referee’s ruling.