COMBINED TEAM

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22416, 25 August 1947, Page 7

COMBINED TEAM

OTAGO’S OPPONENTS P.8.-E.C. RUGBY REPS. WEDNESDAY’S ENCOUNTER Following Saturday's representative Rugby game, the selectors. Messrs. F. Solomon, J. Gillespie. G. Ncpia and D. Colbert, announced the following combined Poverty Bay-East Coast team to meet the Otago touring side in Med nesday’s game at Gisborne:— Full-back: B. Preston, 12.0 (P. 8.) Three-quarters: I. James, 12.7 (E.C.). L. Blane. 11,7 (E-C.), Jack Barbour, 12.12 (P. 8.) Five-eighths: R. McKinley. 14.0 (P. 8.) captain, R. Clay, 11.4 (P. 8.) Half-back: S. Lee, 10.2 (P. 8.) Back-row forward: G. King 15.4 (P. 8.) Midtllc-row: G. Elliott, 12.12 (P. 8.). W. Jenson 17.0 (E.C.). I. Shaw, 14.4 (P. 8.), B. Birrell. 12.10 (P. 8.) Front-row: W. Brown, 13.0 P. 8.). X. Summersby, 13.7 (P. 8.), vice-captain; J. Ferguson. 14.0 (P. 8.) Reserves: Backs. W. Edwards. 13.0 (P B.). E. Carrington. 13.7 (P. 8.). N. Williams. 11.3 (E.C.); forwards, W Lambert. 13.5 (E.C.). T. Lincoln, 14.5 (E.C.), W. Varley, 14.0 (P. 8.) TWENTY-ONE TOURISTS The Otago team, who opened the tour with a 21-3 victory over Manawatu on Saturday, are to arrive in Gis borne bv to-night’s express. The fifteen for Wednesday’s game will be selected from the following:—

Backs; R D. Orr, 11.5, G. J. Moore, 12.2, J. M. Tanner, 12.7, I. J. Bolting. 12.4 D. Murdoch 11.9, 11. F. Waldron 11.9, E. McDonald, 13.2, T. Lynch 11.2. L. W. Woodhouse. 12.12, A. L. MeIndoe 11.6. Forwards. —P. Johnstone 13.9, A. Foster, 13.7. K. Skinner. 14.6. L. Harvey 14.0. J McNab 14.0, K. O’Connor, 15.0 T. Wallace. 13.5, A. E. Hellyer, 13.3 L. Aitken. 14.2, D. Armitage, 13.8, R. F. McPherson, 13.5.