SOCCER
FIRST TEST AGAINST CANADA N.Z. TEAM.
WELLINGTON,' June Lb The sole selector (Air R. L. Salmon) to-day announced that he had select - od tiie following players to represent New Zealand in the first test match amiinst Canada at Dunedin on June 25: —,
Go,A'.; AlcDougall (Canterbury). Fuli/backs: Anderson (Otago) and AlcOirr (Wellington). Half-hacks: Tinkler (Auckland), Steer (Bulicr) and ••ones (Auckland' (captain;. r orwards : J.nncs (Auckland). Newman (Duller). Spencer (Auckland),• Hi slop (Auckland), and Balk (Otago). Emergencies: Hraitlnvailo (Otago) and McCormack (Otago).
The members nr the team will assemble at Lhincilm on the Tuesday before the match, and special r.irangments have been made for practice.
Baxter (Auckland) was first selected as half-back, but not being available Tinkler was selected iii bis
place. Mr H. I. Graves, treasurer of the -New Zealand football Association, will manage. the Alow Zealand team. -—T.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10303, 14 June 1927, Page 5
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