AUCKLAND V. WAIKATO.

Matamata Record, Volume XI, Issue 932, 28 June 1928, Page 8

AUCKLAND V. WAIKATO.

The Waikato Team. The following will represent Waikato against Auckland at Auckland on Saturday:— Full-back, S. Thomas (Morrinsville); three-quarters, M. Anderson (Morrinsville), J. Vosper (Mata- ; mata), P. Quin (Waipa); five-eighths, ; R. Kemp (Hamilton), J. R. Fitz- j geraid (Hamilton); half-back, J. ; Tuck (Hamilton); rover, L. Kay' (Waipa); back row, F. Thomas (Mor- | nnsville), D. Bourke (Cambridge);: lock, P. Courtney (Hamilton); sup- j ports, C. Robinson (Matamata), C. Cameron (Morrinsville); front row, E. Holmes (Waipa), J. Bonham (Hamilton). Emergencies : Three-quarter, Collins (Hamilton); half-back, Wilkes (Continued in Next Column)

(Waipa); forwards, C. Christie (Ham-, ilton), A. Cameron (Morrinsville). The team shows some changes from the one which was so badly defeated by Auckland on King’s Birthday. In the pack C. Cameron, Holmes and Bonham replace A. Cameron, Wallis and Dagg. This improves the pack. On Saturday’s game both C. Cameron and Holmes earned their places, and the tall Morrinsville forward should be very useful on the line-out. A. Cameron’s exclusion was not unexpected. He is not in form to play consistently throughout the game. Kay as rover is a very doubtful experiment. From accounts of the Putaruru-Waipa match he is a wing forward and will get his side into trouble with a strict referee. As a pack forward he would have been in his place. The backs are not impressive. The inclusion of Vosper as centre threequarter will strengthen the attack of the team, but the general back attack will probably be very much marred by Kemp being placed first fiveeighths. Kemp is a good defensive player, and at centre threequarter his weakness has always been his inability to make the openings for his wings. M. Anderson is again wing threequarter, a position strange to him, and where he does not play in his club or representative games. Quin is persisted in, though he has repeatedly shown {hat he plays a good fullback game at wing. He is strong in defence and weak in attack. Story on his form last year would be preferable to either wing threequarter.

The Auckland Team. The following team will represent Auckland: — Full-back, Butler; three-quarters, Falwasser, L. Hook, Minns; fiveeighths, Badeley, Paewai; halfback, Jeffries ; rover, Fletcher; front row, Palmer, Finlayson; lock, Wanoa ; supports, Batty, Cathcart; back row, Knight, Anderson.