THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION TEAM.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 September 1908, Page 1

THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION TEAM.

The Australian Rugby Union team is due in England in a few days, and a list of the players and the matches to be played against the amateur teams of England and Wales will be of interest to readers : — The Plavehs. Backs : P. Carmichael, F. B. Smith, C. H. McKivat, J. Hickev, A. J. McCabe, E. Mandible, F. Wood,' C. Russell, D. B. Carroll, C. E. Parkinson, Ward Prentice, J. Stephenson, W. Dix, H. Daly, Stanley Wickham. Forwards : R. R. Craig, C McMurtrie, H. M. Moran, T. J. Griff .>n, P. Flanagan, C. A. Hammond, C. E Murnin, N. Row, P. H. Burge, S. A. Middleton, J. T. Barnett, E. Mclntyre, P. McCue, T. Richards, M. McArthur. E. Booth,, of tho amateur All Blacks,'' is travelling with the team as a newspaper correspondent, and his services will be available if required. The PaoGitA.MME. September. 62 — Devon or a Devon Club. 30— Gloucester or a Gloucester Club. October. 3 — Cornwall or a Cornish Club. 7 — Glamorgan County. 10 — Penygraig. 16 — Neath and Aberavon. 17— Llanelly. 19 — Monmouth County. 24 — London. 28 Army and Navy. 31— Durham or a Durham Club. November. 4 — Northumberland & Cumberland. 7 — Cheshire or a Cheshire Club. 11 — London. 14 — Cambridge University. Mid-week — Oxford University. 21— Ireland (probable). 25 — Lancashire and Yorkshire. 28 — Somerset or a Somerset Club. December. 2 — Midlands and Eastern Midlands. s—England5 — England (probable). 12— Wales. 17 — Glamorgan League. 19 — Newport. 21 — Abertillery. 26 — Swansea. 28 — Swansea. 28— Cardiff. January, 1909. I—France.1 — France.