SATURDAY’S MATCH

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 29 November 1945, Page 2

SATURDAY’S MATCH

KIWIS TO PLAY BRITISH ARMY WILL FACE STRONG OPPOSITION (N.Z.E.F.' Correspondent) L«nd<>n, Nov. 27. The N.Z.E.F. Rugby side will face possibly its toughest opposition to date when it meets the British Army at Bristol on Saturday. From the Union and League codes the Army has drawn 13 internationals, including seven who played against the N.Z.E.F. at Leeds.

Nine changes have been made in the New Zealand side of last Saturday, and the game will mark the first appearance of R. D. Johnstone, who has been injured since before the start of the tour, also the reappearance of S. L. Young, who has ben rested with a bruised back since early in the tour. The team is having its full share of injuries, and the latest is F. R. Allen. An X-ray \examination to-day disclosed a back injury which will keep him shelved for three weeks, but he is expected to be fit again for the Wales match. Saturday’s teams are:—

N.Z.E.F.—Scott; Boggs, Smith. Argus; Dobson, Kearney; Edwards; Thornton. Arnold, Young, Woolley, Grant, McPhail, Haigh, Johnstone. Army.—F. Trott (Wales); R. L. Fran, cis (England), A. J. Risman (Wales), E. Ward (England); A. F. Johnstone (England), C. R. Bruce (Scotland); K. H. S. Wilson, captain (London Scottish); E. Evans (Wales). J. H. H. Hastie (Scotland), W. G. Jones (Wales). D. Phillips (Wales), H. Thomas (Wales), F. Jones (Wales), R. M. Fenning (Bristol), J. B. Lees (Scotland). N.Z. SERVICES BIG WIN The New Zealand Services Rugby team beat Cambridge University by 42 points to sat Cambridge. The New Zealanders completely mastered the University and scored four converted and three unconverted tries, a field goal and three penalty goals to Cambridge’s one converted. The New Zealand team included some members of the Kiwi touring team. N.Z. Services’ full-back Johns converted four tries and kicked three penalty goals.