THE RUGBY TEST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20978, 15 September 1931, Page 12

THE RUGBY TEST.

Sir, —The Now Zealand Rugby Union charged the, to my mind, exorbitant price of Is for their programmes on Saturday and tho least they could have done was to give accurate information. Like many others, my sight is not as good as it onco was and I found it unusually difficult to distinguish tho individual forwards in their all black dress. I had to rely on the numbers they wore.* After tho match I met a friend and asked him whom ho considered tho best forward in tho New Zealand team. He said, Max or Batty. To which I replied that Jessup (No. 9) was the best forward on the ground and that I had only seen Batty (No. 14) occasionally. My friend said that Batty was No. 9 and this, I understand, is correct, although in the programme Batty is shown as 14 and Jessup as 9. lam told, too, that this was not tho only case of wrong numbers among the forwards, but as I did not know tho individuals I cannot say whether this was so or not. Tho matter may seem a small one, but it is, I think, of importance. We in Auckland do not know the Southern men and thoso who take an interest in Rugby and the All Blacks certainly like to know the individual players. It is rather foolish to comment on the play of "Smith, of Wellington," when it is "Jones, of Southland," who is really meant, and spectators, who supply the sinews of war, are entitled to consideration. Onlooker.