INTER-ISLAND RUGBY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21910, 20 September 1934, Page 13

INTER-ISLAND RUGBY

SELECTION of teams THE NORTHERN FIFTEEN BUSH ONLY AUCKLANDER [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON. Wednesday The following inter-island teams have been selected to pjay in a Rugby match at Dunedin on Saturday week: — NORTH ISLAND Fullback.—Davies (Waikato). Threequarters. Smith (Hawke's Bay), Stringfellow (Wairarapa), Aspev (Hawke's Bay). Five-eighths.—Griffiths (Wellington). Solomon (Waikato). Half-back. —Nunn (Wairarapa). Forwards.—Leeson (Waikato), Lambourne (Wellington), Clark (Taranaki), lteid (Wairarapa), McKenzie (Manawatu), Fraser-Smith (Wairarapa), Bush (Auckland), Rolls (Hawke's Bay). Emergencies.—Back: Brown (Taranaki). Forward: Pepper (Auckland). SOUTH ISLAND Fullback. —G. Gilbert (West Coast). Threequarters.—G. Hart (Canterbury), C. Oliver (Canterbury), N. Mitchell (Southland). Five-eighths.—K. Mortlock (Canterbury), G. Gaffaney (South Canterbury) . Halfback. —H. Simon (Otago). Forwards.—Front row, A. Cottrell (Canterbury), J. Hore (Otago), G. McDonald (Otago); middle row, R. King (West Coast), J. Best (Marlborough), G. Adkins (South Canterbury), J. Manchester (Canterbury); back row, T. Metcalfe (Southland). Emergencies. Backs, E. Holder (Buller), H. Smith (Otago); forwards, F. Vorrath (Otago), F. McLean (Nelson).

The New Zealand selectors have eiven a number of new players an opportunity of playing in an inter-island match for the first time, only four, Griffiths, Leeson, Lambourne and McKenzie, having toured Australia recently with the All Blacks. This infusion of new blood will be welcomed in view of the tour to Great Britain next season.