THE LEAGUE CODE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23034, 11 May 1938, Page 24

THE LEAGUE CODE

TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, TWO MANAGERS APPOINTED " ! MR. A. T. McCLYMONT COACH The appointment of two managers and an official coach is the first step the New Zealand Rugby League has taken in the organisation of the NewZealand team's tour of Australia. The details of the itinerary have not yet been final wed by the Australian Board of Control. The New Zealand team will be faced with a hard proposition if the board still insists that a game should be played against New South Wales in Sydney on June 11. Monday, June 13, is a public holiday and again a match against the State's best team is suggested. Two matches in as many days have in past tours proved a big hurdle and defeat has often been suffered by New Zealand. The appointment of Mr. J. %V. Redwood, president of the New Zealand Rugby League, as one of the managers was the wish of every league in the Dominion. Air. Redwood has only occupied the chairmanship of the New Zealand Council for 12 months, during which time he lias gained considerable experience in the management of football teams, and has been a good debater in New Zealand's claims for tours overseas. In his short playing career Mr. Redwood was a promising forward with the Richmond club, and for many years later acted as its delegate on the management committee of the Auckland Rugby League. The co-manager is Mr. W. 0. Carlaw, who has been secretary of the New Zealand Rugby League since 1917 and is a fine organiser of tours. His intimate knowledge of the requirements of touring teams makes him ideally fitted for the position of business manager. Besides being a good player in his day Mr. Carlaw has occupied almost every position in the administration of the game in New Zealand. He has on. numerous occasions been one of the New Zealand selectors and largely responsible for the itinerary of every overseas team to tour New Zealand.

In past years New Zealand teams have been coached in Australia and some good coaches were engaged. This practice is not to be adopted for the 1938 team, and Mr. A. T. McClymont, the Richmond Club coach and one of the selectors, has been appointed. Mr. McClymont has had a good deal of experience of Australian conditions, for he toured as a player in 1919 and 1921. He also saw the series of test matches between Australia and England in 1936.

The three New Zealand selectors, Messrs. H. Brisbane, A. T. McClymont and J. E. A. Amos, have a hard task. Trial matches were played in most centres last Saturday, and were witnessed by the North Island and South Island selectors. It is reported that G. Ormaji, an outstanding Rugby forward and a prominent All Black trialist last season, played his first game of League at Greymouth and. proved a successful hooker, 'lhc real test foi selection of the touring team will no made at Auckland on Wednesday, May ]B, and o\i Saturday, May 21, when the annual North v. South Island fixture is to be played.

REPRESENTATIVE MATCH WIN FOR SOUTH AUCKLAND The first representative football match in Whangarei this season was staged by the Northland League, when a South Auckland team defeated Northland at Jubilee Park last Saturday by 31 points to 17. The ground was in fine order and the weather good for football, while the game attracted a fair crowd of spectators. The Northland team did not show the form of its opponents, while individually the players were not so fit. The South Auckland team had better combination, although a rearrangement of the Northland side in the second half produced better results. A lead of 12—3 was secured by South Auckland in the first spell, when the game was kept fairly tight. In the second half both sides threw the ball about, to the delight of the spectators The southern forwards showed fine combination, and threw the ball about as well as their rearguard, among whom, Powell, the captain, at first five-eighths, and Jackson, at centre, were outstanding. Among the Northland forwards, J. Taylor and V. Payne were the most prominent, while Toki, in the five-eighths position in the second spell, played a fine game. Mr. H. Brisbane, one of the New Zealand selectors, was present at the match.