LEAGUE MATCH

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23041, 19 May 1938, Page 17

LEAGUE MATCH

INTER-ISLAND GAME NORTHERN TEAM SELECTED AUCKLAND'S LARGE MAJORITY Further trial games in connection with the selection of the New Zealand Rugby League team to tour Australia will bo played at Carlaw Park on Saturday. and the meeting of the North and South Island teams will give the selectors a final opportunity of seeing all the likely candidates in action. At the conclusion of yesterday's trial game between Auckland and the Rest of the North Island, the North Island selectors, Messrs. A. T. : McGlynront, H. Brisbane (Auckland) and G. Hooker (Taranaki) selected the North Island team and also the Possibles and Probables sides, which will meet in the cur-tain-raiser. :

It was expected after the trial game yesterday that the North Island team, would comprise mostly Aucklanders and the selection includes but one player outside the province. Many good players are included in the Possibles and .Probables game, which should give the selectors a wide scope from which to select the New Zealand team. The North Island team is as follows: — Fullback. —J. Smith (Auckland). Threequarters. —G. Midgley (Auckland), R. Chase (Auckland), B. Riley (Auckland). Five-eighths.—Walter Brimble (Auckland),' W. Tittleton (Auckland). Halfback. —Wilfred Brimble (Auckland). Forwards. —D. Herring (Auckland), J. Satherley (Auckland), J. Cootes (Wellington), A. Gault (Auckland), J. Brodrick (Auckland), H. Tetley (Auckland). The South Island team was selected last week-end, by Mr. J. E. Amos, of Christchurch, and. announced a* fol : i . Fullback.—C. Taylor (Canterbury). Threequarters.—C. H. Davidson (Canterbury), R. Brown (Canterbury), A. Beban (Greymouth). Five-eighths.—N. Kiely (Greymouth), D. Kirk (Greymouth). Halfback. —P. Scott (Inangahua). Forwards. —J. Clark (Canterbury), G.Orman (Buller), B. Barnard (Canterbury), R. Price (Canterbury), N. C. Clarke (Greymouth), W. Glynn (Greymouth). Emergencies.—Back, R. Whittley (Canterbury); forward, N. Orsbourn (Inangahua).

CURTAIN-RAISER GAME INCLUSION OF G. NEPIA Probables. —Fullback, F. Furnell (Richmond); threequarters, W. Broughton (Manukau), I.' Rata (City), T. Chase (Manukau), R. Whitley (Canterbury) ; five-eighths, E. Brimble (Newton); halfback, R. Grotte (Marist); forwards, N. McKncight (Newtou), A. Leatherbarrow (Mount Albert), W. Breed (Marist), J. McLeod (Richmond), M. Devine (Richmond), J. Anderson (Marist). Possibles. Fullback, G- Nepia (Manukau); threequarters, C. McNeil (Mount Albert), A. Kay (Ponsonby), J. Hemi (Manukau), P. McGarvey (Bay of Plenty); five-eighths, N. Bickerton (Richmond); halfback, W. Mahima (Manukau); forwards, A. Brbadhead (Richmond), N. Brown (Ponsonby), A. Sowter (North Shore), J. Gunning (Mount Albert), A. Osborne (West Coast), E. Morgan (Ponsonby). Reserves for both teams: —Backs: W. Walker (Mount Albert), V. Scott (North Shore), W. Mclnarney (Mount Albert), W. Wilson (Manukau). Forwards: J. Woods (Marist), P. Ririnui (Manukau), P. Fogarty (Papakura), P. Shadbolt (Mount Albert), F. Tristram (Mount Albert). Any player not available must communicate with" Mr. A. T. McClymont immediately, and attend Carlaw Park this evening at 7.30 p.m.