WITH THE LEAGUERS.

NZ Truth, Issue 878, 23 September 1922, Page 7

WITH THE LEAGUERS.

Aussies at Auokland. This afternoon' the Kangaroos will play Australasia, which means that those visitors not selected- to"-. play in' the N.S.W. team Willi with the best of the New Zealanders, op-: pose the EJangaroos. This should provide; an even better ytreat .than that of Saturday last." v ;; -VjPresent at the, "smokd" a,nd Tveii' received: "Charlie" Pearce, "Bill" Wynyard, and Harold Row.ey All members of the late J. H. Baskervllle's 1905 League" team'; the first team to leave N.Z....- •...-.••. A most impressive and very appropriate item at. .the "smoko" was the standing m silence for two minutes ip respect to the memory of the late A. H. Baskerville, the hero of the 1905 team and the crusader of the League code m N-Z. Mr. "Sam" Dickson, M-P., came m for a good reception at the smoko" for his efforts m connection with the League, m. Wellington. "Sam" m reply reckons the Wellington League are carrying a lot of weight, but picks them a sure winner. Thinks they might pv)t the nips into 7 the N.S.W,. League for a loan to buy a groundGood idea, too. Auckland Province put up a sterling fight against the New South Wales league team on Wednesday and ran the visitors very- close on the scorecard. With better combination the local men would haye made the contest still merrier. As it was the Australians just • got the victory by 21 points to 20. . Horcler, one of the,, visitors' bestknown players, severely injured his thigh during a tackle and had to retire just before half-time. W. Davidson, Auckland's full-back, went off m the second spell owing to a knee injury. An unpleasant incident of the game was the ordering off of Burgefor disputing a decision of the referee.