RUGBY FOOTBALL
ALL BLACK TRIALS OMISSION OF WANGANUI HOOKER (Per United Press Association) WANGANUI, Sept. 19, Surprise has been expressed in Wanganui at the omission of F. J. Callaghan from the All Black trial teams. Callaghan last year represented New South Wales, and was an emergency for Australia in the tests against New Zealand. He was considered the next best hooker in Australia to A. H. Stone, and had he not returned to New Zealand might have been a member of the Australian team to tour Great Britain. Callaghan played in all the representative games for Wanganui this season, except one, when he was not available because of a family bereavement, and in ~ each match has taken the hooking honours, although in nearly every match he has been in a lighter pack. PLAYERS NOT AVAILABLE (Per United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 19. Owing to J. Purdue, the Southland half-back, not being available, J J. McAuliffe (Canterbury) has been included in the list of emergencies for the South Island, team A. G. Hunter, one of the nine Canterbury players chosen to take part in the trial matches, has announced that he. is not available for the trials which will begin on Saturday, because of. his University examinations.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23918, 20 September 1939, Page 3
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