RUGBY IN EGYPT
: ARMY AND AIR FORCE ALL BLACK TRIAL GAME fPeb United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Mar. 23. ' Three former All Blacks are included in the teams selected for the New Zealand Army Rugby trial at Cairo to-day. After this match a New Zealand team will be chosen to play the combined British Army and Royal Air Force team on Easter Monday. The trial teams are as follows: A Team. —Backs—McPherson (East Coast), Morrison' (South, Canterbury and New Zealand), Arnold (Taranaki)., McMenamin, (Marlborough),. O’Malley and Fitzgerald (Marist, Wellington) Littler (Poverty Bay). Forwards— Thomson (South Auckland), Hart (Wanganui), McMahon, and A: Phillips (Hutt), Aitken (Poverty Bay), Lockhead (Canterbury Country), Wyntvard (Waikato and'New Zealand) and-Flem-ing (Manawatu). , >,4 B Team. —Backs—Rollinson (South Canterbury); Cochrane - arid Shand (Wellington! B reps.), Knowles (Wellington), Griffiths (Wellington and New Zealand), L. Arnold (Taranaki), Parsons (South Canterbury)... Forwards—Stow (Canterbury), Mcßeth (Auckland)', Clay (Wanganui). Whittaker (Taranaki). Kidd (South Auckland), Coull (Taranaki), Anderson (Auckland) arid Wales (Wellington). Emergencies for both teams.—Backs: Sutherland (Southland) and Chapman (Otago). Forwards: Lawry (Waipu) and Robertson .(Poverty Bay).- •. • -
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24255, 25 March 1940, Page 6
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