UNIVERSITIES' RUGBY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27082, 17 May 1949, Page 6

UNIVERSITIES' RUGBY

TOURING AUSTRALIAN SIDE TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW’S GAME The Australian Universities’ Rugby team, fresh from victories over the Combined Victoria-Massey College team and the New Zealand University side in the First Test, both at Wellington, arrived in Dunedin yesterday morning, the members of the party being assigned to billets throughout the city, The team practised at the University Oval yesterday afternoon and will have another run this morning. The following teams for to-morrow’s match at Carisbrook have been' announced: AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES Full-back: W. Wileman (Sydney) 12.7. Three-quarters: R. Garner (Sydney) 12.7, J. Solomon (Sydney) 11.9, V. Carroll (Queensland) 10.10, E. Ahem (Queensland) 14.0 Five-eighth: N. Emery (Sydney) 12.7, captain. Half-back: K. Walsh (Sydney), 11.10. Front-row: C- Petherbridge (Sydney) 13.1, N. Gow (Queensland) 11.12, C. Erickson (Queensland) 13.4, vice-cap-tain. Middle-row: D. Brockhoff (Sydney) 14.2, R. Ellwood (Queensland) 14.4, H. Dunn (Queensland) ®15.7, P Carter (Sydney) 13.12. Back-row: D. Engel (Sydney) 14.0. OTAGO UNIVERSITY Full-back: C. Bayley 12.0. Three-quarters: G. J. Moore 13.4 (captain), J. Fitzgerald 12.0, R. Church 11.7. •Five-eighths: T. Svensen 12.7, second; R. Sellar 10.10, first. Half-back: O. Ellis 11.4. Front-row: R. D. Fraser 14.6, A. H. Foster 13.3 (vice-captain), E. Hart 14.6. Middle-row: L. Mclver 12.9, B. Doherty 14.2, H. J Morgan 14.9, G. O’Sullivan 13.10. Back-row: K. J. O’Connor 15.0. TAYLOR’S CHEEKBONE BROKEN PA WELLINGTON, May 16. R. Taylor, the Sydney forward who was injured in the match against the New Zealand University on Saturday is now in the South Island with other members of the Universities’ Rugby team, but it is considered unlikely that he will play again on this tour. Taylor was taken to hospital with a broken cheekbone.