A GREAT STRUGGLE EXPECTED

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 353, 9 September 1933, Page 5

A GREAT STRUGGLE EXPECTED

: ~u;- o ■ Jaranaki v. Southland TODAY'S MATCH DOWN A?a°l SOUTH Press Association —°npi"*isrht. , 1 ,, y . !i . Invercargill, Sept. 8. Conditions are ideal for the TaranakKi(Y. Southland representative Rugby*'football mach to be played tomorrow. ' More than usual interest is being evinced in the fixture, and a large crowd is expected. Following weeks, of sunshine, the ground will be hard and fast. In the concluding matches of their

! northern tour, the Southland reprui sentatives showed greatly improved J handling and relished fast conditions. | This improvement, coupled with the j fact that they have not been beaten ! on Rugby Park for the last two year.s, • makes '-them the favourites. On the 1 other -hand, of the ' eight matches j played between Southland and Tara- ! naki, Southland has won only one. i There 'should be a great struggle for I supremacy between the packs, which ! both average nearly 14st. per man. jlt is fondly hoped by the sporting ! public that the two sets of backs will j throw the ball about freely, for it is the last local representative match ' Of the season. | The teams are:

Taranaki Fullback: Collins.

Thre'equarters: Edward, Rutherj ford, Ross. j Five-eighths: Crawford (2nd), ! Mace (Ist), | Half: Dymond. { Back of .scrum: Foc-kes. ; Middle row: Young, Clarke, We- ] tere,""VVills, ,i Front row: McLeod, Fowler, Gari 5an..,.,.,'... ] Southland ! Fullback: J. Purdue. I Threequarters: • Mitchell, Grant, i McKay, \ Smith (2nd), Sham [ Hajlf:, Thomas. j' Back of scrum: Berry. j ' 'Middlebrow: PaWson, Gait, G. Pur- | due, Metcalfe. ! Front row: George, Mattingly, Doni noiiy. ~.,;,;; ■ ■••?■. •-.