BRITISH RUGBY TEAM

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1009, 27 June 1930, Page 8

BRITISH RUGBY TEAM

CHANGES FOR TOMORROW’S MATCH PARTY NOW IN TIMARU fS U-V Special Representative — Copyright) TIMARU, Today. In travelling from Invercargill to Ld its est daylight train journey, occupying close on 10 hours, with the additional j disadvantage of a painfully early start i from Invercargill. A strong side, including seven test j • day’s game, wherein Jennings, who as j a result of a toe injury has not played j since the Manawhenua match, will j make his first New Zealand appear- ! ance at centre. Novis, his co-centre, j was tried in that position in the Manawhenua game, but otherwise has | played on the wing. Much depends j on the success of these two in feeding Tones -Dav ie s and Morley, who can be relied on to make the most of their j opportunities. Another interesting feature is the | appearance of Bowcott at stand-off i half, where, in collaboration with Ivor Jones, he may be expected to produce clever football. Bowcott and Jones, who occupy the same relative positions in the Welsh international side, have not played together in these positions since the opening match of the tour. Poole, who is scrum-half, has not played since he received an injury to his hip at Grey mouth, and he is still feeling the after-effects. The first Mount Cook contingent returned last night, having thoroughly enjoyed its stay at the Hermitage. The second detachment will leave for the Hermitage today. It has been decided that the British team will remain in Timaru till Wednesday, resting and practising for the second test, instead of going on Monday, as originally proposed. Sobey, who did not go to Mount Cook, rejoined the party at Dunedin yesterday. Ilis knee apparently shows an improvement, as he has discarded his crutches in favour of a stick. Saturday’s team is as follows: Bassett, Morley, Novis, Jennings, JonesDavies, Bowcott, Poole, Rew, Martindale, H. Jones, Black, Hodgson, Prentice, Welsh, Ivor Jones.