TOUR OF THE ALL BLACKS

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1929, Page 15

TOUR OF THE ALL BLACKS

PLAYERS TO MEET VICTORIA MATCH AT MELBOURNE TO-DAY. AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR TEST. By Telegraph—Press Assn.--Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received July 12, 9.15 p.m. Melbourne, July 12. The New Zealand footballers arrived here to-day and practised this afternoon. The team selected for to-mor-row’s match against Victoria is:— Stringfellow Grenside Lilburne Waterman Hook Gundy Tuck Souter (wing-forward), Palmer Reid Sonntag Stcere Reside McWilliams Mahoney The reserves are: Backs, Geddes, Carleton; forward, Cotterell. The referee will be Mr. Wanden, Victoria. The Australian team will be: — Burke McGee Gibson Millwood Nairn Sturtridge (five-eighth) Duncan Bland Yoffa Freyer Brcwin Russell Ward Telford Edwards The reserves are: Forwards, Spencer, McDuff, Green; backs, Dearness, Murray. The Australian team for the second test against New Zealand at Brisbane on July 20, is:— Ross E. Ford Sturtridge King McGhee Lawton (five-eighth) Malcolm Breckenridge Ford Finlay Thompson Boris j , Cerutti, Palfreyman Hamalaien Owing to injury Towers is not available. Sturtridge is a big powerful player from Victoria. McGhee is a Queenslander, fast and tricky. To-day’s match against Victoria is the fifth of the All Blacks’ Australian tour. , The tourists have won two, drawn one and lost one. The details are:— June 29. —New South Wales; drawn, no score. July 3. —Newcastle defeated by 35 to 8. J July 6. —Australia won first test € 9—B. • r July 10.—N.S.W. defeated by 22—9.' v Matches yet to be played are:— * July 17. —Combined Country at Armi- . ’dale. ; 1 July 20. —Australia, at Brisbane. s July 24. —Queensland at Brisbane. ” July 27. —Australia at Sydney, ‘ l

NO BROADCASTING OF MATCH.

ARRANGEMENTS IMPOSSIBLE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, July 12. The Broadcasting Company advises that there will be no broadcast in New Zealand of the match to be played in Melbourne to-morrow. It has been found impossible to make the necessary arrangements. The Broadcasting Company will send out progress reports as they come to hand. There will also be no re-broadcast of running descriptions of the matches to be played in. Brisbane, owing to the fact that there is no short-wave broadcasting station in Queensland which could satisfactorily carry out the work. Progress repoi-ts will be promptly broadcast.

The Broadcasting Company expects to be able to make satisfactory arrangements in respect to the third test, to bo played at - Sydney on July 27.