REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY

Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1930, Page 4

REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY

NORTH v. SOUTH TRIAL. MATCH AT INGLEWOOD TO-DAY. With the ground in good order and both teams at their full strength, and individual players in good form the public should witness a splendid exhibition of football this afternoon at Inglewood, where the North v. South trial match is set' down for decision. It is the intention to give each of the 43 players selected an opportunity of displaying before the sole provincial selector ”(Mr. W. A. Guy) their claims to inclusion in the Possibles.v. Probables match next week, when the final choice of the fifteen to wear the amber and black jersey against the British team will be made Each of the 13 emergencies will theretore be played in the second spell. The live interest Liken by the play-' era in the trial is shown by the fact that 42 of the 43 originally selected have intimated theii intention of being present this afternoon Clegg, the Inglewood forward, who was chosen as emergency, was injured in the match against Star last Saturday, and is therefore not available. He will be replaced by a clubmate, ' V.- Devereaux. : The Inglewood Club has made complete arrangements for the control of the match, which will start at 2.30 p.m. Mr. G. Hookey, will lie the referee. The teams are: — ■ NORTH TEAM. Full-back: Hunt (Inglewood). Three-quarters: Evans (Tukapa), Brown (Old /Boys), Hamilton (Stratford). Five-eigtllk: " Iv. Fookes (Old Boys), Owen (Stratford); 1 Half-back: -C. Brown (Tukapa); ■ Wing-forward: ‘A. Guy (Tukapa). Hookers: 1 i Young- (Stratford), Gudgeon (Inglewood).--Lock: P. Ward (Clifton). Supports: J.-Walter, A. Kivell (Stratford). Back row’: .' Bond (Stratford), C. McNeill (Tukapd). ' Reserves: Baeks —Collins (Stratford), A. Petty (Tukapa). L. Ross (Inglewood), Maingay (Inglewood), Forwards —Crawford (Old Boys), Smith (Stratford). V.'Devereaux (Inglewood). SOUTH TEAM. Full-back: J. Cheevers (Hawera). Three-quarters: J. Crawford (Patea), D. Grant (Patea), D. Crawford (Okaiawa). Five-eighths: D. Johnston (Okaiawa), T. Robinson (Opunake). Half-back: R. Hohaia (Opunake). Rover: C. Wills (Patea). Hookers: W. Robinson (Hawera), Gargan (Kaponga). Lock: Bremer (Patea). Supports: R. Williams (Hawera), W. Baldwin (Patea). Baek row: Richards (Patea), R. Clarke (Okaiawa). Reserves: Backs—Hunter (Hawera), Wineera (Waimate). C. Paterson (Kaponga). Forwards—R. Guy (Okaiawa), Henerj (Waimate), 0. Murphy (Waimate.). ' ‘ I.: . ■'