WANGANUI RUGBY TEAM LEFT YESTERDAY ON EAST COAST TOUR
Wanganui’s 1950 Rugby tourists, 19 players, accompanied by a manager and a coach, left the city last night for a short match-playing tour of the East Coast. Leaving Wanganui about 5.30 p.m. by bus, the team intended spending the night at Napier before continuing its trip to Gisborne, where it plays Poverty Bay tomorrow. The team’s second and last match on the East Coast will be against Hawke's Bay, at Napier, next Wednesday. The team will return to Wanganui the next day. The personnel of the team, which was chosen by the Wanganui Rugby Union’s selectors, Messrs. S. R. Ambrose (Wanganui), J. Hartley (Rangitikei), and W. Pine (Taifyape) is:— Full-bacx: G. Pull (Rangitikei). Th»fee-quarters. T. Goldsmith (Rangitikei). R. Lockett (W’anganui and Old Boys). A, Webby (Technical Old Boys). P. Henderson (Kaierau). Five-eighths. M. Hunter (Wanganui and Old ■ Boys). M. O'Connell (Marist). P. Jones (W’anganui and Old Boys), Half-back. T. Takarangi (Kaierau). Forwards. D. Beard (Pirates). S. Granville (Tech. Old Boys). M. Griffin (Wanganui and Old Boys). B. Jones (Wanganui and Old Boys). R. Dallison (Waverley). V. Bell (Pirates). G. Gibbs (Rangitikei). * D. McGregor (Wanganui and Old Boys). D. Morrison (Rangitikei). T. Oldfield (Rangitikei). H. Rowley (Rangitikei). The manager of the team is Mr. A. Lockett. The coach is Mr. Ambrose.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 1 September 1950, Page 2
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