SPRINGBOKS’ TOUR.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 9 August 1921, Page 5

SPRINGBOKS’ TOUR.

THE OTAGO HATCH. NOTES and comments. (By '‘Argus’). Riven a proper footing the Rugby tea inrepresenting Africa will take soe beating by the remaining provjiees. I” caell eas e failure by the provinces the weakness appears j 0 be in the backs. Southland escaped with a defeat f 12 points, consisting of four tries, , n d the tota would have appeared | al ger if the goal kicking had been 9 p to the standard at Timaru. On paper it has appeared recently «if Otago, of the remainng proves, will give the Springboks the best tussle, but already doubts are .reaping in. North Otago lost only by 8 to 3 jS Saturday in their game against (ta»'O. and Moilison again appears »have played a daubing game lor ite Yelow and Blacks The Otago half, McM.iUghton, passed badly, and Bell (pirates’ fulltaek) appeared to be. a . sea at centre; wide Owles, :ae second five,i»hths, is really a win..; three-quar-;tr, lacking in the short, snappy asses necessary lor cae who plays sear the five-eighth line. Owles is a iashing wing-thr-; . -quarter and a po dtaekler. z The backs are all r.i.lcndid taekgs. Perry (Varsity) -first five-eighth s sound on det-r ;e cf all kinds and l dashing- attacking player. Ward iVarsty; first five egiiitlis, sver, list and brilliant and on a lirds y .- sould i;;;a name ; gainst le Sp: : r-hoks. if chances com ehis ay. He has a way cf making his srapla from loose or ragged work id like Stewart, who is Otago’s taapion sprinter, follows up fast ■ high punts. .Stewarts age is only 19, and he iac/ilege boy at McG.'ashan’s Colife, D ledtn, but is lull and erv trongly built JVats',l; is a sound fallback, as wd:< ; gong, b it kicks with only it foot, ‘ k backs, ther. arc sound on deuce. but doubtful on attack; that inn ormnised .-.t-ink, ’or in loose

lay Beil. Stew;-,-: and Ward 'are all hee dangerous. With Fea playing s firs'. live-eigl . s. os would have jsfider.ee In their attacking ability :he’s the king-pin st'their backlay, and with i-.is injuries healed void have been ; good mate as fiveighths with say Teddy Roberts (for ire Zealand) w in Nicholls at half. The forwards are a good lot, with tree of their i umber above the rerage.’ Thee; arc Richardson, arte, and Cabc'-Birf-on is big. heavy and very st, being one of . Otagos best printers. He, with abot, played >r South Island and was picked it by a Canterbury writer as the nt forwar don the day’s play. ’Harte (Varsity) won the special eaddal last year for the best forard in the North . ti South Island itch. Dunean front rank) is the New aland placer, ■■nd sontagg played » Possbles in Wellington, to that

Ware line forwards of high stanird. The game shcttld l e a close one Otago backs excel themselves, and fea are hardly likely to play ‘their star men three days before 1 great test. If Adams, McFb*fson and GilJ, the old Varsity and Otago trio, Be playing in these times, we could fait tiie result with seme confidence. AUCKLAND TEAM. AUCKE.AND, 4ug. 8. The following tearri will represent 3 combined Auckland, North AuckM> and Sou‘i A> i .kland Unions ’fest the Sonti AS; trans on August ‘th:—Full, Muir; three-quarters, Finlayson, K. Ifwbison, M. Griert; five-eighths, C. Badeley,*L. Wes- »: half, s. Crawford; wing, Nichos 3 forwards, A. Lcisas, Trezise, C. etcher, Mclnnes, McLean, T. FinNon, T. Millicen. THE FIRSt TEST. •'lr McKenzie (Wairarapa) has fn selected a- t’ ■’ r-ieree for the t test. ■• •• SPECIAL TRAIN. Sr A. McLa;:i-l. a- . president of ’Hiv.iroa Footba 1 <’ub, has been Wally advised that -■ special train th’ test match . Dunedin on 'ai'duy will pass ..-.rough Study's .liinctioif -;t f:-.;■ minutes past ,0 - It is though* .’r-.; it will re- ' - the same ca.y ''h. fare is sec-