FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 August 1928, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

THE HEW ZEALAND; TEAMIn : . j TO PLAY £OUTH WALKS. COOKE SELECTED. . i: ... (By Telegraph—Press Association.) , CHRISTCHURCH,' Saturday. The following team has been selected to represent New'Zpaland .in the first Test against New South Wales, at WelJington, on September 5: — .Full-back, Butler. (Auckland). , 'Three-quarters.—Minns (Auckland), L- (Auckland), Snodgrass (Nelson). ' Five-eighth s.—Cooke >■ (Wairarapa), (Otago),- . JElalf-baek. —Holden (Otago). Wing-forward.—Portqr (Wellington). Forwards.—Palmer - (Auckland), "Clark (Canterbury), .Freitas (West -Coast), Steerc (Hawke’s Bay), M. Willoughby " (Wairarapa), Knight [(Auckland), and Batty (Auckland). Emergencies.—Backs: McClymont .(Otago), Oliver (Canterbury); forwards, Toby Robinson. (Canterbury) .and Howden (Southland).

(By “‘Blue and Gold. ”1 ThcT"writer extends, his congratulations to Bert Cooke; and Mick Willoughby on their selection in the New .Zealand team. Bert ; Cooke was a the selection; and his qualifications are. known to ; every football Yellower in the. Dominion. the Wizard” is a. household phrase -to•day, and the genial. Bert will go down in history as, one. of.'.-th.Q. greatest All Black banks, the Dpnrinion has ever jDroducecA'anking with.-such giants as Fat Keep, Bob Whiteside, Jimmy (Hunter, Jimmy Duncan, Fred Roberts, 'Stead, Billy Walla.ce and others who .have made Dominion football history. At the. time of the 1924 All Black trials, . the writer expressed: ..the.,, opinion that the Willoughby brothers were as good .forwards as were to be found in the Dominion. Seymour. Willoughby participated in the All: Black trials and •subsequent events proved that he was a better forward than, some of those who were capped that year. The writer :t%e years ago urged that no better forward existed in the Dominion than Mick Willoughby, and has never •seen reason to alter his opinion. The ■.two Red Star players gained their in-•fer-Island caps this year, and by his dashing play on Saturday Mick Willoughby obtained the, highest honours to be secured in New: Zealand football. Last week the writer in his football notes stated that Mick’s play in xep. matches this season' has stamped liim as ongfof the best forwards in .the Dominionjpidid that it would not be surprising if he should later gain his AH Black, cap. • *. ■• .

Seymour Willoughby played a splendid game in the North ,v.- South Island game on Saturday and keen judges as well -as participants in the match fully expected that-he would have been selected in the N.Z.. team., s he is knocking at the All Black door be opened to him later on.

RANFUHLY SHIELD MATCH. THE WAIRARAPA; TEAM. The following' Rugby players have teen selected to represent Wairarapa Sn the Ranfurly. Shield game against Wellington, at Carterton, on Wednes•day:— Full-back. —L. Roach. Three-quaiters. —R. Jury, C. String-' fellow, W. Wes. Eive-eighom—A.lE. Cooke (eapt.), R. Sharp. Half. —I. Hart. Wing-forward.; —J. Donald. Forwards. —-Hookers, Q. Donald, K. Reid; lock, K. Fairbrother; supports, Jd. McGregor, M. Willoughby; back .xow, W. Reside, S. Willoughby. Reaves. —-Backs: ’ G. Booth, J. DenJby, F. Cormack and PC Jury; 'forwards, M. Parkef, J. Le Quesne, P. Ward, W. Ussher and J. Walker.,--"" The team is to assemble fit the Marquis Hotel at noon on the of 'the nnatefi. A , k ' - . Gundy was Unavailable for\selectioh <an account of an in'juWd ankle. '

LEAGUE CODE^ ENGLAND BEAT Hife^szliALAHD. A ROUGH GAME. ttaTe.;(By Telegraph —Press Association.; . pUN^D^,-,Saturday. . Thd Test betiveep. . England ;and Hew ZeMnd ; was ppyed..to-day. in :perpyfe weather befope;. ..a (.crowd. of 10,000. The exhibition not. up to expectations though England were very .clever A good deal of rough play in ( rthe first opell roused the crowd. Prentice were warned; Delgros-" go wo ll off on, a stretcher. At half-time the score , was, . England 7, Hew Zealand 5. Dufty kicked a pen-, .alty goal and Scott scored a tiy. For England Rees scored and Sullivan converted, and also ' kicked a penalty goal. In the second spell fighting and rough plav wero more noticeable than in the first spell. England won by 13 ti 5, but the game is a,.joke m Dunedin. Everyone is asking everyone else, League supporters in Dunedin are disgusted. One Englishman was ordered off, but three or four on each side should have suffered, the same penalty. Fight and rough play marred what might have 'been a clever - and. •epeedy exhibition.