THE INTER-ISLAND MATCH

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XX, Issue 1121, 5 October 1911, Page 12

THE INTER-ISLAND MATCH

TEAMS FOR SATURDAY. Little interest is being taken in the North v. South Island match, which will be played in Wellington on Saturday. The teams will be represented as follows: — South Island: —Full-back Scott (Otago), Three-quarters, Guthrie (Canterbury), Lynch (South Canterbury), Burns (Canterbury). Fiveeighths, Gray (Canterbury), Irvine (West Coast). Half-back, Green (Buller). Wing forward, Murray (Canterbury. Forwards, Biggar (Southland), Dalton (South Canterbury), Forbes and McDonald (Marlborough), Paterson (Otago), Hassell (Canterbury), Best (Nelson). North Island:—Full-back, O’Leary (Auckland). Three-quarters, McGregor (Auckland), Mitchinson (Wellington), Rawiri (Horowhenua). Fiveeighths, Geddes (Auckland) Kaipara (Poverty Bay). Half-back, F. Roberts (Wellington). Forwards, Coleman (Taranaki) (wing), Sellars (Auckland), Cane (Taranaki), Tamil (Taranaki), Smith (Taranaki), Young (Taranaki), Downing (Hawke’s Bay), A. Wilson (Wellington). In regard to the selection of the North Island team great surprise is expressed in Auckland football circles at the forwards chosen. It is in the forwards that Auckland’s main strength lies this year, and the recent successful tour of the South by the northern city representatives was largely due to the splendid efforts of the Auckland front division- Being the champion team of the Dominion it was naturally thought that Auckland would have a big hand in supplying the North Island forwards, yet Sellars is the only Aucklander chosen among the forwards. Auckland’s two best forwards, Hayward and Bruce, have been overlooked in making the selection, and it is little wonder that those in a position to judge are somewhat puzzled at the omission of two of the Dominion’s most prominent players from the North Island team, particularly when three of the seven backs chosen are, curious to relate, Aucklanders. WELLINGTON DRAW WITH OTAGO. The annual interprovincial match between Wellington and Otago was played at the Caledonian Ground, Dunedin, on Saturday in the presence of some 6000 spectators, and resulted in a drawn game, each side notching nine

points. McKenzie, Ryan and Grace each scored tries for Wellington, while for Otago Symonds notched a try, which was converted by Norrie, and Scott potted a goal from the field.