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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 154, 29 June 1907, Page 12

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> The selection committee have not i picked the team for the trip to Wellingf ton yet; it should not be a very difficult | r matter. Those to be selected . should 5 have plenty of notice to enable them to ; obtain the necessary leave and to give . definite word whether they can make ( the trip. Otherwise there may be some r j difficulty in getting a good team away, [ if matters are delayed in this direction. [ I hear it is doubtful whether Philson I and Strickland, our crack attackers, will » i be able to make the trip. . > Watters, an ex-Belfast player, has! r been a regular attendant at the prac- . tice games during the past three weeks, i and is a fine exponent of the game, the . best defence player I have seen play - Ihere. He is very accurate with his » stick, and possesses a wealth of energy. j I hope Kitching will be able to play r against Wellington; he is a first-class, r goalkeeper, and is well up in the - points of the game. Some little time i ago I drew- attention to the fact that the long throw from one end of the field l is now Completely out of date in Canada I and in Australia, and I hope local de-

fence players will take this to hea«s, and adopt the short pass. It is certainly excusable cm occasions when hard pressed, but I am sorry to state it seems to be the general rule here. the Wellington representative, took part in last Saturday's game, and displayed much better form than he did in the recent representative match. He statid that the Southern; men will be able to put a strong team in the field against the Anckla.nde.rs in August. An. old Adelaide lacrosseur refereed in last Saturday's game, and gave some good hints to the local players. He will probably play if a left-handed stick is available. By the vray, there are several left-handed players about, and it is a pity tie proper sticks are not obtainable. Several recruits have been taking part in the practise games, and Peace, l<. Stewart, Keen, and Hdrspool give pro-, mise of developing into top-notehers at the game. Nolan has been, playing on the attack of late. He put in some good work last week, and scored a couple of goals in fine style. The Capital Team champions of Canada met the Duke of Argyll's English team at Lord's last month. After a magnificent game the Canadians won by ten goal to eight.