Rugby TEAMS CHOSEN FOR SOUTH ISLAND TRIAL
Fourteen Canterbury players have been included in the teams and reserves for the final South Island Rugby trial to be played at Lancaster Park on Tuesday, April 30. A surprise selection is last year’s All Black captain, R. H. Duff, who earlier this season was thought most unlikely to be available for the tour of Australia.
The teams are:— Possibles Full-back: W. C. Wilson (Otago). Three-quarters: M. J. Dixon (Canterbury), J. R. Watt (Southland), R. M. Smith (Canterbury). Five-eighths: E. M. Flaherty (Mid-Canterbury), W. R. Archer (Southland). Half-back: L. J. Townsend (Otago). Back row: H. C. Burry (Canterbury). Middle row: J. B. Buxton (Otago) S. F. Hill (Canterbury).K. F. Meates (Canterbury), T. D. Coughlan (South Canterbury). Front row: F. S. McAtamney (Otago), J. Anderson (Otago), J. Shaw (Buller). Probables Full-back: D. L. Ashby (Southland). Three-quarters: P. Mcllroy
(Otago), A. E. G. Elsom (Canterbury), F. Gugich (West Coast). Five-eighths: H. J. Levien (Otago), S. G. Bremner (Canterbury). Half-back: B. J. Molloy (Canterbury). Back row: A. J. Soper (Southland). Middle row: G. Anderson (Buller), R. H. Duff (Canterbury), T. Edgerton (West Coast), W. D. Gillespie (Otago). Front row: E. Hern (Canterbury), D. Young (Canterbury), W. J. Whineray (Canterbury). Emergencies for both teams are: Backs: I. Dent (Buller), S. K. Henderson (Canterbury) E. S. Diack (Otago). Forwards: M. D. Casey (South Canterbury), D. P. Kennedy (South Canterbury), N. Teague (Canterbury).
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28258, 22 April 1957, Page 16
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