Wilson Will Be Hooker In Tomorrow's Game

Chronicle (Levin), 3 June 1949, Page 5

Wilson Will Be Hooker In Tomorrow's Game

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Received Friday, 11.45 a.m. , CAPETOWN, June. 2. Thfe arai injury suffered by the All Black hopker, Wilson, 'has re4 sp.onde;d "tp tfeatpient. and he wil} play againsft gpland on In practicps s" fipe ' tlie . Uhivprsitles matcfi/Catley has" been mstructing Wi'son and better resqits are e-x7 pected" in future, Injuries hayp piounted p-mong the team. In addition " to ' Catley, A'ilen and Elvidge, who wi 1 be out of action fpp an in'definjtp pgriodj liendersoh brp'ke - & bprie "the small finger of the l.eft qand. gl^cj? is nursing a brpis.ed leg. gearqey nQw app.ears t.o have fu'iy recpvpre'd from a pulled :.eg muscip. ' Among the most discusged lncidjepts here fqilowing Tuesday's niatcli, jyas thq referee 's decision in disallowing a try by Bufler for "Universities, in "tfee second speli. . The start of the ipQyement was comparable with that engineered at Aueklan,cl agaiu^t Britaip ii) 1930 by Marlt Nieholls • whqsp astufe 'crqsskick epabled Lucas to catch the opposing wipg out of position anyl score. In Tuesday's match Eyy crosskicked to perfectiqn and Butler had a slight advantage over HendersQ'n as the bait rolled over th.e line. Butlei dive.d but the referee had no hesitatiqn in awarding a 25 dropoqt. PubUs.he.d photographs gh'qw that Butler was undern.ealh Henderson in the dive for the ball but both Then appear tQ have their hauds qu the ball whi.ch justified the referee 's decision. c After reading the report from New Zealand summarising the reaction at home at Tnegday's result, Mr. Parker (manager) said: "We do not intend to offer qxeuses for tbe fact that we are not as flt as expected. We had a good training prograihme bttt it has not been enough. Therefore, we intend to get down harder to our task than ever, "