Australian Team To Play King Country
Received Sunday, 7 p.m. SYDNEY, August 14. The Australian Rugby Union team to play King Country on Wednesday, is: Fullback, Piper; three-quarters,.Garner, Allan, Blomely, ' Ware; five-eigkth, Emery; half, Burke; forwards, Brockhoff, Cornforth, Windon, Shehadie, Mossop, Betts, Cottrell, Baxter. The team eaptain, Trevor Allan, ha? been seleeted by the Sunday. Telegraph as "tlie best a'nd fairest .. player pf the year" and wdl veceive a silvev shield. In Rugby League, the Sunday Telegraph rated K. Hansen, second row forward, as the star player of the' year with L. Cowie, M. McCoy, C,. Churchill, I. Johnson, K. Froome, R. Sullivan, F. de Belin, B. Manu and R. Bull ."'occupying minor placings in that order. Hansen, who is 20, will receive a free air trip and a month's holiday in England where he will be paid £25 weekly as the guest of the English. Rugby League, to study football. In the Sunday Herald contest for the outstanding Rugby League player of the year, Iv. Froome, who will lead the Australian team in New Zealand, was chosen. He will receive a trophy and £150. The runners-up were L. Cowie, R. Beaumont, C. Churchill, K. Hansen, N. Hill, B. Hopkins, B. Manu, J. Hawrke and M. McCoy.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 August 1949, Page 6
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