ALL BLACKS

Evening Star, Issue 19664, 17 September 1927, Page 21

ALL BLACKS

THE TEAM FOR SOUTH AFRICA With tli© iuteruniou programme practically completed to-day with the Auckland-Wellington and Canter-bury-Otago matches, interest will soon centre on the choice of players for the South African tour, especially as the first series of five trials ends next Saturday with the big South Island game at Carisbrook. _ Men who have shown good form in the season’s matches arc BACKS. —Full-backs.— V. Butler (Auckland), D. R. L. Stevenson (Otago), Cl. Yates (Hawke s Bay), J. H. Harris (Canterbury), A. Petty (Taranaki). —Wing Three-quarters.— A, Grensido (Hawke's Bay), F. Snodgrass (Nelson), J. Steel (Canterbury), A. N. Macdonald (Southland), h. 'Buurko (Taranaki), W. L. Flvy (Wellington), A. C. C. Robilhard (Canterbury), L. Hook (Auckland), S. Iv. Svcnson (Wellington). —Centro Three-quarters.— F. C. Bennett (Poverty Bay), H. W. I Brown (Taranaki), D. Lindsay (Otago), F. W. Lucas (Auckland), S. 18. Carlcton (Canterbury), E. South I (Wellington). —Five-eighths.— A. Bcrridgo (Auckland), M. F. Nicholls (Wellington), G. P. Lawson (South Canterbury), H. Lilburne (Canterbury), L. M. Johnson (Wellington), J), Brophy (Manawhenua), N. P. M'Gregor (Canterbury), T, R. Sheen (Auckland), J. I. Ross (Otago), 1). Johnston (Taranaki), T. G. Corkhill (Hawke’s Bay), A. E. Cooke (Wairarapa), T. Vangioni (Wanganui). —rHalf-backs.— A. Holden (Otago), W. C. Halley < Canterbury), F. Kilby (Wellington). FORWARDS. —Wing Forwards. — A. Keene (Auckland), C. G. Porter (Wellington), Gi Scrimshaw ‘(Canterbury). —Hookers.— A. R. Lomas (Thames), D. Stewart (South Canterbury), W. R. Irvine (Wairarapa), Q. Donald (Wairarapa), E. Anderson (Manawhenua), J. P. Swain (Hawke’s Bay), S. Hadley (Auckland), J. Hindenach (Otago). „ —Locks.— A. Emerson (Wellington), I. H. Harvey (Wairarapa), G. T. Alley (Canterbury). ■ Scrummagers.— 11. F. Stewart (South Canterbury), I. Finlayson (Northland), E. Heffernan (Hawke’s Bay), M. J. Brownlie (Havdte’s Bay). C. J. Brownlie (Hawke’s Bay), W. E. Hazlett (Southland), P. Ward (Taranaki), J. Johnston (Wanganui), C. Sonntag (Otago), J. More (Otago), G. Conrad (Hawke’s

(Wellington), A. Knight (Auckland), R. M‘Williams (Auckland), J. Walter (Taranaki). % Tlio positions given above are those in which the men are apparently playing for their provinces or unions.