INTER-ISLAND RUGBY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 18 September 1939, Page 9

INTER-ISLAND RUGBY

NORTH TEAM CHOSEN ALL BLACK TRIALISTS THREE FROM GISBORNE (Pur Press Association) AUCKLAND, this day. The following team has been chosen by the North Island selectors, Messrs. K McKenzie, Wairarapa, F. W. Lucas. Auckland, and T. French, Poverty Bay, to play for the North Island against the South in ,the »annual match at Wellington next Saturday: Full-back.—ll. M. Dyer (Hawke’s Bay). Threequarters. —W. J. Phillips (Waikato), J. L. Sullivan (Taranaki), L. Schubert (Auckland).

Five-eighths.— P. J. Reid (Hawke’s Bay), N. Pearman (Auckland). Half-back—E. W. Tindill (Wellington).

Front row.—E. Jackson (Hawke’s Bay), A. Lambourne (Wellington), W. N. Carson (Auckland).

Second row. — S. T. Reid (Hawke’s Bay), M. MacDonald, (Hawke’s Bay), J. B. CoulL (Taranaki), R. M. McKenzie (Manawatu). Back .row—A. W. Bowman (Hawke’s Bay). Emergencies.— Backs: D. Brady (Auckland) 1, A. I. McAneney (Poverty Bay); forwards, H. S. Benton (Taranaki), J. ,M. Taylor (Waikato). The following 38 players have been chosen by Mr. E. McKenzie, sole New Zealand selector, to take part in the trial matches to be played in Wellington next Saturday and on September 27 and 30 as preliminaries to the selection of the All Black team, which is scheduled to tour South Africa next year. Full-backs: J. M. Taylor (Wellington), W. Hare (Auckland). Wing threequarters: J. S. Cartwright (Canterbury), R. G. Mahoney (Southland), C. Cunningham (North Auckland), J. R. Shcrratt (Wellington), D. E. Murray (Otago). Centre threequarter: D. G. Barton (Wanganui), J. Molloy (Auckland), A. G. Hunter (Canterbury). The latter may also be tried on the wing. Five-eighths: C. A. Gibson (North Auckland), W. Burgess (Canterbury), C. Brown (Taranaki), G. H. Hook (Wanganui). ' Ha||f-(blocks': D. Codling (North Auckland), E. T. Moss (Hawke’s Bay). Forwards: D Dalton (Hawke’s Bay) J. S. McKenzie (Ashburton), H. C. Anderson (Poverty Bay), J. McLean (Taranaki), W. 11. Jolly (Otago), A. G. Davidson (Wanganui), E. L. Todd (Wellington), D. H. Herman (Canterbury), G. Mason (Bullcr), C. 11. Catley (Waikato), J. Gilmour (Auckland) R. Rogers (Poverty Bay), W. H. Warrender (Waikato), R. R- Hull (Auckland), J. Best (Bay of Plenty), N. McPhail (Canterbury), G. Mills (South Canterbury), F. J. Cassidy (Wellington), B. Doig (Ashburton), G. Fowler (Taranaki), E. Strachan (North Otago), P. K. Rhind (Canterbury).