INTER-ISLAND RUGBY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 148, 10 July 1937, Page 16

INTER-ISLAND RUGBY

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LOOKING BACK TO OTHER DAYS INTEREST ALWAYS VERY KEEN

RECORDS OF THE PAST

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The annual Rugby match between the North and South Islands invar«ably awakes a great deal of inerest arnong followers of the code, but on the eve of a Springbok invasion of the Dominion It creates something «.ktn to Rugby madnecs. Both islands are keenly Rugby minded at the moment and the assembling of some hundred Rugby stars in Wellington for the inter-Island match and the vveek of trials to follow is something wliich will make Rugby history. A major reason for the match between the two islands creating keen interest lies in the fact that the crowd which assembles each year does not feel as keenly the ties of parochialism which manifest themselves when two representative or two club teams play against each other. Few go down prepared to barrack entirely for the- North or for the South. They go with a feeling of enthusiasm for their own particular players, perhaps, but mainly to see the best of New Zealand talent in action. For it is a rare treat for. New Zealanders to see their own teams at the top of their form. Only those who can accompany All Black sides on overseas tours can daim to have seen New Zealand's best in action. For instance, how many in New Zealand saw the famous 1924-25 team when it was at the pegk of its glory at the defeat of England in 1925? The hope of seeing the best in the Dominion in action urges public attention on the inter-Island -match and people from outside unions go to see their own players measured up with those from elsewhere. How the Games Have Gone. Date. Where played. Won by. Score. 1897 — Wellington. North 16 — 3 1902 — Wellington. South. 20 — 14 1903 — Auckland. South. 12 — 5 1904 — Dunedin. Drawn 3 — 3 1905 — Wellington. North. 26 — 0 1906 — Wellington. North. 9 — 5 1907 — Christchurch. North 11 — 0 1908 — Wellington. North. 12 — 5 1909— Wellington. South. 19 — 11 1910 — Christchurch. South. 14 — 10 1911 — Wellington. North. 19 — 9 1912 — Napier North. 12 — 8 1913 — Christchurch. South. 25 — 0 1914 — Wellington. South. 8 — 0 1919 — Wellington. North. 28 — 11 1920 — Wellington. North. 12 — 3 1921 — Christchurch. North. 28—13 1922 — Auckland. South. 9 — 8 1923 — Wellington. Drawn 6 — 6 1924 — Wellington. North. 39 — 8 1925 — Invercargill. North. 16 — 5 1926— rWellington. North. 41 — 9 1927— Wellington. South. 31 — 30 1928 — Christchurch. - South. 15 — 14 1929 — Wellington. North. 29 — 20 1931 — Wellington. Drawn. 20 — 20 1932 — Christchurch. North. 28 — 10 1933 — Wellington. ITorth. 27 — 18 1934— Dunedin, South 27—20 1935 — Wellington. North. 15 — 9 1936 — Christchurch, NoYth 17 — 6 Summary: Played 31; North 18, South 10, drawn 3. To recount the fortunes of play in every inter-Island match would fill pages, but perhaps recollection of recent-day players will be of interest. In the teams chosen for this year's match the following players already have their Isiand caps: H. Pollock (Wellington), J. Sullivan (Taranaki), D. Solomon (Auckland), E. S. Jackson (Hawke's Bay), A. Lambourn (Wellington), D. Dalton (Hawke's Bay), R» McKenzie Manawatu, S. Reid (Hawke's Bay), J. Wells (Wellington), T. C. Morrison (Canterbury), N. A. Mitchell (Southland), " D. TreVarthan (Otago), J. O. Hattersley (Canterbury), G. Ormon (Bu'ller), C. E. Quald (Otago), J. Rankin (Canterbury), R. R. King (Southland), A. A. Parkhill (Otago), h. Niven (Otago), A. H. Andrews (Wellington), C. M. Le Quesne (Wellington). The following players in the interIsland fixture of 1937 have worn the All Black jersey: H. R. Pollock, 1932 and 1936; J. M. Watt, 1936; D. Solomon, 1935; E. S. Jackson, 1936; A. Lambourn, 1934-35; D. Dalton, 193536; R. McKenzie, 1934-35-36; S. T. Reid, 1935-36; J. Wells, 1936; N. A. Mitchell, 1935-36; R. R. King, 1934-35-36; R. H. Ward, 1936, J. G. Rankin, 1936. L. II. Andrews was selected to accompany the 1934 team to Australia but gave way to Barry (Wellington). Andrews was at that time playing for Canterbury. J. L. Sullivan (Taranaki), has also once worn the All Black jersey, but that was ln a match against South Canterbury in 1936, when the New Zealand team was given a run against South Canterbury prior to the selection to meet the Australians in the second test at Dunedin.