FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1926, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

UANFURLY SHIELD

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.]

CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 10

“Unless the selectors are satisfied that the Bay team to play Canterbury is strong enough to do justice to the Bay. the match will not he tor the Uanfurly Shield.” This statement was made hy Norman AlcKenzie. the Bay Manager, when interviewed on arrival here to-day. Xepia will not come south. McKenzie said : “AA’e will have to play men in positions foreign to them. AA’e are not going to throw the Shield away.” CAXTERISUBY TEAAL CHRISTCHURCH. Sept. 16. The Canterbury Rugby team for Saturday against Hawke’s Bay is as follows : Full-back—Lilburne. Three-quarters—Elvy, Carleton. Robil I i til'd. Five-eighths—Oliver and AlcGregor. Half—Dailey. Forwards—-Scrimshaw, (I ray. AlcCormack. Leahy, Ward, AA’aghorn, Jeffries and Dickson. HAAYKES BAY' TEA AT. The llawkcs Bay team v. Canterbury is as follows: Full-hack—Pacwai. Three-quarters—Corkill, Blake and Greenside. Five-eighths—Cooke and Johnson. Half—Alill. Forwards—Walker. Irvine, Swain. Campbell, M. Brownlie. C. Brownlie, Craven and Single. THE LEAGUE CODE. SECOND WIN. (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 16. New Zealand 23 Leigh Hi LONDON. September 16.

The New Zealand League team was: Dully, Gardiner, Davidson, Brown, Brisbane, Sanders. Hall. Devine. Carrol. Herring, Alason. Alouatt and Avery. The tourists occasionally showed brilliant combination, the backs supporting each other well, but tlioy have not yet readied the excellence- of other Dominion teams. The forwards are. not yet able to get the hall in the scrums and are often badly beaten in them. Besides the others named in today’s match Hall was very peromineut among the hacks. PARIS. Sept. 15. Pelletier Doisy kicks off in the .Maori’s match against Burgundy, at Dijon to-morrow.