MANY INJURED MEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12608, 19 November 1926, Page 8

MANY INJURED MEN

MAORI TEAM HANDICAPPED FOUR MORE MATCHES ARRANGED TWO IN SCOTLAND , i By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, November 17. Injuries continue to reduce seriously the strength of the Maori Rugby team. Potaka sprained his ankle against the Harlequins, and 'will not he available for a fortnight. Barclay, the captain, strained his back and cracked a rib against Newport. and probably will not play against JBlackbeath on Saturday. Gemmell has not recovered from a broken bone in the ankle which he received in the match against Lyonnais. In addition to these Stewart fractured his nose when playing against Gloucester, and Bell went into hospital a fortnight ago for a removal of an

abscess under a tooth. Although he played against Llanelly he is still under the dentist. Rika. Tatana, and Olsen are suffering from cauliflower ears owing to overmuch scrummaging. Matches have been arranged as follow: —At Cardiff, against a Welsh exServicemen’s team, on December 29th; a charity match in London against a fifteen captained by W. W- Wakefield on January Ist; against Glasgow on January 3rd; and against Edinburgh on January sth. SAILING IN JANUARY The team leave for Canada in the Montcalm on January 7th, and will play matches at Vancouver and Victoria (8.C.). The team will arrive at Auckland on February 28th. The “Daily Mail” is of the opinion that the Maoris are not being coached sufficiently in dribbling, in which they are most ineffective, rarely taking the hall two yards and resulting in an endless loss of opportunities. SOUVENIRS FROM WALES Souvenirs, the idea of which originated from the Welsh national football anthem, “Sospan Fach” (Anglice, “Little Saucepan”) and red, which is the national football colour, were presented to Mr W. T. Pnrata and Barclay. Each received a silver snucennn decorated with scarlet, ribbons. The other players received miniature replicas.