Sports Log

NZ Truth, Issue 1203, 20 December 1928, Page 16

Sports Log

HAS THE COURAGE j "When the All ' Blacks *svere In, 1 Ppring-bokland,,=NQW .Zealand could only diacuss the omission of 'Marie Nicholls Scorn tho tests. All sorts of disclosures ■.jver c to toe made "when the toaiii came 'home— so the knowing ones 1 t6ld.: the %orld. Now they are; madeJ^-Mark has just Issued his book, "With the All Blacks m Springbokland.". .-•■■• 7 jie, has no reason to> feel nervous In Approaching- the public with; his pubjjicatiorflV it Is well '• worth, while. The Snemorable tour- is * exhaustively dealt 'with, and the lessons 'learnt and absorbed by the keen .Nicholls' brain are transported to; cold v-type.L ;' Some will riot agrbe-f.With his .view that "changes ih style, are necessary, but "N.Z. Truth" does, for'bine. ■'..- 7,; 7.7 ''.77 'A Altogether* a - most acceptable arid, timely 'book. 7 And' ;moderately .priced, t.6 ; 0. , • ' : 'i' '""■'" WANQ-ANUTS LOSS TJT the next Hawke Cup elimination £• match which Wanganui ■/.will play lielther J. Keipr nor "G.-. Qieseh willVbe jiVailabie. The former Is leaving Oollege 7this term, . and willtn. future reside at Christchurch. ■ '• 3c,On his form up this way i young Kerr Should soon. >win his. place m Canterbury's representative team; as he is undoubtedly a batsman of real class. TCGiesen is' another batsman likely to t&ke his place In big; cricket, but he "•frill be playing, lit JSngland for two or tftree years. He should gain his blue is.his Varsity. I mjAVm SHINES v -***', ' - . . ■ ' j^T his* Bhowing : alraiftst Parnell oh •^Saturday, A. S. Player, ,_ of .. the Iforth Shore Club, who will represent J&ickland m the South Island at Christmas, is gpittng'lwell" ;intp his stride, i Partnered: by 7 .; jgavui^ers, he opened tne play on W tricky wicket, ahd.it was some time before he settled' down. He p|ayed sa,fe with the difficult balls, however, and it was np£ until three of his partfterSfe' had^tfeeri -dismissed -that K!s. played.. witjiitconfldence. He cpmisenced'to, Strike out then, and collected; several boundaries.