CHARITY CUP

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 163, 30 September 1927, Page 13

CHARITY CUP

TO-MORROW’S RUGBY ALL BLACK TRIALS NORTH V SOUTH MATCH The match between Ponsonby and Grammar for the Charity Cup is the chief Rugby attraction for Auckland to-morrow. More interest, however, will probably Tie centred on the inter-island match, to be played at Wellington as one of the All Black trials. T AST time Ponsonby and Grammar met, under fearful conditions at the Show Qroimds, Grammar succeeded in notching a very narrow victory. The All Whites may be able to repeat the success to-morrow, particularly as Ponsonby will be without McManus, Hook and Berridge. The inter-island match at Wellington is one of the series oE elimination tests as a result of which the All Black team for South Africa will be chosen. Several Aucklanders are engaged, and their performances will be watched with interest. Hadley, Hook and Sheen appear to have made their places practically secure. Keen, at wing-forward, has Scrimshaw (Canterbury) and Porter (Wellington) as his principal rivals. He has every chance of being in the final selection. Many players in to-mor-row’s match are engaged in what will possibly be their final trial. After it they will either be selected- discarded or reserved until observation of others has been made. ANNOUNCING “CERTAINTIES’' There are likely to be a number of names announced after to-morrow’s match, as were the sixteen “certainties” who were named after the interisland match in 1924. The certainties then were: Nepia, Steel, Hart, Lucas, Cooke, Nlcholls, Irvine. McCleary, Harvey. M. P/own lie, C. Brownlie, Porter, Parker, White, Stewart, Richardson. To-morrow the bunch will ags.in include both Brownlies, and probably Harvey, Stewart, Cooke, Nicholls, Robilliard, Sheen, Hadley, Swain, Finlayson, Grenside and Hook. South is another who seems to have, impressed tho selectors, while Strang, the young South Canterbury back, who played so well in Auckland, appears to be distinctly in the running. The New Zealand Rugby Union is meeting to-night to determine the exact policy it will follow in announcing the team. The important considerations involved will probably lead it to decide that the full selection shall be released after next Wednesday, when the certainties will not be called upon, so that ethers the selectors wish to watch may be given a game. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS An important point is that the men selected will want to husband their resources, as the tour will inevitably cost each man a considerable amount of his own money, and it will therefore be advantageous if adequate warning is given. Furthermore, they will want tim€! in which to train before* they leave New Zealand next Mas',