ALL BLACKS CHOSEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1002, 19 June 1930, Page 1

ALL BLACKS CHOSEN

TEAM FOR FIRST BRITISH TEST FOUR AUCKLAND PLAYERS Press Association OAMARU. Wednesday. The following team has been selected to represent New Zealand against the British Rugby team in the first test match at Dunedin on Saturday:— Fullback. —G. Nepia (East Coast). Threequarters.—G. Hart (Canter* bury), F. W. Lucas (Auckland), D. Olliver (Wellington). Five-eighths.-—A. E. Cooke (Wellington). H. Lilburne (Canterbury). Halfback. —J. Milt ( Wairarapa). Wing-forward.—C. G. Porter, captain (Wellington). Hookers. —A. I. Cottrell (Canterbury), W. R. Irvine (Wairarapa). Lock. —E. R. C. Steere (Hawke's Bay). Supports.—l. Finlayson (North Auckland), R. G. McWilliams (Auckland). Back Row. —W. T. Hazlett (Southland), W. Batty (Auckland). Reserves. —Forward: J. Hore (Otago). Backs: M. Nicholls (Wellington), L. Johnson (Wellington). Owing to the effects of a recent injury to his knee R. T. Stewart was not considered in the selection. FINAL PRACTICE ENGLISHMEN PREPARED FOR TEST RESTING TOMORROW (SUN Special Representative — Copyright} DUNEDIN, Today. An interested crowd watched the British team's final practice conducted in beautiful sunshine on the Cariabrooke ground this morning. Each phase of play including the scrum work, line-outs, kicking and passing, was covered, while an interesting piece of strategy practised by the tacks, obviously with particular attention to possible spoiling tactics by the opposition, was the use of a short kick by the inside backs. Reverse passing by Aarvold and Spong was also practised. Mr. James Baxter stated after prac. tice that no further training would be done before the test. Tomorrow, those chosen would rest in preparation for Saturday’s match. The ground is at present In splendid order and if the weather holds Saiur- : day's match would bo a classic of its | kind.