WAIKATO RUGBY TEAM

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1030, 22 July 1930, Page 12

WAIKATO RUGBY TEAM

SIDE TO PLAY BRITAIN , A Oiir Oun Correspondent HAMILTON, Monday. | There should be little criticism I the team selected today to Waikato, King Country and Valley against the British team ! Hamilton on August 2. In picking li of the side from the Waikato Union the selectors showed that they i more concerned with obtaining the besi | material available than with giviiJ I r ach union equitable re presen tatior No unbiased persons would cavil * i such a policy, although it is a fact i that the possibilities of King Counm and Thames Valley representatives tii play in the combined team were not displayed until last Saturdav, the selectors had their tasks to fulfiL On its play at Hamilton on Saturday against W aikato. Thames Valley could not seriously advance any claims lw positions in the combined side. Them were only two men who approached the fringe of representative standard. Hedley. the fullback, and Woodroff* the rover. Woodroffe could hardlv have been placed ahead of Story, who gaw a magnificent display on Saturday, waa is rec ognised as the best wing- forward in South Auckland. Weo, the King Country fullback, and the only non-Waikato man in the team, is said to be worth hi? salt, and is probably more fitted for the job than Hedley. though why the latter not included in the emergencies is noc quite clear. All Waikato mourns the fact S. Thomas, of Morrinsville. who is * brilliant fullback, is unable to guild the citadel against the overseas visitor* through an injury. In the opinion of some, J. Tuck, who has been on the sick list and whose play has not beta startling this season, should have given place to Wilkes, the nippy Waipa firstlive. A feature of the rep. game over the week-end was the brilliant combined work of Fitzgerald and Carlson. Both are in the pink of condition, and if they get the ball can be depended upon to give the Englishmen some anxious moments. Mitchell is the logical halfback. and even if the combined get the worst of the set scrums it caa depend on Mitchell to find the leather somewhere and let the backs have a chance. Tho pack is strong and vigorous, ’out will lack the weight and general aggressiveness of the British sc rummers.