TWENTY CHOSEN

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20261, 2 August 1937, Page 8

TWENTY CHOSEN

ALL BLACK TRAINING. FIRST TEST PREPARATIONS. MITCHELL AN ABSENTEE. (By Telegrapn.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sunday. Twenty players have been cboseu by the New Zealand Rugby Union selectors to train at Otaki in preparation for the first test against the Springboks at Wellington on August 14. An additional player will be chosen later in the week. A notab'e absentee from the list le the All Block centre anl wing-three-auarter. X. A. Mit !hel!. Southland, who pulled a leg muscle during the All Black trials. He turned out on Saturday for Southland in the Ranfurly Shield match against Otago and was forced to retire. The selected players are as follows : Fullback. — J. M. Taylor Otago). Threequarters.—D. G. Cobden (Canterbury), J. Dick (Auckland), T. G. Morrison (South Canterbury), J. L. Sullivan (Taranaki). Five-eighths.—J. A. Hooper (Canterbury), D. Trevarthan (Otago), G. Grossman (King Country'. Halfback.—H. Simon (Otago). JL« Forwards.—A. Lambourn (Welling- 7 4 ton), D. Dalton (Hawke’s Bay), T. H. Pearce (Auckland), E. S. Jackson (Hawke's Bay). R. R. King (West Coast), S. T. Reid (Hawke’s Bay). H. Mi.liken (Canterbury), R. M. McKenzie (Manawatu). J. G. Rankin (Canterbury), r. h. Ward (Southland), A. A. Parkill (Otago). All the players selected have been in the public eye for some weeks, as they all played In the trials. Enthusiasts tn this area will be pleased to see that the captain of the Combined Waikato-King Country-Thames Valley team, C. A. Crossman, has been included and he stands an excellent chance of final selection. After his great showings in Wellington and against the Springboks he looked a certainty and as he is improving all the time and is a very sound defender as well as a penetrative attacking back he has every chance of playing on August 14.