PLAYERS FOR NEXT SATURDAY.
THE SPRINGBOKS AND THE ALL BLACKS COMPARISON OF HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS. VISITORS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE. The following table giving the age, height and weight of all the players who will participate In the first Rugby Test at Wellington next Saturday makes Interesting reading. A comparison of the probable players for each side finds that the Springboks will have the advantage of height and weight In both back and forward divisions. THE ALL BLACKS.
Fullback. Age Height Weight J. Taylor (Otago) .. — 24 5.9 12.1 Three-quarters. J. L. Sullivan (Taranaki) 22 5.9 12.5 T. (S. Canterbury) 23 6.0 12.9 D. G Cobden (Canterbury) •• •• 23 6.1 13.4 J. Dick (Auckland) 24 5.9 J 12.3 Flve-elflhtha. C. A. Crossman (King Country) .. 24 5.8 11.2 'J. A. Hooper (Canterbury) 24 5.10 11.0 D. Trevathan (Otago) .. .. ui .. 24 5.8 12.0 Halfback. H. Simon (lOtago). ... .. . 26 5.8 11.0 Forwards. *E. S. Jackson (Hawke’s Bay) 23 5.10J 14.0 A. Lambourn (Wellington) 26 5.10 13.8 *D. Dalton (Hawke’s Bay) 24 5.9 13.10 T. (H. Pearce (Auckland) •.. .. 24 5.10 14.7 ‘R. McKenzie (Manawatu) 26 6.0 15.1 *S. Reid (Hawke’s Bay 24 6.3 14.10 *R. R. King (West Coast) .. 26 6.2i 14.12 H. Milliken (Canterbury) .. 24 6.0 14.12 A. A. Parkhill (Otago) .. 25 5.10 13.12 *J. G. Rankin (Canterbury) .. ... 23 5.11 12.12 R. H. Ward (Southland) 21 6.1 14.0 (Asterisks denote previous All Blacks.)
8PRINQBOK8. Fullbacks. Ase Height Weight G. H. Brand (West. Prov.) .. 30 5.10 12.0 F. G. Turner (Transvaal) .. •• 23 5.10 J 12.8 Wing Three-quarters. D. 0. Williams (West Prov.) .. 23 6.1* 13.6 P. J. Lyster (Natal) .. . * 25 5.9* 12.7 A. D. Lawton (West Prov.) 25 5.10 12.12 J. A. Broodrijk (Transvaal) «« ** 25 6.0 13 10 Centre Three-quarters J. Bester (West. Prov.). .. .. 19 6.0 12.12 J. White (Border) .. „ 4 25 5.11 13.2 S. R. Hofmeyr (West. Prov.) .. .. 24 5.11* 11.11 L. Babrow (West. Prov.) ., .. 21 5.8 11.11 Fly Halves. D. F. van de Vyver (West. Prov.) . * 27 5.8 11.11 C. P. Lochner (East. Prov.) . 23 5.11 12.7 T. A. Harris (Transvaal) . * 21 5.6 11.8 Scrum Halves. D. H. Craven (East. Prov.) .. 26 5.10 J 13.6 P. de Villiers (West. Prov.). .« 30 5.7 J 9.10 Forwards. J. W. Lots (Transvaal) ... .* .. 26 6.0 14.7 S. C. Louw (Transvaal) .. >., 25 6.0 13.13 M. M. Louw (West. Prov.) .. 30 6.1 15.0 C. B. Jennings (Border) .. .1 .. •*.. 23 5.11 14.1 J H. J. Martin (Transvaal) .. .. 26 60 15.0 W . F. Berg (Transvaal) .. .. .... 29 6.3* 16.2 M. A. van den Berg (West, Prov.) 27 6.1* 14.9 P. J. Nel (Natal) .. .. .. ,. 34 6.1* 15.5 A. R. Sheriff (Transvaal) ... 25 6.3 15.0 L. C. Strachan (Transvaal) 29 6.1 i 14.7 B. du Toit (Transvaal) . .• .. 24 6.1 15.0 H. H. Watt (West. Prov.) .. 26 6.2 14.0 W . E. Bastard (Natal) 25 5.10 14.0 G. L. van Reenan (West. Prov.) . * 23 6-4 J 14.10
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20266, 7 August 1937, Page 22 (Supplement)
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469PLAYERS FOR NEXT SATURDAY. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20266, 7 August 1937, Page 22 (Supplement)
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