RUGBY FOOTBALL

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20279, 23 August 1937, Page 8

RUGBY FOOTBALL

TOURING SPRINGBOKS. THE NEXT MATCH. WEST COAST-BULLER TEAM. (Special to Times.) GREYMOUTH. Monday. On Wednesday the Springbok* will meet the West Coast-Buller team, which will include four players who took part in the All Black match and will be led by It. R. King, who is captain of the 1937 All Biacks. The combined learn will be considerably weakened by the exclusion through injury of G. Gilbert, the fullback, who received a severely sprained ankle last week, and M. Davidson, the halfback, who broke a email bone Jn his arm. Gilbert will be replaced by A. Dunn, of Buller. while a final decision for the halfback position will be made in favour either of R. Butterfield or B. Finlayson.

The Combined team is as follows: Fullback, A. Dunn i Buller); threequarters, J. Hiller i Buller), A. Strachan Bulled. R. Roberts (West Coast' ; five-eighths. W. Main (West Coast), s. Stewart (Buller); halfback. R. Butterfield Buller) or B. Finlayson (Buller ; forwards. R. Kirkwoovi (We*t Coast'. G. Orman (Buller', J. Lake (Buller), G. Wilson Buller). R. R. King (West Coast), M. Scandrett (West Coast). G. Wilson (Buller), P. Garden (West Coast). The four All Black trialists are G. Mason. M. Scandrett, G. Orman (hooker). A. Straehan (centrel, and the All Black captain. It. R. King.