RUGBY FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 3 September 1948, Page 6

RUGBY FOOTBALL

North Island Trial Teams AUCKLAND, Sept. 2. The North Island selectors have announced the teams for the All Black trial at Napier next Wednesday as follows:-— A. team. —Full-back, G. Sherlock (Wanganui); Three-quarters, P. Henderson (Wanganui), C. Ward (Wellington), P. King (Wellington); Five-eighths, W. Galloway (Horowhenua), G. W. Delamore (Wellington) ; Half-back, T. Ingram (Hawke’s Bay); Front row: D. Ancell (Taranaki), J? McCormick (Hawke’s Eay, D. O’Donnell (Wellington); Middle row, G. Henderson (Wairarapa), H. Fraser (Hawkes' Bay), H. Mathieson (Wairarapa), I. Shaw (Poverty Bay); Back row: R. Lloyd (Wellington). B. team. —Full-back, M. J. Doyle (Wellington); Three-quarters, J. Hourigan (Wellington), R. Smith (Horowhenua), A. O’Byrne (Taranaki); Five-eighths, K. Gudsell (Wanganaui), G. Beatty (Taranaki); Halfback, W. Dougan (Wellington); Front row, G. King (Poverty Bay), M.- Ingpen (Wellington), J. Wilkins (Bush); Middle row, A. Thomas (Bush), J. E. Willis (Wellington), D. Brosnahan (Manawatu), R. White. (Wellington); back row, H. Young] (Manawatu). * Reserves for both teams: —Backs, F. Muller (Bush), A. Pinfold (Wairarapa), M. Hunter’ (Wanganui). W. Cameron (Taranaki), A. Nola (Bush). Forwards, S. Granville (Wanganui), R. Potier (Taranaki), B. Pegley (Wanganui), M. Ward (Wellington), D. Carlson (Taranaki). ' Jimmy Mill In Hospital P.A. WELLILNGTON, Sept 2. Jimmy Mill, one of New Zealand’s most popular Rugby players since the First World War, is at present in Lewisham Hospital, Wellington, following a major operation. Mill was one of the half backs in the 1924 All Blacks, and subsequently a member of the famous Hawke’s Bay Ranfurly Shield teams.