LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 235, 3 October 1924, Page 10

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

ROOPE ROOSTER COMPETITION. MAIRISTS AND DEVOMPORT AGAIN. For the third time yvitliin a. month Devonport ami .Marist Bros, teams will be the star attraction to followers ot the League code of football, and so keen have lieen the contests previously when the teams met that another close game may be expected to-morrow. On (Saturday last Marists beat the men from across the barour in the last minute,b while a fortnight previously the honours went to Devonport by '_."> points to lt). All mutches to-morrow will lie part of the lioopc Rooster competition, and the winner of tlie -farists-ilevoiiport game should go close to capturing the bird which at present is held by Ponsonby. Two games will be played on each .jronnd nt Cnrlnw Park. Ponsonby and l-Iniigcre meet on Xo. 1 ground at 1.45 I p.m.. and will be followed by Marists v. ; Devonport. On No. _ ground Athletics and Richmond will provide tlie curtainraiser to the City-Newton contest. ' The (cams are:-----i NEWTON" RANGERS. I Seniors. —A. Mansill, L. Williams, 11. 1 Ciiilnglian, ('. Lee, I). Warren, .1. K.-enan, W. Seiners, M. Brown, C. Brown. J. Biggs. It. Slack. A. Clarke. L. OTinnnell, .'. . I'l.ls.in, A. .lames, S. Dyson. A. Watson, W. Nc.-ley. i Fifth llriule.—Chirk. Pearce. Brett, 'Castles. Draper, Archer. Ileapcs (2), Boyle. Poole. Dickson. MeC'loiighlin, Duffy. Patterson, Phillip, Whiteman, Lorr.-11, Jaguscli. I MA ill STS. 1 Seniors. Oromiry. l-'oss. Klrklaml. , Sweeney. Malloy. Kirwan, Stewart, l'.ris I Ncli-iii, Johnson, Neill. Gardiner, Fletcher.' i ATHLETICS. 1 Seniors.—Cox. Woods. McGregor, yard'ley. Ilra-in, Wilson-Hull, Avery, Webb. I Herring. Graham, Hartley, Iladlev, Weeks. : Tlmtiiins. I Third Grade.— It. I.oi.cvillo. S. Brett. R. I Ninkl-, J. Ma/.alline. 11. Christmas. R. : Wilson. 1., l.ticus. T. Oaviinagh. G. Whalcv. C Baker, W. Chirk, C. Stevenson, R. Seagar, F. Broiulll.lrst. j RICHMOND ROVERS. I Seniors.—Redwood. Avery, McDonald. McKcwon, Hunt. Foster. .SchrnfTt. Hvhin.l , 12). Little, Ming. Bass, Canipnev, Palmer, Dunne. Mc.Murtrle. Hanlon. ! Fifth Grade.—Biddlck, .Monties. Haves, Payne, Schroder. R.-nnle. Batlv, Bluiuicll, , E.lin..mis, -strelia, Cralke, Lauder, ! Nicholas. I Sixlh A Grade.—Davis (21. Perry. Timlli.ms, Verrall. Thompson. Lindsay." Sutton ; 121. Gilchrist. (Tarkln. Wild. Baswell, 'Turner. G.ill.ralth. Hlckur.ls, Magnnagle, CITY HOVERS. I Seniors —S. ("rewlher. ]•: Ruby, G. Davidson, 1.. Brown. It. Davidson. M. I Welherlll. I". Mitchell, li ■ Crewlher. E. Brown. .1. Smith. H. Hnwkes. A Townsen.l. ,11 Cnrglll, K. Mockie, N. Buss. M. McDonald. jV. Thomas. .1. I'urd.v. Third Grade- Heron. Sandhnm. Coleman, Thorl.urn. Purrtv. Hamilton .2). Fer- | roll (21. Collins. Green, Jr>rrl. Kemp. F,. r . 1 rest, Blankley, Osborne. Cusgrave, Campbell. PONSONBY UNITED. ! Seniors.—Morman. I.ittlewo.id. Cnndley. ! Delgn.ss... Donovan. Walsh, Pooler, Low... Ward. Shirley. McNeil. Moore, Cole, I Watson. Rllcy. Sneddon. Fagan. PARNELL. Fourth Grade—Hosklnes. Llneeu, Clark ! 12), I-tomo. Smith. O'Donnell, R. SlmpI son. P. Simpson, Kelly. Worms, Anderson, Bushel!, (ihent, Bond, Wales, Patton. CADETS. 26th Company.—A team : Klrkwood. I Cross, Trainer, Walker (captain), Collins, Baker. Emergency, MeCowan. B team: Bennett, s tana way (captain). MeCowan, Shilcox, Mauton, McCallum, Palmer. Emergencies, Flt.gll.boH, F. MeCowan. THE JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVES. THE TEAM FOR HAA-LTO.N". The Auckland junior representative League team to piny Hamilton, at Hamilton, to-morrow, has been finally selecte<l as follows:—AicManus (Kinpsland), List (Kingsland), Ellery (Otahuhu), Clark (Kingsland), Hap'i (Mangerel, Jenkinson (Kichmond), -Burgess (Richmond), -IcOregor (Kingsland), Carey (Devonport). Yerall (City), Sadgrove (Devonport), —auric (United (Suburbs), Davis (Richmond), Robinson (Xewton), Fagan (Ponsonbv), Home (City).

The tea.m will leave by the 7.10 p.m. express to-day. Players must be at the railway station at _.30 p.m.