RUGBY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 200, 24 August 1926, Page 5

RUGBY.

AUCKLAND V. WAIRARAPA. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) MASTERTON, this day. The following is the Auckland team to play Wairarapa to-morrow:—Fullback, Butler; threequarters, Hook, Lucas, Loft; five-eighths, Farmer, Cammick; half, McManus; wing-forward, Batty; forwards, McCarthy, McWilliams, Cathcart, Casey, Knight, Hadley, Palmer. Emergencies: Backs, Wright, Ifwersen, Freeman; forwards, Finlayson, Webber. Finlayson and Ifwersen are not playing owing to injuries received at Napier. Mr. A. E. Freeman, formerly of Auckland,- will referee the game. MATAMATA V. CAMBRIDGE. The Matamata and Cambridge senior reps, will meet for the first time this season on Saturday. The Matamata team has been selected as follows: Fullback, E. Green (Matamata); three-quarters, Fansitt (Walton), Stewart (Patetere), Crabb fPatetereJ; fiveeighthg. Story <Wairere), Wilson (Patetere); half. Douglas (Wairere); rover. Cooper fWa-i----ton); forwards. (McCarthy (Matamata). Abraham (Walton). Woods (Walton), Mason fWairere), Bennett (Matamata), Herding (Matamata), Cooper (Walton). Emergencies: Backs. J. Dixon, O'Neill (Walton); forwards, Quigg (Walrere), Devey (Matamata), Crosby (Tatetere). The final of the Matamata Union's senior knock-out competition was played on Saturday, when Welton secured the feasiest win of the season by 13 points to 3 against Wairere. The Junior knock-out semi-final was won by Patetere 8, r. Matamata 0. PAPAKURA V. MANUREWA. The following is the Papakura Junior team to play Manurewa on Saturday at Papakura at 1.15 p.m. :—Hope, Richardson. Hammond. Garlick, Smith. Sacassie, Richardson. Sacassie, Francis, Clarke. Hope, Knight, Widdowßon,. Wilson, Johnson.