RUGBY FOOTBALL

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 99, 29 April 1927, Page 13

RUGBY FOOTBALL

OPENING OF SEASON. TO-MORROW'S SENIOR GAMES AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME. The 1927 Rugby season in Auckland will be opened to-morrow afternoon, when eighteen of the nineteen senior clubs will be seen in action on various grounds. At Eden Park, the teams which will be engaged will include two that have been actively discussed in recent weeks —City, the newest senior team which has arrived amid a deal of comment as a revival of the old City Club, and Training College, a team which has been promoted to A section honours on the strength of the bright and effective football played by the student teachers last year. Training College is set a very strong test in the draw for the first game, which puts the young team up against Grammar Old Boys for its opening appearance. This match will be an early one, starting at 1.45 p.m. on the No. 1 ground at the Park. It will be followed by the Ponsonby and College Rifles game, and despite the defeat of the latter in a practice game last week, there is reason to believe that it will make a good showing against last vear'3 champions. On No. 3 ground at the I ark, the City team will play the University B team. At North Shore the home team will be opposed by the Marist Old Boys' A team, and at the Showground (Epsom) L niversitv and Grafton will make their opening appearances. The B division games are Marist B v. Takapuna, at Takapuna; Manukau v. .Newton, at Onehunga; Ellerslie v. Otahuhu, at Ellerslie; and Tramways v. Technical Old Boys, at Victoria Park learns:— ELLERSLIE. Tr!n lio R S "~ Coha s' Kowe - Sturmpy, Green il l l B ™ w , n , Richards, Beven, Dunn Shnrr <5 * f hirtcliff e> Panaha, Strong' fchort. Spencer, Kingare, J. Gavin K XathaD, Mitchell. p.m." 3uni<>rs at Grounds at 1.30 TECHNICAL OLD BOYS. Seniors.—-Arthur, Miller, Ryan ' Haslam rSK? t^ S ! e^ Harris (-)• Scott' ham Stewart ' Smith ' Tilxy ' Newn!

t™ SeC £ nd Grad e-—Whitaker, Rhodes. Skelton, Keyrner, Frear, Hankers, Charteris Coote, Hutchinson, Jones, Haldane, Witten o5s r ' p " ter ' *">**>■ Intermediate Grade. — Piekerin" wn i l3 ?!' ® rl ? h ton, Mulvihill, Harris "'stndd Smith (2), Galiie, Ryan, Culpitt, Enevoldson, Day, Pierce, Coombes. A 1^ u « h , Grade.—Blow, Maepherson, Lye mir ' E" pa ?V Dobell . Sands, Oldburv, piummer, Beamish, Sims, Da vies, Mulligan s J nior - Stock en. Sage. ' r cL'i e ' —Hitching, Keesing, Warren Kbh J" iVbi i l ' Hastedt, Whitfield, McKenzue, Atkins, Rowe, Galbraith, S. Binns Vincent, Lund, Liddle, Barber '

giuftox. iors ' —Lawrence, LiddJo Puru \S ti Farmer, Lockie, Harcreaves' p/L, Hammond, Compton, Lambert' Bell mry ' Munro, Wanoa, Lynch,' NEWTOX. Bucha'nan T; >l ' S '' nmo " ds , <-)> McElwain, SSI; jssrsu. XORTH SHORE. Seniors.—Johnston, Holmes, Monk H i a m ti°% t Stokes ' Palmer, soioman" hmith, Stevens, Clarke, Fairgrav Grace Eeid a C nd Pa|e kle ' Bershan ' Campbell, d! s & fiomnn w e r U 'i Olsen, Edwards, Cooper, Jackson, Ken wick, Brahner Third S' Baxter, McGann, Couth, ri f , Open.—Rouse, Haurimoko, tope, Wateford, David, John? Mokomoko Stevenson, Douglas, Ferris, Burke, ChandTM?d f Grade °?'f Mack i- y ' Stone - Eraser, inird Grade Intermediate A. Austin ?2^ vnsen m Chambers, Koe, Wavne' Ramby - b ° B '- Hfigen, Reynolds, Cooper. ■Fvtnl de Intermediate B Smith, Evans, Cameron, Valk, Wallace (2), Hurst Mackley McG l) re^r . WlllUm* Others 7 ' * Stokes ' Rowe . Thomas, UXIVEKSITT. Leod nio ßrt'r~ Bu H e u Truma n. Olsen, Mci.eod, Bradanovitch, Jenkin, Cashmore to B Rr i ' Keegan, Mathias, Stone, Lins'en^°B er ' Rift" 1 ' Du £ a -' °' H aUoran. bIS' P?'b«K' <» w oSsrssw""TAKAPUXA. Senior B.—Blomfield, Booth (*>) \Vil rar mS B,^ Ue ; Smit o'-K? isgaDS - BeU ' HilliB Utts, Ace, Gibbons, Mackin. Kohl A incent, Ninstanley, Heaps, Dance, Curtis' tramways. Senior B.—T. McKov, E. Saxton P M rSi,S„ w Y ntu\ P ' J obertson . Eglinton, L. Phelan S bett. ; ' Howell > p - Butler, C. CorKIXGSLAXD. McLeod ?^ de r^rt D '~~r" Stua T rt ' Griffiths, tjo i? Clarke, Kayes, Hawke (2\ m Brown, Bradley, Bernard Saddle. Way, Knight, Paunton, Brown, Sco^ gSK. PS; a ßu^2sErSte S Ba r rr r Miln y e, Hancock, Menzle*' *w?£ n ' so n- Anderson! ' v-tiPJ r,p pra se. Hookwav Brooks!' KMare BU pe?erso A n de ( n 2), Double? 0U ' Harve ?> Griffin, Steed! Fifth Grade.—Downs. Siddle ChnmVu... tF £' C 9 UI P> Bates, Hocken,' Wv Scott' Bush, Smith, Kayes, H. Beven, Petersen Dawson, Jackson, Lloyd, Manning, Smith ' EDEX. Fourth Grade.—Wigmore, Warner R Andrews, Rodgers, Molloy, Andrews, Wilson Jones, Bell, Marx, Sharp, Sorenson, Loran£,e .'. C o^ er . McLachlan, Jackson. Hughes'"^ GRAFTOX V. CITT (Practice). c-v. * team , will b e picked from the following Grafton players to play a City team at the matM? ®?, 0w Groun<ls on Saturday (the match will commence at 2 p.m. sharp and p mT- 8 be n n the ground a t' 145 rw ~^£? ers - Burd - Russell, Mills C>) \i«n*' Wl J> tln son, Sujith (3). Bond, Tavlor' Vol Darri!l ' Ranks. Sorby, Bartow' Malcomson, Dean. Head. Phinns

• RANGITAIKI rugby union.

Ruthv T*nl meeting of the Rangitaiki and nI.Z a large m,mb °r of patrons and players were in attendance, and the cessf?,T\ S ? gIT "S,I P r <"nise of another sucv The balance-sheet showed a cers rpw ,t / 12/7'l 2/7 ' The e, * ctl ™ "<oflS V P resulted : —Patron, Mr. F. P. Hockly, MP. president, Mr. P. J. Burt; treasured s JJ' r •' secretary. Mr. R. G. Webb; oleSfnl' S'sley. In view of the and i season on Saturday next ge . su PP° rt from intending teams wX ( i Ur se ? lor teams and two junior teams were nominated.