SCHOOLS RUGGER.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 204, 29 August 1929, Page 10

SCHOOLS RUGGER.

PRIMARY TOURNEY AT EPSOM NORTHERN ROLLER MILLS SHIELD. THAMES VALLEY AND KING j COUNTRY FINALISTS. H The Auckland Primary Schools Rugby' tournament, for the Northern Roller; Mills Shield, Was advanced to the filial; stage at Epsom Show Grounds this mom-' ing. The playing conditions were ideal, consequently sonic splendid football wae witnessed, the kicking in particular being, ligain high class. Results:— A Section, .-,...,_,. yi Auckland South 6 (F. McKinvenjandi It. Beeston tries), beat South Auckland' (Pukekohe and district) nil Mi-. HaY^ vey Itobinson was referee. ■. i King Country 16 (W. Bell two tries* j H. Anderson and F. Blake tries; two; goals by W. Bell), beat Waipa 3.(penaltygoal by Maurice Bell). Mr. J. Gfi Gasparich wae referee. 4

B Section. Auckland Central 41 (M. Fountain five, [ H. Collester three, D. Shefehan two, ,\V,! McCombie two, J. Edwards triesj/ott&i converted by H. Vercoe), beat AuGklftht? (North nil. Mr. D. W. Barry was feree. l - '. ■ ■ Thames Valley, a bye. ■.'■■ ,•,. ; The only unbeaten teams in' thft' tournament are Thames Valley (holders) and King Country, and these two fifteens ' meet at Epsom Show Grounds at 10 o'clock to-morrow (Friday) morning.

The managers of the various.teams. are: Messrs.' B. Turner, of (Thames Vailey), B. Harker (Eihg" Country), A. E. B. Richardson"(Waipa); W. 6. Graham, of Tuakau,. and ;&,. ( 1. ! Butler, of Pukekohe (South Auckland),! L. Hilton, secretary. (Auckland Centra'lj,: T>4 V. Moore (Auckland South) and I* , Blow (Auckland North).. ,' : •„' y '\

Inferring this morning to the reason' Why Thames Valley (holders) had Hstj controlled the tournament, Mfr. Turner stated that it had not beep, ntede. to ip*' pear that the Thames Valley..pedple had* fun last year's tourney, and a oompafa' , tively email town like Paeroa had foundaccommodation for 150 Visitors. ' White' the district holding the Shield had 'fifgfc' fight to have the tourney, clause in the conditions that in the event! of the holders not being able , for fe&Son to carry it through, the qiieitidfi of veilue must be fefeffed back , t6,.t)ie executive, which had then to decide to which'district it w&S to he. allocated.' While the whole resources of the 1 Thames Valley district had been thrown dpeii to last year's visitors' (WE6 t mMe' many coMplimelitary re'fefences, tft'. unbbunded hospitality received), .'Mtv; Turner cctnsideted that, the country; towiis unable to offer anything like ! the attractions to the boys eiich as. a ; city coiild. lil addition, the pfeßeni, period happened to be a particUlai'ij;;! busy oiie for the farming wliich had billeted a good proportion ipf> ; the visitors last year. All these thingshad been taken into consideration and i the executive advised-in that ' Thames Valley could tk&*lO20 ! toUfney. This was a questi6h "of MYaii- . agement, and obviously-should not. affect their players (who had cdine to. their title) in any affangbinents. ' v '

the justice of Mr. Turner's final :stat#;; ment is quite plain. It should be Stated however^that .ail blifc two of the.Thamer Valley boys are Staying with or are billeted, and no doubt the iii whose homes they are staying wouUit • bo Only too glad t& have the boys over the week-end, if necessary.. The .King Country piayers have nearly all been, put lip at a private hotel, at the expensewj of the Auckland Primary Schools' Rugby tJnion, and in view of that it. is Sible to carry theni over the official cloS.-,-; iiig of the tournament. An effort is being made privately to place the King ; Country boys-to enable'them to see the Caiiterbury-Auckland match. --J

WAIKATO V. THE WATKATO TEAM.--.- J . (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, his day. , The following will represent Waikato against . Wellington at Hamilton on Monday:—Full-back, S. Tlionias' (Morrinsville); three-quarters, M. Anderson (Morriiisville), R. Keiiip (Hamilton), R; Holmes (Hamilton);, five-eighths, A. St. George (Hamilton), J. R. Fitzgerald (Hamilton); half, A. Buckingham (Hamilton) ; forwards, A. Cameron (Morrinsville), C. Cameron (Morrinsville), R. Chapman (Hamilton), ■D. Simpson (Matainata), E. Halstead (Hamilton), L. Scott (Hamilton), J. Hooper (Hamil*" ton), W. Bayly (Hamilton). ■