RUGBY FOOTBALL.
EDEN PARK ATTRACTION. HOME V. TOURING REPS. The attraction at Eden Park tomorrow afternoon will be a match between the Auckland rep. team which toured the North Island, winning all but the Wellington match, and' the team which represented Auckland in home matches while the other players were on tour. Quite a number of rival players for' the various positions in the city's premier rep. team will be in action, and the result should be spectacular football and an interesting revelation of the abilities of players whose qualities are the subject of much controversy in club circles. The game is set down for 3 p.m., following that of the College RiftcsI'onsonby junior game which is to be staged at 1.30 p.m. This is the first of "the section finals each team having won their section. At showgrounds Marathon and Ota-, huhu senior B section play off for supremacy, both teams finishing level in the competition. Other games of interest will be the third flutter in the intermediate grade when Grafton and Manukau meet and the first of the series of play-offs in the 4th grade, the contestants being Eden and Manukau. The referees are also having a game as a result of their having wrested the Keane Memorial Shield from Ivaipara juniors a couple of weeks ago, and will bo pitted against the P. and T. team at showgrounds. For the main game at Eden Park the sides are:-— Home Team—Fuji back, Butler; threequarters, Hook, Lucas, Cou'per; fiveeighths, Cammick, Weir; half, Conway; rover, Potter; forwards, Hayward, Douglas, Greville, Locke, Batty, Souter. Reserves : Satherley, Hennessy, Harris. Touring Team.—Full-back Bush; three-quarters, Jones, Berriclge, Connolly; five-eighths, Haslam, Jamieson; half, Corner; rover, Soloman; forwards, Hartley Palmer, Anderson, A. Knight, Gallagher, Finlayson, Ivahu. Other teams are:— MARATHON. v!!! 0r h", -Wal « 8, ? ,ddl °* Diekson > Noale, Sa\oij, Hajes, 1< owlor, Metcalfe, Cooper, Salmon, Sinclair, Blakey, Stewart (2) Gifford, Paton, Dauby. MANUKAU. ' Third Grade Intermediate.—Smith (2), Mclvenna, Alrey, Langton, Halford, Stone, Brown king Strong (:>), Ileighway, I'addy, Rutherford, llinches, Murdoch, Harold, Hatheld, Collins, Ansell, Simmonds, Hood, Spencer. Fourth Grade.—Parkliurst, Inglis, Wiberg, Houghton, Walker, Broadhurst, Vickeru, Christian, King (2), Dickens, Allen, Dunning, Whitcombe, Walbank, McMinn, Larking, Quinlan, Hetlierington, Wiberg. Fifth Grade.—Brimble, Cropp, Armstrong, Douglas, Laurence, McLaren (2), Burridge, Smith, Bolton, McMahon, Barrett, Brown, Steane, Truscott, Motion, Sherlock, Ilarriman, MeColl, Ingram. The annual match between the Frankton and Manukau Rugby football representatives will be played at the Oneliunga Recreation Reserve to-morrow at three o'clock. The teams will be selected from the following: Frankton.—Barlow, A. H. Griffiths, Elvey, Welsh, Allan, Griffiths, Everest, Park, Whitehead, Dens;, Byrne, Weatlierley, Charleston, Bayly, Brewer, Moran, Priscott, Hooper, Pickup, Moore, Mcintosh. Manukau. — Lipscombe, Albon, Stuart, Sturmey, Byreg, Newton, Pile, Satherley, Kelly, Taylor, Pepper, Speight, McMahon, Penny, Pearce, Kereopa, Dixon, Mulr, Brimble. NEWTON. Following Is tlie Newton third grade team to piay the Paeroa junior reps, at Paeroa on Saturday:—C. Campbell, R. Geard, J. Todd, H. Campbell, J. Hlggins, 'j!. Sterns, W. Wilson, G. Ratclifl'e, A. Turley, P. Davidson, W. McLuckie, A. McLuckie, R. Cheek, J. Porteous, Wyatt, Crookall, A. Clark. Whito and Sons' bus . will leave G.P.O. 10.45 a.m., top of Symonds Street H a.m. Players are requested to bo on time. Mr. S'trad Marten, Newton's coach , and secretary, will manage the trip. GRAFTON. Third Grade Intermediate. — Williams, Macey, Burton, Burgess, Bradley, Ryall, Xruby, Mclndoe, McGee, Stokes, Graham, Barlow, Moore; Lendrum, Ardern, Miller, Johnson, Wlialey.
Second Grade. —The following team will travel to Thames to-morrow: Mooro. Woon, Finnell, Walker, Lockie, .Nicklm, Bailey, Hammond, Putun, Mills, Davis, Mac*, Tlioile, Nuberg. Bus leaves G.P.O. at 10 o'clock. TISLEGRAPII ENGINEERS. The following District Telegraph Engineers' team has been seiecceu to play the lteierecs'. Association tootDail team at the Sliowgrounus to-morrow at 8 p.m.:—Keano, Broadley, Satherley, Marshall, I'orteous, Hatton, Gyde, Cook, Somers, Morris, Blakey, Howard, Peterson, Lloyd, Hooker. Reserves : Cowley, Mcllroy.
REFEREE APPOINTED.
Charles Montgomery, of To. Puke, has been appointed to releree the final Rugby match between Tauranga and Apanui'(challengers) 011 Saturday for the Hu'runuiApanui Memorial Shield for the supremacy of the sub-uuions under the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union.
OTAKI CUP MATCH.
In the annual Otaki Cup match tournament on October 4 the following team will reprosent the Customs :—Mackintosh, McBride, Beckett, Choal, Johnson, Thorn, Thomas, Allen. • Portland, Greensmitli, Porrltt, Nicholson, Woods, Brooker, Paddy. Reserves: Truman, Davies, Crawford, Letcher, Williamson. HIGH SCHOOLS' MATCHES. . MORRINSVILLE, Thursday. Playing at Morrinsville yesterday, Morrinsville High School A beat Hamilton Technical School A by 3 —o .(a try 'by Carter). Both teams played splendid football and the tackling was very sound. In the B grade match Hamilton Technical beat Morrinsville, 12—0. , . -
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 228, 26 September 1930, Page 12
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