LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 248, 20 October 1931, Page 12

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

TO-MORROW'S MATCH.

EASTERN SUBURBS V, COLTS.

The last match in the tour pf the Eastern Suburbs team will take place at Carlaw Park to-morrow when the visitors will play a team of colts well calculated to put up a sterling performance, bix ot the local players have had at least one game against the brilliant Sydney side ami much interest will focus on several ol.tne new selections. Owing to an injury Median will be unavailable and this means that the Richmond Club star, C. Dunn, will play at centre with Mincham and Len Scott as his wingers. Ihe appearance of Olliff, the Ellerslie half-back, behind a virile young pack, is welcome, and : Hassan will be associated with h. Smith in the five-eighths line. St. George, of Ivtoyton Rangers, will be hooker, and Lunn, of Ponsonby United, With Simpson, of Devonport, will be in the froiit row. It is a fast and solid side. The visitors will field another strong thirteen and are keen to register their fourth: win i.a five matches. They were at practice to-day. The match will commence at 4 p.m., and, as the admission price has been tixed n. a shilling, it is anticipated that there' Wil be a record mid-week attendance. A curtain-raiser, Waterside Workers, winners of the mid-week competition, v. "The Rest," will be played. The teams will be as follow:— Auckland Colts. — Full-back, Simons (Devonport); three-quarters, Mincham.. Dunn (Richmond), L. Scott (Devonpoyt five-eighths, R. Smith (Devonport), Hassan (Marist); half-back, 0 iff (Enerslie); forwards, Carter (Marist), E. toeott, Leatherbarrow, Simpson (Devonnort)., St. George (Newton), Lunn . (Ponsonby). Reserves: Young (Marist), Hickey (Ellerslie), McLeay (Ponflonby). The team is to meet at the Tepid Baths at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Eastern Suburbs.—Full-back, Hong; three-quarters, Boyle, Brown, Paillas, lottoy; five-eighth, Norman; half-back, Thicknesse; forwards, Stehr, R. Brown, Pearce, Nixon, Gillam, Rogers.