RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 121, 24 May 1932, Page 14

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS' UNION. SHOWGROUNDS GROUP. Draw for Friday, May 27 (unless otherwise staled) :— Senior.—Ellerslie v. Epsom, No. 1, 3.1 !> p.m.; Royal Oak v. Mt. Rnsklll, No. 1, 4 p.m. : Onchunga v. Cornwall Park, No. 4, a. 13 p.m. Intermediate. —Ellerslie v. Roynl Oak, No. 3, 3.15 p.m. ; Epsom A v. Onchunga, No. 2, 3.15 p.m.; Epsom B, a bye. Junior.-—Onchunga v. Cornwall Park, No. 2, 2.30 p.m.; Ellerslie v. Royal Oak B, No. 1, 2.30 p.m. ; Normal B v. Mt. Roskill. Normal School, 3.30 p.m. Thursday ; Epsom A v. Normal A, Pencarrow Avenue, 3.15 p.m. Thursday; Epsom B v. Maungawhau. l'pncnrrow Avenue, 4 p.m. Thursday ; Royal Oak A, a bye. REFEREES' ASSOCIATION. At last night's meeting of the Auckland Rugby Referees' Association Messrs. C. S. Reader, C. G. Campbell, S. Ashby, J. R. Miller and A. V. Styles were passed in tbeir oral examination. Mr. E. Simmons was elected to membership. Messrs. N. A. Conquer and J. J. Ryan ■were appointed referees for the Presbyterian Bible Classes' seven-a-sido tourney on June 3. The New Zealand Rugby Union requested observance of the law that players must not leave the field at half-time. During a general discussion on rules of the game frequent reference was made to breaches by forwards, particularly "lifting'' before the ball was fairly in the scrummage. SOUTH ISLAND NOMINATIONS. Additional nominations for the South Tslifnd fifteen, which plays the North at Cliristchureh on June 4 :— South Canterbury.—T. Morrison (wing three-quarter), L. Connolly (full-back), J. Callanan (forward). Otago.—ll. F. Fookes, Smith, Procter, McKcnzie, Simon (backs) ; Ilore, Finiaj"son, Lucy (forwards). MATAMATA V. WAIPA. The team to represent Matamata against the Waipa Rugby representatives at Matainata on Saturday is :—Full-back, n. Brown (Illnuera) ; three-quarters, J. Wilson (Patetere), K. Lawrie (Matamata), J. Wilson (Wardvillc) ; live-eighths, B. Inman (Patetore), W. 11. Carlson (Matamata) ; halfback, Solomon (Wardvillc) ; forwards, McGill, Butt (Ilinuera), Porterfield, Smith (Wardvillc), Ensor, Mulligan, Story (Matamata) and Warrenden (Ilinuera). The Waipa fifteen for the game is;— Full-back, C. Pollard (Rovers) : threequarters, W. Marky (Rovers), A. Lash (Te Awamutu) and E. 801 l (Pirongia) ; fiveeighths. 11. Miller (Pirongia) and R. Jackson (Kihikihi) ; half, Abe .Tnckson (Kihikilii) ; forwards, Ilawarth (Te Awamutu), Tj. Thomas (Rovers), M. Grace (Pirongia), B. Elliott (Rovers), T. Thomson (Rovers), R. Wynyard (Kihikihi), J. Turny (Te Awamutu) and P. Grace (Pirongia). Matamata's junior representatives are :— Barlow, Simpson, Carter (Old Boys), Colib, T. Johnson (Wardville), Roberts, I Inge n. I.owrie, Gibson. White. Devey, Neems (Matamata). Osborne. Robertson. Dixon (Walton), Mcr.eay (Ilinuera). Fell. <J. Shaw, Bottonily. Marshall-Inuian (Patetere), Rauslield (Koakaoroa).