RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 225, 22 September 1932, Page 15

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

SATURDAY'S PROGRAMME.

PONSONBY PLAY UNIVERSITY.

THE FIGHT FOE- LEADERSHIP.

■A donation of £5 5/ was made to the Auckland Bovs' Employment Committee by the Auckland Rugby Union executive at its meeting last night. The Junior Boys' Committee advised that Suburbs Club had been declared winners of the junior grade championship. The appointment of Mr. R. Galbraith as manager of the junior team travelling to .Tuakau was approved. A suggestion was made by the J.M.B. that weights in the intermediate grade should . be amended by reducing from 10.7 at time of weighing to 10.0, and the fourth grade from 9.10 to 9.6. The board declared Ponsonby fifths the winners of the grade championship. The following ground officials were appointed for Saturday's fixtures: — Show Grounds, Mr. J. Carr; Western Springs, Messrs. R. Nelson, N. Robertson; Gribble-Hirst Park, Mr. C. Addison; Onehunga, Mr. C. J. Williams; Domain, Mr. J. Hoare; Point Chevalier, Mr. Graham. Fixtures for Saturday are:— SENIOR GRADE. . University v. Ponsonby, Eden Park, No. 1, 3 p.m., Mr. G. Peace; Manukau v. Technical Old Bovs, Onehunga, No. 1, 3 p.m., Mr. J. G. Wales; Training College -.v. Marist, Eden Park, No. 1. 1.30 p.m., Mr. C. P. Paull; Otahuhu v. College Rifles, Show Grounds, No. 1, 3 p.m., Mr. M. Kronfeld ; Grammar v. Grafton, Gribble-Hirst Park, 1.30 p.m., Mr. A. E. Austin. SENIOR GRADE B. Parnell v. Manukau B, Onehunga, No. 3, 3.45 p.m., Mr. L. Righton; University B V. Kaipara, Helensville, 3 p.m., arranged. JUNIOR GRADE. Semi-final: Grammar A v. Grammar Colts, Western Springs, 1.30 p.m., Mr. A. A. Lucas. Representative match: Junior representatives v. Pukekohe representatives, Tuakau, 3 p.m., arranged; Northcote v. Navy, North Shore, No. 1, 3 p.m.; Mr. D. Wright. THIRD GRADE OPEN. Eden v. Newton, Gribble-Hirst Park, 3 P.m., Mr. H. D. Craig; Hamilton Technical Old Boys v. Auckland Technical Old Boys, Outer Domain, 3 p.m., Mr. J. Finlayson. THIRD GRADE, INTERMEDIATE. Semi-final: Ponsonby v. Otahuhu, Show Grounds, No. 1, 1.30 p.m., Mr. J. Gasparich; Manukau A v. Ngaruawahia, Ngaruawahia, 3 p.m., arranged ; Manukau B v. Taupiri, Taupiri, 3 p.m., arranged. FOURTH GRADE. Final: Technical Old Boys v. Otahuhu, Western Springs, 3 p.m., Mr. W. Lomas; Manukau v. Frankton, Hamilton, 3 p.m., arranged. FIFTH GRADE. Technical Old Bovs v. Marist, Outer Domain, 1.45 p.m., Mr. J. Hebdcn. SIXTH GRADE. Manukau v. Huntly High School, Huntly, 3 p.m., arranged. JUNIOR BOYS. Intermediate grade: Suburbs v. Northcote, Point Chevalier, No. 1, 2 p.m., Mr. C. S. Reader; Eden v. Grafton, Show Grounds, No. 4, 1.45 p.m., Mr. R. K. Hayhow. HOUSE MATCHES. Auckland District Young Men's Bible Class, seven-a-side, Show Grounds, No. 2, 1.45 p.m., Mr. E. J. Howard; St.. Aidan's (Remuera) v. Wilson Memorial Church (Remuera), Show Grounds, No. 3, 2 p.m., Mr. C. Murdoch; University Harriers v. Auckland Amateur Athletic Club, Show Grounds, No. 2, 3.15 p.m., Mr. E. J. Howard; George Court's v. Sharlands, Limited, Show Grounds, No. 3, 3 p.m., Mr. C. Murdoch. SCHOOLS* MATCH. Speight Cup: Te Papapa v. Onehunga, Onehunga, No. 1, 1.30 p.m., Mr. F. E. Gargan. Reserves.—Messrs. C. W. Henderson, D. "V. Moore, C. W. Schnauer, E. Boulton, A. S. Bagnall.

PALMER. BENEFIT. RUGBY LEAGUE DISCUSSION. The possibility of Auckland Rugby League senior fixtures being postponed on Saturday week in tribute of respect to the memory of the late Bert. Palmer, the All Black Rugby player, and as a helpful gesture in the matter of the Auckland Rugby Union's charity match arranged for that day, was mooted in a discussion by members of the Auckland Rugby League last evening. ' The Marist Old Boys' Club, in applying for permission to travel to New Plymouth to play a match against Tarana'ki on October 1, said it was presumed senior matches would be abandoned on that date in view of the Palmer benefit game at Eden Park. The chairman said it had been the intention to play Ponsonby and Marists for runners-up in the championship. The League could keep to its programme and make a donation' to the fund for Mrs. Palmer. Mr. Ivan Cirlpan said he had heard that Marista might be unable to muster their full team for that trip. After discussion it was resolvecT to consult the Marist Club executive at Carlaw Park on Saturday. MATCH BETWEEN HARRIERS. f The following will represent the Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club in a Rugby football match against University Harriers at the Show Grounds *on Saturday afternoon: —J. Nicholson, .T. C. Tipping, S. Allan, B. Batty, Jenkins, H. 8. Roper, G. T. Mitchell, W. G. Thompson, F. L. Adams, N. McCarthy, M. Matthew, A. Clark, .T. W. Murphy, W. Muson, H. McNeil. Reserve: J. Dunn. JUNIOR REP. TEAM. The undermentioned players are to meet at Acacia Buildings, O'Connell Street, at 12.15 p.m. on Saturday, to travel to Tuakau, to play the Pukekohe reps.:— Backs, Aspden, Burton, Keith, Campbell, Dick, Hook, Clarke, KUiott; forwards, O'Brien, Dear, Douglas, McCorkindale, Granville, Tapper, McGrory, Constable, Skinner, Bunting. FRANKLIN MATCHES. TUAKAU, Wednesday. The Franklin representative team to play the Auckland junior representatives at Tuakau on Saturday will be selected from: Johnson, J. Karaka, Grey, K. Tonga, Him, Leathern, Barnaby, J. Tonjm, Lowric, Best, Walker, Taua, Revell, Allen, Thomas, P. Karaka, Bush. The Bombay senior team plays a team flrom the Roskill Clnb at Bombay on Saturday. WELLINGTON V. MARLBOROUGH. (By Telegraph.—(Press Association.) BLENHEIM, Wednesday. The Wellington Rugby team opened its tour of the Seddon Shield districts to-day by defeating Marlborough by 19 points to 9 in brilliant weather. The visiting forwards were superior in the scrums and line-outs, but the Marlborough forwards went well in the loose and raised the home team's score to the final figure after being 16 points behind. Wellington had the advantage in the backs.