LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 128, 1 June 1934, Page 13

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

SECOND ROUND STARTS

RICHMOND MEET NEWTON.

10-moiTows Rugby League programme fVu , , k wil ? eee tlle second round or the club championship inaugurated, aim the present leaders, Richmond, in action against one of their most formidable rivals, Newton. Though third on the list. Aewton have established a reputatiou as a dangerous attacking force, whose setDacfce in the first round have resulted from making errors when staking everything on keeping the ball in action. Some day tney wil go through a game without making these mistakes, and then they will be the most dangerous te"am in the competition; ■ that day may be Saturday, lucnmonds margin of superiority on the Inst occasion the teams met, was eleven points, but with Newton's improvement in the meantime a win by the latter would not be a total surprise. The early match will be the Ponsonby-Marist game, and rearrangements marie in the past week or two by the Mariete are expected to give the team a winning chance against a side that over-ran them on the opening day of the season. The third game of the draw, City v. Devonport, will be staged on Monday. Teams:— MARIST OLD BOYS. Seniors.—Laird, Stevens, Webherley, Keane, O'Kane, Clarke, Bakalich, Grotto, Chalmers, Brisbane, Smith, Furlonger, Loader, Campbell. Reserves: Bailey, Glover, List. Reserve Grade. —Gunn, Fenton, Benson, Grotto, fitrahon, Lessing, Kevr. O'Shanassy, Barry. Ford. Pennycock, Corbett, Garney, Lambert, Batchelor. " . PONSONBY. Seniors.—Jones, Slierer, Kay. Littlewood, Midgley, Riley, Stockley, Halloran, Why, Blood, Hutt. Brown, McLcay, Grieve, Stockloy, Brown. Reserve Grade.—Lane, McGarvey, G. Midgley, Maher, Skelton, Keesing, Verrall, Rush, Small, Davis, Lyons, Blood, Smith, Berryman, Moran, Cook, French. NEWTON RANGERS. Seniors.—Dempsey, Stephens, Bright, Hickey, Crook, Brimble, Porteous, Allen, Quirke, Middleton, Kelsall, Blacklaws, Hall, Merrick, Browne. Reserve Grade. — Donaldson, Trogler, Lymburne, Merrick, Massey, Hill, Dixon, Burt, Hammond, Buchanan, Ladbrook, Purdy, Davenport, Clenini, Poland, Dawson, Wilton, Lawson. RICHMOND ROVERS. Seniors. —Cooke, Mincham, Tetley, McNeil, J. Satherley, Prentice, Powell, Jenkinson, Metcalfe, Mitchell, C. Satherley, Lawless, Milicich, Tell'ord, Broadhead. Reserve Grade. —Marshall, J. Young, Bickerton, Sale, P. Young, Campbell, Verrall, Mitchell, Robinson, Ramsey, Crookall, Smith, Wilson, Douglas, Hogau, Lennie, Swanberg. MONDAY'S SCHOOLBOY FIXTURES. The following schoolboy matches have been arranged for Monday morning:— Devonport v. Otahuhu, Carlaw Park, 10.30 a.m.: Elierslie v. Marist B, Carlaw Park, 12.30 p.m.