RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 184, 6 August 1935, Page 14

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

PETONE ON TOP. WELLINGTON CHAMPIONSHIP. ' Positions of teams In the Wellington Rugby senior competition:—l'etoue 20 points ; Ilutt, Old Boys, 11); Mnrlst 8.0.8., 15; .Tohnsonvllle, Athletic, and Poneke 13; Eastbourne and Oriental 11; Wellington 10. REPRESENTATIVE PRACTICES. The Auckland Rugby representatives will practise at Sturgoss Fork, Otahuhu, tomorrow evening in preparation for the Ranfnrly Shield match against Canterbury on Saturday. A bus will leave the Astor Hotel corner, Khyber I'ass, at 7.15 p.m. sharp. The B representatives will train nt the I'onsonby shed at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow. WELLINGTON BEATS NELSON. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) NELSON, this day. In a Rugby football match played on a sodden ground the Wellington representatives ou Monday defeated a Nelson team by 13 points to 10. GAMES IN THE PROVINCE. Mangonul 15, beat Northern Hokianga 13. OHUBA. Ohura 6, beat Tauniarunui o. TAUMARUXUI. High Schools. —-Taumarunui 4, beat Tc Kuiti 3. Primary Schools.—Te Kuiti 28, beat Taumarunui 13. PUTARURU. Rovers 20, beat Huimai 3; ArapunlWaotu 3, drew with Arohena o. COUNTRY FIFTEENS. Rugby team selected to represent Whangarei in the second match for the Harding Shield against Otamatea at Whangarei next Saturday :—Hacks : Rarity, Taylor, Pickering, K. White, Robins, Roos, Weir. Forwards: Herbert, Finlayson, McKenzie, Mclnnes, Godfrey, J. Alison, C. White, Clotworthy. Reserves: Scarborough, JlgConncll, Edge, Harris. MANGONUI V. WHANGAROA. Mangonui representatives to meet WhangaroH County in the Jinal match of the elimination round in the northern zone: Hacks, D. Urllch, J. Walters, G. Porter, H. Yatcs, Hunter, K. Smith, Pelham, G. Walters, J. Ford; forwards. M. Berghan, P. Wilkinson, J. Wright, M. Job, G. Frear, T. Smith, B. Rlckcttß, It. McCracken, M. Richards.