CITY MEETS SHORE AND HAS SIGNED ON NEW THREE-QUARTER

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 204, 29 August 1941, Page 4

CITY MEETS SHORE AND HAS SIGNED ON NEW THREE-QUARTER

Tlh> principal attraction ;it Carlaw Park 1 to-morrow aftVrnoon, whe-o the Auckland Rugby Lciiiruo's ecnior championehip niatflies will he continued, will be bettt'wn North t*lior<?, the loading te;im in the championship, and City. Both tennis will bo strongly represented, and will field fiint and heavy packs, which should be evenly matched. If t'ho issue is to be docidwl hy tlic bacir! it ie ponsibJe that an a<lvant;ijre may lie with Shore, us its backs coml>ii)p, support well anil are quick to opportunities. Xortli Shore ■will be without V. J. Scol't, avlio is ba'k in c.-mip. and his'place in the centre ivill be taken by C J reenwood. Tlie Shore pa< - k ■will comprise Hunt. Kuthoiford, Uiahain, Bcholes, Napier and Petersen. City expects t"o field practically its usual team, wliich. in the backs, will have two outstanding players in Clarke, at full-ibaek, and Orotic, in the five-eijrhUi line. 'Vhe club lia.s eicne<l on 11. Ko«ran, the TakaputKi winfr-tliree-qiiarter, and he is expected to make his League debut tomonow. The fine play of the City forwards Jias been a feature of the present' season, and the pack will affain !>e led by a notable trio in 11. Mataira, W. Mataira and W. Jackson. In tho early match on the Xn. 1 frround ;■Richmond will play Newton, and an exhibition of open play should result. Manukaii, whioh ;it. present is in second position in t'he championship, will play Pa.pakurn, and J'ousonbv will play diarist. The positions of the clulw: in the championship are: Shore 21. Manukaii 20. Richmond 18. City 1.". Newlon 13, Poneonhy 12. Mount Al-bort 10. Marist 9, Papakura 2.