RUGBY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2558, 4 September 1915, Page 12

RUGBY

... —-; — .' CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL TO-DAY. The two leading teams in the, club championship meet this afternoon at Petone, and'as the issue of the cham- ' pionslrip is at stake the football is ex- : . pected to be more thaii ■usually attractive. The position of Athletio at present is that the team has won every , match of the season, while the only defeat suffered by Petone is their loss to Athletic recently at the park,. ■ after having* what was considered all .the best of the throughout. In view of this additional interest is lent to tie • final game : between.-the teams, both of which havG been training hard for the ?■ past two weeks. 5 . Prior to the cup watcli the first two games in the schools' 'representative tournament, will be played, both of which should provide spectators with interesting football. To provide for City patrons a special train has beeu arranged, leaving Lambton at 2.25 and returning from Peton© at 5,20. SCHOOLS TOURNEY. The visiting teams .to take part in [ the Publio Schools Rugby Tourney, commencing to-day, arrived last ovenj ing. Matches will be played at Pe.tone r this afternoon, and at the Athletic s Park on Monday and Wednesday. The t teams are as follow:'— s ■ Wellington—Full-back, Wright; threer quarters, Jones, Rigg, 'and Natusch; ' five-eighths, Shaw and Young; half, Warwick; wing-forward, Thomas; fir-' ' wards, Tyrie, Amore, M'Coll, Humf phries/ Brown, Elliot, and Warden. 6 Emergencies: ■ Backs, Hunter and . Charles; forwards, Westward and I Brien. Manawatu team and emergencies—< Spencer, Hodder, Lange, Kirkland, Turner, Simmonds, Gemmell, Griffin, '• Hearn,' O'Connell, Lcet, Stockwell, ! Fowler, M'Donald, Sargent, Dalton, Nelson, M'Sweeney, Palmer, and Spooner. Wanganui team and emergencies-- 1 Greaves, Savage, Glasgow, Darby, p Hamilton, Chapman, Keririck, Heinold, . White, Storoy, Gurney, Higgie,' Aiken, O'Shannessoy, ' O'Leajy, Ca.mer<sn, ~ Petch, Sloan, Luxford, and Ki'iise. . ; Hastings • team .was not available*