SATURDAY’S LEAGUE

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 287, 1 September 1941, Page 3

SATURDAY’S LEAGUE

Forthcoming Fixtures The Welliuglon Ruglly League season was continued on Saturday with u senes ui* guiiies in the conipetiliuu for 'the Bun rd of Control Cup. The grounds were extremely heavy. Next Saturday a match >s to be played between an Army team aud a Petone Rugby League Club team al Petone, in aid of the patriotic fumls. The fotlowiug Saturday . Itiehmmid Rovers, possibly Hie best-known League 'club in New Zealand, will be in Wellington to play Miramar, the Wellington eliainpious. Both these fixtures should produce play above the standard of dub competition play which is the usual lure of Wellington followers of the game. The results of the' games on Saturday were as follows: — Miramar 2-1. Ramlwiek 6.—Scorers for Miramar, Crolhers (2 tries), Bouzuid 12 Iries and conversion). Pruuli (try ami eon'ersiuii). Elworthy (try). Wickham (conversion) : scorers for Itauilwiek. Henson (try), Mapubi (try). Central 22, Eastern Suburbs 6.- Scorers for Central. McLtichl.in . (4 triesi. Littler (try and emtversion). Costello (try). Clarke (conversion); scorers lor Eastern Suburbs, W. Morrisoti (try), D. ‘C. Morrison (try). Mt-Lm-hlaii. who used to play I'm- Mt. Albert, but who is now in Iraining at Trenllmm. was übt ouly the best back but also the most outstanding player 011 tlie field. The best forward "’as Mui-i-is, in the Eastern Suburbs te.iiii. Petone Soiilli 26. St. George i.—Scorers for Petone South, llawkeu (try), Winiala (try and conversion), Hohre-s (try), Brough (try). Hayward (try), Cleland (try), Solomon (3 conversions) ; scorers for St. George. Moffatt (try), Greenland (coilversion and penalty goal). Petone North 20. Petone East 6 RES U LTS EI ,S EWH E RE Am-IJtiml.— North Shore 13. City )O; Newlun 7, Richmond 0; Marist !> Pmisonby —: Mauukau -13, Paptikura 2. Christchurch.— Vivhtti Cup final : Sydenham 21, Linwood 6.