RUGBY FOOTBALL

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 6

RUGBY FOOTBALL

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

CENTENNIAL TOURNEY

The Auckland Primary Schools' Rugby Union proposes :to conduct a Centennial Rugby tournament for representative primary school teams, according to information received from the secretary of the Auckland body, Mr. J. Box, at last night's meeting of the management committee ol the Wellington Rugby Union. The tournament would be held during the second week of the August holidays, 1940, and each primary school Rugby union ,of major unions of the North Island was invited to entei « team. The conditions governing' the tournament had not yet been definitely decided, for it was decided that competing teams should *orward suggestions. The following restrictions were probable: —(a) Age, not more than 15 years on IVlay 1, ly^tu; Kb) weight, osl uu on the first day of the tourney. Accommodation (billeting) and entertainment would be provided, but the visiting teams would most likely "have | to provide their own transport. Mr. J. R. Lamason remarked that the scheme was a bit ambitious, and on the motion of the chairman (Mr. J. N. Millard) the matter was referred to the Hutt Valley and Wellington Primary Schools' Unions. Permission was granted the Johnsonville Club to conduct the Saturday morning coaching of primary. school' boys in its. district on similar lines to the coaching to be done on city grounds in the near future. On the motion of the chairman it was decided to thank all the officials who assisted in the successful seven-a-side tournament on Monday, and to extend the committee's congratulations to j the winning teams. REPRESENTATIVE MATCH. Light rain' fell throughout the match, and the • Manawatu team was | far superior in the conditions that prevailed, said Mr. H. B. Simmons (manager of the Wellington side) in reporting on the representative' match between Wellington and Manawatu, at . Palmerston North, on Monday. In the second spell, he said, A. Lambourn suffered an injury to his "knee, and was replaced by j G. Wales. The conduct of the team, both on and off the. field, was excellent- . The officials of the Manawatu Union- were appreciative of the Wei-1 lington Union's action: in agreeing to 1 the fixture, and the gate was the best, that the Manawatu Union had ob-j tamed for a considerable period. . FIXTURES. Senior second division matches for Saturday week were arranged as follows: — . ! Hutt v. Poneke, Hutt,' Miramar v. Pirates, Wakefield Park; Petone v. Ath-! letic. Petone; Wellington v. Marist Bros. Old Boys, ground to be arranged; Onslow, a bye. ' ! Permission was granted Wellington, College to play the following matches: —v Otago Boys' High School, Welling-1 ton, June 26; v. St. Patrick's College (City). Athletic Park, July 5 (July 12 in the event of bad weather); v. Auck-j land Grammar School, Auckland, July i 17; v. St. Patrick's College (Silver- j stream), August 2; tournament games' at WanganUi on August 19 and August; 21. ! The visit from Otago would consti- < tute a "good-will" visit, said the headmaster (Mr. W. A. Armour) in a letter j to the union. The party from the south; would number about forty, he said. j The committee agreed that the boys should be the guests of the union on the Saturday, June 24. ~,.., The Taranaki Union advised the committee of accommodation arrangements made for the visit of the Wellington side on June 28. These were confirmed, and it was decided to notify the Taranaki Union that it could appoint the referee for the match provided Wellington could appoint the referee for the return match. I