RUGBY FOOTBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 August 1935, Page 12

RUGBY FOOTBALL

BLAKETOWN-UNITED MATCH. i The continuation of the West Coast Rugby Union’s senior competition, i after a lapse of two weeks, should see j a splendid match between United and Blaketown. United are leading in the • competition by there points from Blaketown, but the latter have one game (against Star) to play. Should United win or draw to-morrow, they will be winners of the competition, but a win for Blaketown, who are confident that they can upset the blue and whites, will mean that the StarBlaketown match will have to be played, to decide the competition. The United backs having been the leading i lights this season, but Blaketown have probably the stronger pack, and, on them will rest Blaketown’s hopes. Patrons should be assured of a keen, interesting match with an abundance of good football. Bright curtainraisers should be provided by Cobden and Blaketown juniors, and Celtic juniors and Star. WEEK-END TEAMS. Star seniors v. Cobden: Furness, V. Stevens; J. Heasley, W. Mann, Beban, Quinn, Guy, Fell, O’Hara, Harvey, W. Dixon, Quinn, Hammond, Buchanan, Bowes. Star juniors: Murphy. Minchin, J. Burn, Mills, Muir, Joseph, Wilson (2), Dittman (2), Bridgman, Gage, Meredith, Armourv. Dixon, McKenzie, Potter, Roberts. Blaketown seniors v. United: Olsen (3V Elder, Minchin, Preston, Scandrett (2)., .gascoe, Hatton, Bunt, Furness, Gordon, Eyeington, Bruhn, Scott and McLaughlin. Blaketown Kroening, Hildebrand, Mason, Mosley, Baldwin, Watson, Bond, McDonald, Garth, Furness, Minchin, D. Shannon, Morrison,

Webster, McHugh, Banks and Dando. United Seniors v. Blaketown (assemble Recreation Hotel at 2 p.m.): Walsh, J. Bell, Heveldt, Rose, Jamieson, Flaherty, Blair, Uniacke, Glen, Hopkinson, Swinburn, Vincent, Costello, Hooper, Collins, Caldwell, Weir, McNabb, Rathbun, Ashby. Cobden seniors v. Stars: —Lindbom (3), King, Tennent, Eggleton, Masters, Gordon, Wilson, Moss, Birchfield, Brailsford King, Patterson, Hewlett, Keith. Meet at Australasian at 2.30. Cobden juniors v. Blaketown at Park:—Howson, Garde, East, Long, Manning, Gilmour, Boucher, Davis, Barlow, Hallinan Keith, McNeill, G. Burn, Cook, Kerr Watkins. Meet at Australasian 1 p.m. Ikamatua to play Stars at Ikamatua at 2.30 p.m.:-—A. O’Malley, W. O’Malley, B. Kerry, J. Foster, G. Clark, R. ’ Russell, L. Broadhurst, T. Latta, C. Cowan, J. Sinclair, G. Archer, T. Brydone, W. McVicar, Sherlock, H. Warring, D. Sullivan, and D. Fitzgerald. Ikamatua juniors a bye. JUNIOR REP. CHANGES. In the West Coast junior representatives’ team >to meet Buller in a retard* match at Westport to-morrow, W. Blair (forward), and K. Higgins (emergency back) were not available. . Mitchell (Westland) will replace Fowler, and the latter will replace Blair. f I. Ferguson has been selected as emer- . gency back, and N. Hallinan as emer- • gency forward. The team will leave I the Greymouth Post Office at 8 a.m. RANFURLY SHIELD TEAMS i AUCKLAND, August 8. Teams for Saturday’s Ranfurly Shield game are: — Auckland: Full-back —Bush. Threequarters: Currey, Neale, Grant. Five- . eighths: Murdoch, Hedge. Half-back: 1 Frankham. Forwards: S. Hadley (captain). Bond, Brown, Lockington, Weber, Butler, Anderson, Solom’on. Emergencies—Backs: Pearson, Moyle. ( Forwards: Fitzgibbon, Newdick, Jury. - Canterbury: Full-back — Eathorne. Three-quarters: Dunshea, Polson, Brown. Five-eighths: Mortlock,. Parsons (captain). Half: McAuliffe. ForI wards: R. Thompson, Burke, Hattersley, G. W. Thompson, Howell, Sweeney, Deavoll, Rankin.