RUGBY FOOTBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 June 1937, Page 13

RUGBY FOOTBALL

CHANGES IN TEAMS. A trial match prior to the selection of a Greymouth colts’ team will he played at Cobden Domain to-morrow, but the principal West Coast football interest will be centred in the Rundle Cup challenge match at. Westport between West. Coast (challengers) and Buller (holders). There have been two changes in the West. Coast team. P. Pascoe (lock) and S. Hendry (first five-eighth) are both under treatment, and are not yet lit to so they have been replaced by J. Costello (first Ive-eighth) and H. Jones, who will play on the side, with R. King as lock, and A l . King as emergency. The West Coast team will now line out as follows: —Full back: G. Gilbert; three-quarters, R. Roberts. J. Noonan, W. Mann (vice-captain); five-eighths. N. Collins, J. Costello; half-back, M. Davidson; front row. R. Kirkwood. J. Thorpe, A. Scandrett; middle row, H. Jones, R. R. King (captain). R. Gardiner, M. Scandrett; Emergencies: B. Agnew (back), A. King (forward). • The West Coast junior representatives will play Buller junior representatives, as a curtin-raiser to the Rundle Cup match. Millett is not available, and Cameron will now go as emergency back. A. Vaughan is not available for the colts A. team to play at Cobden, and will be replaced by C. McGinley. Dunn (Blaketown) will replace Costello in the B team’s backs.

Blaketown thirds, v United at 3 p.m. —McHugh, McDonald, Watson, Gifkins, Straker, Lamont, McKendry (2), Kent. Panther. Mathiesou, Smith, Harrington, Lawry, Leach, McGirr, Pascoe.

Celtic Thirds v. Stars at Recreation Ground, 1.30: Shuker, Johnstone, Horrack, Sweetman, Curtis, Bond, Brown, Quinlin, Ogilvie, Taylor, Malone, Blake. Ray, Burns, Saunders, Clancy. Wasley, McGuire.

ST. PATRICK’S AND ST. BEDE’S.

CHRISTCHURCH, June 24.

On the first inter-school Rugby match of the season, played in Christchurch to-day, St. Patrick’s College (Silverstream, Wellington), beat St. Bede’s College by 13 points to 0. The game was played in extremely cold weather, with a keen southerly blowing across the ground, which was under water in patches.