RUGBY FOOTBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 May 1945, Page 8

RUGBY FOOTBALL

TO-MORROW’S ATTRACTIONS.

The West Coast Rugby Union will commence its championships in al! grades to-morrow. Principal attraction at Rugby Park will be the first meeting between Blaketown, conquerors of Cobden, and Star.-United, who last week defeated Celtic. On their records these teams appear to be evenly matched and there is every prospect of the best game so far this season. Celtic should not have any difficulty in calling the tune for Ruatapu on' the No, 2 ground, but there will be interest in the first appearance of Ruatapu on the Park. Cobden will play St. Mary’s at Hokitika. In the junior grade Celtic and Blaketown will meet at the Park at 1.30 p.m., and Technical and Blaketown thirds should provide good football on the No. 2 ground at 1.30. Two matches will also be played at Cobden Domain. Teams for to-morrow include: —- Blaketown seniors v. Star-United: McGuinness, Nelson, McDonald, Inwood (2), McLean, Tainui, Tomlinson, Fisher, McKendry, Currie, Muir, Sinclair (2), Smith, Dounley. Blaketown juniors: Rudd, McGuire, McCarthy, Knapp, Hornsby, Stokes, Muir, Roberts, Potts, Beams, Molloy, Leach, Mathieson, Stewart, Turner, Cameron. Blaketown. thirds: Richardson, Ranger, West, Muir, Martin, Porter, Brennan, Stewart, Fayne, Neville, McKnight, Emmerson, Collins, Bone, Willis, Spender. Cobden senior team for to-morrow (meet Railway Station at 12 o’clock): Lindbom, Lawson, Wright, Gilmour (2), Keating, Olsen, Horrack, Ellis, Thomson, Baynes, Mettrick, McGee, Birchfield, Krakosky, Watkm, Russell, King. . , .. Cobden thirds (v. Celtic): Goodall, Swift, Hines, Nott, Gilbert, Parfitt, Picklin, Skeats, Gardner, Vaughan, Ferris, Marley, Herricks, Dymmg, Abelson (2), Kilpatrick, Bone. Star-United seniors: Bring, Jackson, Thompson, Wilson (2), Syme, Nolan, Kearns, Costello, Pegley, Roberts, Lambert,. Dixon, Glen, Hagen, Nelson, Bagley, Shrimpton. Star-United fourths: Parmenter, Marshall (2), Steel, Johnson, Hendry, Leach, Groom, Wooton, Ramsay. Harrison, Catchwell, Boote, Neville, Jamieson, Richardson, Scott. Celtic Seniors: —Rae. Ramsay. Pratt, Garforth, Cloak, Smith, Bruhn, Cioudis. Hamilton, Davidson, Fitzgerald, Silcock, Millett, Johnston, Thompson. Celtic Juniors Rugby Park, 1.15): —Fauth Fitzgerald, Dudley, McGuinness, Haines, Bertram, Guerin, Quinlan, Smith, Ryan, Craig, Darby, Forrest, Conaghan, Inwood, Steele. Celtic Thirds (meet at Cobden, 2.15 p.m.):—Kelly (2), Kennedy, Costelloe, b’Callaghan, Conaghan, Guerin, Hahn, Rooney, Burley, Brown, MacDougall, Steel, Butler, Tomasi, Breeze. Celtic Fourths (meet at Cobden, 1 p. m< iO’Callaghan, McKeefry, Charteris, Eadie, James, Wilson, Knapp, Ramsay, Burley (2), Kidd, Bourke, Goodall, Pollock, Lindbom, Guthrie, Kennedy, Keating. PATRIOTIC GAME. Played in continuous rain, a Rugby match between R.S.A. and Greymouth at Rugby Park for patriotic purposes yesterday afternoon, drew a good attendance considering, and the Patriotic Fund will benefit to tire extent of about .C6/15/-. Though most of the first half went by with neither team settling down, the second spell produced good football, bid it was only in the last quarter <>i an hour that either team scored. Greymouth forwards had got the better of the first half, with the backs also impressing, but they lacked the finish to open their account. Services were the attackers after the interval, and took the lead when R. Nelson scored well out after receiving from the blind side of a scrum about the 25 line. Greymouth equalised shortly after with a penalty for offside play, converted by J. Lindbom. Then just on time, W. Millett scored in the corner for Greymouth, after a number of unsuccessful attempts. Lindbom failed to convert, and the final score was Greymouth 6, Services 3. Mr. A. King was referee.