RUGBY LEAGUE South Island Team to Play To-morrow

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 July 1946, Page 4

RUGBY LEAGUE South Island Team to Play To-morrow

The South Island Rugby League team,, which recently defeated the North Island thirteen at Auckland, will be seen in action at Victoria Park, Greymouth, to-morrow afternoon, in opposition to a West .Coast team. Interest is keen in the match, for the South Island team made a big name for itself on the northern trip, and the West Coast . thirteen which will oppose it to-morrow is strong enough to extend the island team. Teams for Week-end Announced The following Rugby League teams have been announced for Sunday’s matches: — 1 Kohinoor Club. Seniors. — Sweetman, Borland, Murphy, Laugeson, Hoskins, Grade, Allwood, McLelland, Cook, Butler, Thompson, Mann, Sullivan. I Third Grade.—Longley, Rodden, Walker, Crossen, Mangon, Frampton, Mullaly, Prendergast, Fraser, Innes, Ranger, Rothera, Gibson, Dixon, Davis, Cracroft. Marist Club. Fourth Grade, A team.—McKenzie, O’Leary (2), Brown 12), Graham, Miller, McGrath, Costello. Stapleton, Curtain, Longley and, W. Kennedy. B Team.—Mclnroe, Cowan, King, Williams, Preston, Rooney, Ward, Keating, Sweetman. McGrath, Griffen, O’Duffy, O’Connor, Bullimore, and Gardyne. Civic Welcome to English Team

The Mayor (Mr, F. A. Kitchingham) announced at a meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council last evening that a civic welcome would be given to the visiting English Rugby League football team at Greymouth, probably on the morning of the match with West Coast, July 29. He added that, in response to a request from the West Coast Rugby League, he intended to invite employers to close their business premises for the period of the match to enable their employees to attend the game. Christchurch Clash to be Discussed (P.A.) AUCKLAND, July 18. The clash of the England-South Island League match and the KiwiCanterbury Rugby game, to be played in Christchurch on July 27, was •main discussed at a meeting of the New Zealand Rugby League. The president, Mr. J. A. Redwood, read a telegram from the Minister of Defence (Mr. Jones) advising that Mr. S. S. Dean, chairman of the executive committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union, would arrive in Auckland to-morrow and had been asked by the Minister to meet Mr. Redwood in an effort to reach an agreement satisfactory to all parties. Mr. Redwood expressed satisfaction at the turn of events. He said the aid of the Minister had been sought, as the league felt that an injustice had been done in arranging the date of the Kiwi-Canterbury match.