RUGBY FOOTBALL Celtic and Blaketown to Meet To-morrow

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 August 1946, Page 5

RUGBY FOOTBALL Celtic and Blaketown to Meet To-morrow

The grounds at Rugby Park are likely to be heavy for the continuation of the West Coast Rugby Union’s senior and junior competitions to-mor-row. The principal attraction will be the game between Qeltic and Blaketown, who are level, with Cobden, at the head of the senior championship. On the No. 2 ground at the. park Cobden will meet United seniors, and on previous' performances Cobden should have little difficulty in winning. All third grade and fourth grade matches have been postpo'ned because of the state of the grounds. .Teams for. To-morrow The following teams will take part in to-morrow’s senior and junior club matches: — Cobden Club Seniors: Lindbom, Vaughan, Stracjian, Lawson, Hopkins, Olsen, Hor.r’ack, Mettrick, Marley, -Thomson, Krakosky, Birchfield, Magee, May, Watkin, Sutton. Blaketown Club Seniors: Webster (2), Nelson, Stewart, Knapp,’ McDonald, McLean, Thomas, Roberts, Tomlinson, McKendry,. Fisher, Mitchell, Panther (2), Smith, Lines. Juniors: Rudd, Ellery. Lalor, Hornsby, Richardson, Beams, Molloy, White, Leach (2), Cooke, Mathieson, Stewart, Cairney, Cahill, Stokes, Baldwin, McDonald, Potts. (Meet at Post Office 1 p.m.). United Club Seniors: Vincent, Saunders, Kerr, Richardson, Anderson, Gillan, Leitch, Robertson. Nolan, Thompson (2), Rose, Hill, Golding, Chivers, Carmichael, Buchanan, Cameron, Glen. Star Club Juniors: Dittman, Wilson (3), Stewart, Henham, Payne, Rooney, Jackson (2), Witta, Winter Wotton, Fraser, Coles, Bone. Celtic Club Senior: Tinnelly, McNamara, Fauth, Garforth, Cloak Butler, Constable, Harker, Parry, Howell, O’Callaghan, Silcock, Millett, Rae. Fitzgerald, Hamilton. Juniors (bus leaves Post Office 1.15 p.m.): Craig, Conaghan, Currie, Crom Costello, Forrest, Guerin, Inwood, Rea, Hahn, Ramsay, Roper, McGuinness, McKnight, Buchanan. West Coast Third Grade Team Chosen 'l’he West Coast third grade representative team, _ which will play Reefton at Reefton on Sunday, has been chosen. The team, which is to leave Greymouth by bus at 10.30 on Sunday morning, is as follows: — Hay (Tech.): Henderson (Tech.), O’Callaghan (Celtic), Curtis (Cobden): Nott (Cobden), Conaghan (Celtic); Williams (Cobden); Sheldon (Tech.). Dyeming (Cobden), Wesley (Blaketown), Garforth (Celtic), Huffam (Tech.), M. and G. Herricks (Cobden), Shearer (Tech.). Emergencies. —- Backs: Stewart (Blaketown), Kelly (Celtic). Forwards: Pariitt (Cobden), Wilson (Blaketown). Kiwis v. 'Wellinglon . To-morrow (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 2. The following teams will represent the Kiwis and Wellington in their match to-morrow: — Kiwis.—Scott; Boggs, Smith, Argus; Dobson, Allen; Saxton; Thornton, Arnold, Blake, Grant, Finlay, Rhind, Haigh, Johnstone. Wellington.— Wishnowsky; Abbott, Hayes, Svcnsen; Wickham, Colquhoun; Paewai; Todd, White, Westerby, Elliott, Wales, Dalton, Burke, O’Donnell.