RUGBY FOOTBALL Entries for Seven-a-Side Tourney

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 September 1946, Page 5

RUGBY FOOTBALL Entries for Seven-a-Side Tourney

All Greymouth clubs have entered one team each in the senior division of the seven-a-side competition to be held at Rugby Park to-morrow afternoon. Seven teams have been entered in the junior section and eight in both the third and fourth grades. The nominations are as follow:— Seniors. —Celtic, United, Cobden, Blaketown, Star. Juniors.—Celtic, Magpies, Cobden A. and 8., Blaketown A and 8., Star. Third Grade.—Celtic, Cobden A. and B, Blaketown A and B, Technical A, B and C. Fourth Grade.—Celtic A and B. Cobden A and B, Technical A, B and C; Star. The following teams to take part in to-morrow's tournament have been announced:— Blaketown Club. Seniors.—Roberts, Knapp, McLean, McDonald, Nelson,' ' Panther' (2), Tomlinson, McKendry, Smith. (Meet Rugby Park 2.30 p.m.) Juniors.—Rudd, Ellery, Hornsby, Morgan, Lalor (2), Richardson, Beams, White, Molloy, Leach, Stewart, Cooke, Potts, Cairney. Third - Grade.—West, Spender, Gardner, Lawson, Wilson, Fergurson, Bromley (2), Ross, Smith, Brennan, OsmOrs, Emmerson, Wessley, Stewart, Ranger. Celtic Club. Seniors. —Cloak, McManus, Oarforth, Howell, McNamara, Fitzgerald, Parry, McDonnell, Hamilton. Juniors. —Forrest, Cron, Conaghan, Roper, Guerin, Hahn, Fitzgerald, Mc--1 Donnell, Inwood, Popich, McGuinness, McCarthy, McKnight, Hamilton,

Buchanan. (Meet Rugby Park 10.15 a.m.) Third Grade.— O’Callaghan, Pfahlert, Conaghan, Stewart, Kelly, Porter, McVicar, Guerin, Collins, Burley, de Goldi, Neville, Garforth, Robertson, Knapp; emergencies, Me-. Garth, McManus. United Club. Senior. — Buchanan, Thompson, Robertson, Richardson, Smith, Vin-. cent, Saunders, Leitch, Kerr. Cobden Club. Juniors.—A team: Benyon, Blackie, Cowan, Ellis, George, Lovell, Russell. B team: Goodall, Abelson, Marley, Mettrick, Uddstrom, Watkin, Evans* Emergencies: B. Fraser, B. Harding. Railway Club. Thompson (2), Mangan, Wilson (2), Stokes, Lamberton,- Hammond, Kelly (2), Duggan, Manning, Dixon (2), White, McLellan, Harding, Meffan, Haddock, French (to play Tel Kinga at Cobden on Sunday). ’ More Changes in West " Coast Team T. R. O’Callaghan, who has captained the West Coast Rugby representative team in each of its matches this reason, will not be available Tor tomorrow’s match with Canterbury at Christchurch on account of a leg injury received in the McLean. Cup match at Hokitika last week. . of Hokitika, who was selected to replace J. Haddock, as emergency forward, is also unavailable and he will be replaced by T. Harker (Celtic). J. Gillan (United) will be added to the team on account of O’Callaghan’s defection. With three of the original team replaced, it was not known to-day, how • the backs would line out against Can-* . terbury. j