RUGBY FOOTBALL Substitute Hooker For Touring Team: Authority Granted

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 August 1949, Page 9

RUGBY FOOTBALL Substitute Hooker For Touring Team: Authority Granted

A decision to authorise the selectors to send, a substitute hooker to join the West Coast representative touring team for the match against Otago Sub-unions at Dunedin on Saturday, and for the remainder, of the tour was made at the weekly meeting of the management committee of the West Coast Rugby Upton which was held last evening. The decision was made at the request of the selectors who had been in contact with the touring party manager, Mr M. R. Bunt. Mr Bunt had stated that a replacement would be necessary if K. R. Fishei' (who is playing in today’s match) did not fully recover from a shoulder injury he had received in the first match of the tour. Seven-a-side Tournament

A proposal to hold a seven-a-side tournament for senior and third grade teams at Rugby Park on August 27 in conjunction with a soccer tournament to be played by Greymouth basketball teams in aid of the Queen Carnival was affirmed. It was stated that there would be four teams” of basketbailers taking part. Arrangements for a junior seven-a-side tournament to be played at Kumara on August 27 was also confirmed and it was decided to close nominations for both tournaments on Tuesday next.

Championship Matches It was decided to notify the Westland Sub-union that September- 3 was the only date available for the McLean Shield senior championship match to be played at Greymouth and for the Graham Wise junior championship match to be played at Kumara. An application for reinstatement to the code from Thomas Morrison was forwarded to the New Zealand Rugby Union with favourable recommendafcl Permission to travel was granted the Cobden third grade team to Wellington on September 3 and to Cobden sixth and seventh grade teams to Sprevdon on August 27. The Marist Brothers’ High School team was granted permission to play matches at Invercargill on August 29 and at Christchurch on September 3. Cobden seniors were declared the first winners of the Muir Trophy having scored an aggregate total of 20 points in the senior competitions. The Junior Advisory Board repotted that a fourth grade representative fixture against Canterbury would be played at Greymouth on August 27 The board recommended that the fourth, fifth and eighth grade competitions be closed and the winners declared after the competition on Saturday. It was also recommended that in view of the interruptions to the fourth grade fixtures the representative match arranged against a Hokitika team for Saturday be postponed and that ordinary club fixtures be played. Tins was approved after a vote had been taken, several members dissenting. present at the meeting were Messrs F W. Baillie (chairman), A. M. Jamieson B. Watkin; J. Smith, E. W. Shannon, S. McDonnell, C. Neville, W. O Blair. H. Clifford. A. Knig, J. A. Jackson, E. M. Todd, A. Agnew and O, Scott (secretary). , Advice was received that the Aus tralian Rugby touring team would ad•here strictly to international rules in all matches during its New Zealand tour, which would mean that no> replacements would be permitted dunn & a on me. Members, discussing the matter decided that it would be no use selecting emergencies for the combined West Coast-Buller team for the match against the Australians at Greymouth on September 10. Fixtures For Saturday

The following fixtures for Saturday were approved at last evening's meeting of the management committee of the West Coast Rugby Union:— Senior—Star v Blaketown at Park 1, 3 D.m. (A. R. Lindbom). . Junior—Celtic v Technical 0.8. at Park 1, 1.30 p.m. (B. Thorburn); Blakeiown v Star at- Park 2, 1.30 p.m. (A. King); Cobden, a bye. Third Grade.—Celtic v Cobden, at Cobden, 1.30 p.m. (V. Donnelly); Technical v Reef ton, at Reef ton; Blaketown n bye. Fourth Grade—Hokitika v St Mary, at Hokitika; Technical v Cobden, at Technical, 1.30 p.m. (A. Fong); Celtic a bye. ' , . , _ , Fifth Grade—Star v Technical, Park 1, 11 a.m. (J. Johnstone); Hokitika a by sixth Grade.—Possibles v Probables, Park 2, 10.30 a.m. (J. Webber). Seventh Grade.—Possibles v Probables. Park 1, 10 a.m. (P. Butler). Eighth Grade—Blaketown v Cobden, Technical, 10 a.m. (R. Haglund); Celtic V United, Technical, 10.30 a.m. (R. Haglund). Primary School Reps v Sixth Grade reps, Park 2, 3 p.m. (M. Olsen), Lower Grade Tria] Teams The Junior Advisory Board selectors have chosen the following sixth and seventh grade Rugby players for representative trial matches which will be played on Saturday, when the teams to travel to Christchurch on August 27 to play matches with Canterbury will be selected. Sixth Grade Probables.—Backs: Hibbs (B), Hutton (S.U.). Thorpe (H), Baldwin (T), Havill (H.), McLaughlin (C), Bell (H). Forwards: Gibbens (B). Jamieson (T), Mason (T), Ashton (B), Butcher (S.U.), Logan (S.U.), Routhan (H), McNaughton (B). Possibles. —Backs: Bell (C), Sadler (T). Ashton (B). Negri (B). Porter (S.U.), Bellis (S.U.), Neville (T). Forwards: Kennedy (S.U.), Montague (H), Gooch (H), Preston (C), Dwyer (C), Phillips (C), Brown (S.U.), Laing (T). Emergencies for both teams: O’Brien (C), Anderson (C). Moore (S.U.), Dawson (B), Costelloe (C.), Moore (S.U.), Dawson. (B), Costelloe (C), Moore (S.U.). Seventh Grade Possibles: Kennedy (Cel), Quinn (Cel), Stanton (B), Gaffaney (Cel), Inkster (B). Ellis (S), McNee (B), Stopforth (Cel), Fraser (B). Beams (B) Eathorne (Cel). Negri (B), Davenport (Cel), Burley (Cel), Wootton (S). Emergencies: Becker, Bond, Ashton. Probables: Hughes (S), Mettrick (C) Wallis (S), Joyce (Cel), Baker (C), Miller (C). Beardsley (C), Mason (S), Sumner (C), Brailsford (C), Bakef (C), Pentecost (C), A. Goodall (S), Morris (Cel). Lindbom (C). Emergencies: Bourke. Culling, R. Goodall.

TWO SACKS OF RAW OYSTERS CONSUMED BY COAST TOURISTS

[SPECIAL REPORTER] INVERCARGILL, This Day.—The West Coast Rugby team, on Monday followed the example of numerous other Rugby teams which have endeavoured to make an impression on the stocks of raw oysters at Bluff. Without approaching the records of “great” teams of the past the West Coast visitors acquitted themselves quite well. Arriving at Bluff, the most southern town in New Zealand shortly before three o’clock.. the West Coast team—or, at least, the majority of mexh-

bers—spent the next two hours disposing of two sacks of raw oysters, wnich had been landed the previous day. and other refreshments. In the traditional manner, the visitors were the guests of the Southland Rugby Union and the Bluff Rugby Football Club in the “oyster bar” at the Eagle Hotel, Bluff. The appetites of various members of the team varied. The best eater put away about 14 dozen raw oysters without any trouble. Next on the list was a forward, who consumed about nine dozen. The quantities consumed, however, tapered sharply after this. While no member of the team approached the visiting team record set by a member of the Marlborough team, J'. Bragg, two seasons ago—he consumed 22 dozen—the overall total was stated to be more than fair, considering that some restrictions had to be applied in view of the match with Southland Sub-Unions today.

ALL BLACKS’ TOUR A FINANCIAL SUCCESS •

CAPE TOWN, August 16.—The three All Blacks matches at Ellis Park brought Johannesburg in a total revenue of £52,000, according to a provisional statement- submitted to a meeting of the Transvaal Rugby Union. The president of the union, Mr H. J. Sanderson, said it afforded tremendous satisfaction that an international match . had been won through real Rugby, as was seen last Saturday. He thought it appeared at one stage that South African Rugby was slipping back, but last Saturday’s game had given pleasure to all followers of the sport, who would have been satisfied whichever way the result had gone. “New Zealand helped us to build Ellis Park in 1928, and now they have helped us to expand it,” he said. Mr J. H. Parker, the New Zealand manager, in congratulating the union for its organisation for the second test, also praised the crowd for its behaviour and sportsmanship. “We in New Zealand did not realise how tremendous is the interest in Rugby in South Africa,” he said. “This tour has been a great success for you. Apart from football, I think the tour has increased the goodwill between our two countries. We will look forward to beating you when you visit New Zealand in 1954. It is a tough job to beat you in South Africa. I do not think that anyone will accomplish that task with case.”