RUGBY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXV, Issue 12913, 15 July 1936, Page 6

RUGBY

INTER-SCHOOL MATCHES

G. 11.5. TO VISIT HAWKE’S BAY

The Gisborne High School first fifeen will, leave on Friday for Hawke’s Bay, and will return >on Tuesday. On Saturday the visitors will play the Napier High School, at Nnpier, and on Monday they will meet Hastings High School at the hitter’s ground. The Gisborne team is considered a good one. It is only four points behind the leaders in the jun’or competition here, and has played ono match less.

The team will he as follows; Fullhack, Appleby; thrccquartcrs. Sim, Smilor, and Robinson ; five-eighths, Smith mid Gavin; half, Toroa ; front low forwards, Marchhank, Hamilton and Monk: middle row, Gardner, Priestly, White, and Fraser; rover, Evan*. Emergencies: Komi ode, G ribbon, and Kells. The coach, Mr P. C. Edmondson, states that the team is subject to alteration. Ono of the. emergencies, Cribben, would bo included if an ankle .injury from winch he fe recovering permitted him to play on Saturday. REFEREES FOR. SATURDAY At the weekly meeting on Monday evening of the Poverty Bay Rughv Referees’ Association. Mr K. R. Waite presided and the following appointments of referees for next Saturday were made: — Thi d grade reps. v. Old Boys A and B juniors, No. 1 ground. 1 pan., Rev. K. Hadfield. Poverty- Bay colls r. Waikohu. No. 2 ground, 1.15 pun.. Mr A. Worthington. Black and White Shield mutch, at Matawai, Mr A. E. Ingram. 'Dine umpires for the Oval: Messrs V. Norman and A. H. Wright.

AUSTRALIAN TOURING SIDE HARD RUCKING BRIGADE STRONG IN ALL POSITIONS. (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright). SYDNEY, July 14. In the Australian Rugby Union team chosen to tour New Zealand, seven former W*ratahs are the threequarters;. A. 3). McLean and J. D. Kelafar, and the forwards, J. Hodgson, 0. L. Bridle, W. G. White, W, H. Cerulli. and E. T. Bonis. Bridle, Corutti and Bonis wore members of the last Australian team to hour New Zealand in 1931. The average age of 1 the players is 23) years and the 'average we’ght is 12st. 131 b. The backs average 23 years and list. lOlh., while the forwards average 24 years and list. lib. The forward, F. E. Hutchinson, who is 18 years old, is the youngest player and Bonis, who is 28, is the oldest member of the team. Tho halfback, E. Gibbons, who scales 10st. 4 lbs., is tlie lightest member and White at lost-. 121 b., is the. heaviest. The five-eighths, J. D. Hammond, is a, former Auckland rep. player. The Sydney Morning - Herald says it is a team of great possibilities and from the 25 players there can bo chosen fifteen who. will compriso a side possessing soundness, speed, ' and dash. "Some of the older players will havo to fight hard to win places in the test combinations, so promising are the colts”, says the Herald. Mr Sid King, writing in the Sydney Daily Telegraph, says it. is probably the strongest team from Australia ever to visit; New Zealand. The team will not lack for loose forwards and it is hoped that the hard rucking brigade; will he equal to the massed onslaughts of the New Zealand packs. Mr O. L. Brown, writing in the Labor Dady, says the team is strong in all positions and should New Zealand regain possession of the Bled isloe C'up, it will b'e a tributo to the strength of the All. Blacks.

The selectors on the tour will be the captain, E. S. Hayes, the vice - captain, R.. J. Walden', and the manager, Mr E. G. Shaw. The team will sail by the Aorangi on August 13. The players and the manager will not ho allowed to write newspaper articles. NOTES AND NEWS. P. Kaua, tho former Pov rly !»ay representative Rugby player, who was trans'erred to Wellington recent ]v, has joined the Mari'st Old .Boys’ Club there. He madi his first appearance for the club against L’oneke at Athletic Park on Saturday. The Marist Old Boys, who occupy the hot tom. rung of the championship 1: icl cl r, manag'd to lead by eight points to seven at half-tone, but. the team tired badly in tho last quarter, and Poncho came on lo win going away by 2!) points to eight. Foneke bad t.bc services of J. L. Griffiths, R, If Hull, C. M. Ougley and C). Pringle, among other prominent Wellington players, and (heir victory was not by any moans unexpected. Kaua, play: ing at first Kve-eighths, is described as having shown speed and a good pair of hands, hut his tendency to kick whenever the ball came his way rather handicapped his performance generally.