FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 5 August 1922, Page 3

FOOTBALL

RUGBY MATCHES. STAR AND MARIST SENIORS. After the recent heavy rain it is only lo be expected that the playing area •at Victoria I’ark will not be in perfect •condition. However the match scheduled should attract a fair crowd— Star v. Marist. If the forward pack of the Marist team is at anything like i/s old capacity the heavy ground should be right into its hands. Steel’s :al,».sence from the Star fifteen will make a difference. If the rain keeps off the game will be interesting. Marist w. United juniors meet at J. 30 p.m. and United will be hard for Marist boys, this team being short in the back ranks. Marist fourth graders meet D.il.H. at 1.30 p.m. and the school kids should shake it out of their opponents, as they succeeded recently in putting it over United, hitherto the .strongest fourth grade team. This •■should be an interesting little match ami will, I think, attract a fair number of spectators. Of course to-day’s fixtures will, to a large extent be governed by the conditions of the weather. Marist fourths have to win to day to have a look in at the competi-

tion. The following will represent United Juniors, in their match ■with Marist on the Park at 1.30 to-day, all players being requested to be at the Park Hotel at 1 o’clock sharp: —Cosgrove, Pairhall, Buck, Burrows, Reynolds, IV ar nos, Mullock, Jamieson, Fairhull, Ames, Buchan, Sherlock, Laing, McLean, Dewar, ami Castles. Following is the United fourth grade team to play Mars to-day:—Forster, Fairhall, Shorland, Kitchinghani, Both•■ran, Jamieson, Gibson, Donnell}, Heinz, Tillyshort, Weaver, Wincncster, Laing, Bansgrcve, Lees, Bodily and Bussinussan. The Marist fifth-grade team to play United at 11 a.in. to-day is a follows: -—Kiely, Brown (2), Magee, Lynch, Mclnroe, Larsen, Prendergast, Earl, Itathbun, Jackson, Fennell, D. Shannahan, Gilbert and Hudd. Emergencies: O’Neill and Matthews. The following Rugby team has been selected to represent Auckland on the southern tour, which commences with a match against Waikato at Hamilton on August 9: Backs—Finlay (Grafton), K. Ifwerson, Knight (Grammar Old Boys), McManus, -Matson, Gregory (Ponsonby), Thomas, Eerily (Marist Bros.’ Old Boys), Earl (Newton), Grant, Barker (College Rifles), Park (University); forwards —McCullough, Arnold (Grammar Old Boys), IL Casey, McDonald, P. O’Connor, Peters (Marist), McWilliams, Marshall, .1. Thomas (Ponsonby), Nicholas, llelander (Grafton), Taylor (College Rifles;, Somerville (North Shore). The Wellington Rugby team to tour- | Otago, Southland, and Canterbury will ( bo selected from the following:— Baeks Brook, Tunning! on, Siddells, Jackson, F. Tilyard, Mulfroy, Wogan, Trapski, Udy, Mahoney, Gibson; forward — Steuden, Scott, J. Shearer, Moffitt, Thomas, Dunean, Pringle, Troy, Mcßae, E. King, Gair, Hopkins, Ryan and Swain. WESTLAND RUGBY. The Westport Rival team will play a match with the Westland junior rep team at Hokitika to-day. The teams arc as follows:- — Rival Team. C. Kearns, G. Hartigan, E. Sherlock, J. Caldwell, S. Higgins, J. Harris, A. Falla, F. O’Neill, J. Risk, A. Paine, J. Del-racy, R. Gardner, L. O’Flaherty, E. Tomkies, 11. Stevens. Emergency: R. Thurlow. | Westland Team. T. Stopfortli, 11. Steel, B. Gibbons, 1). Mason, Brick Smith, D. Tainui, S. Breeze, P. Muir, H. Davidson, W. O’Connor, B. Shaw, P. Kidd, Jones, Howat, Hahn. Emergencies: Forwards: D. Adamson, J. MacFarlane; backs: Ogg and Hagar. WELLINGTON COMPETITION. The Wellington Competition stands as . follows-—■

NOTES. At a icceit meeting of Ihe New Zealand Rugby Union the chairman reported that the New Zealand team now playing in Australia would ariivo in Auckland on August 11th, and would go to Palmerston North, where they .would play Ihu Manuwutu and Jlorowhenua combined teams on August 16th It was resolved that 80 pur cent. <77 the gate should go to the New Zealand Union and 20 per cent to the local union. Arrangements have been made b\ th-e New Zealand Rugby Union for a match New Zealand v. Maoris, at Wellington, on August 19th, the Ran furly Shield match, Taranaki v. Wei iington, to be played us a curtain miser and the proceeds divided on a filly* iifty baaia with a maximum payment

of £5OO to the New Zealand Rugby Union. With regard to the disqualification for life on 11. McDonald, L. Buckman, land J. Young, all of Shannon, for assaulting .i referee, imposed by the Horowhen.ua Rugby I nion, a letter to the New Zealand Union recently stated that the men had been warned off all grounds under -jtheir jurisdiction, and the New Zealand Union was asked to make it applicable to all grounds lin the Dominion. The Shannon ground had also been suspended, nut after a deputation from Shannon, headed b/ the Mayor, had been heard, it was decided to lift the disqualification oil’ the ground. The Union decided to give I the disqualification Dominion application. Ail the ponds in a rec-ent Poncke’Varsitv match in A\ ellington were scored by forwards, and the event" is another stage in the march of the forI ward, as a scoring instrument. The | modern forward must be three-quarter las well. He must add speed to his I weight, and be able to initiate attack. I Phases of Rugby that were the monoI poly of the backs in other days are i now th-e forward’s stock-in-trade, and the public has had to study closer the I tactics of forward play, in the scrum, the ruck, the line-out, and the open. The ‘‘Dominion” states that, a ’Varsity forward questioned a referee, while I King was taking a penalty kick for Poneke on Saturday. The point is interesting, though simple. While a player is placing* the ball, the kick-ei may touch it with his hands, provided of course, that the ball is not in contact with the ground at the time. The ’Varsity man was evidently under the impression that the ball was touching the ground when King moved it in the placer’s hands, to get better direction. I Air F. Webb, referee in the Eltham | v. Star senior match, at New Plymouth last Saturday, was injured in the eye, through colliding with a player, and had to leave the field. A Star player, I Hurley, smashed his knee-cap badly in I the same match.

Won. Lost. Dwn. Pts Ponekc .. . . 12 1 1 — O Petone .10 3 1 21 Marist .. ..10 1 0 20 1' m versit v . . 1 0 1 15 Berhamporc . . 7 H 1 15 Athletic . . . 7 i 0 14 Oriental . . . . l> H 0 1 4 Helwyii 4 .10 0 s Ohl Boys . . . . 3 H 0 0 Wellington . i j:i o