RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Grey River Argus, 17 June 1927, Page 3

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

AUCKLAND REPS. AUCKLAND, June 16. The following team is chosen to represent Auckland in the Rugby match against Thames on Saturday: Full-back Paewai; threequarters, Lucas', Sheen, Burn; five-eighths J Bcrridge, C. Baddeley; half-back, McManus, Rover. Keene; forwards, Hadley, Palmer. Righton, Knight, Cathcart, Batty and Finlayson. RANFURLY SHIELD. CHALLENGES~ACCEPTED. MASTERTON, June 16/ The Wairarapa Rugby Union tonight accepted the challenge of Hawke’s Union for the Ranfurly Shield match in Masterton on July 9th. As a large crowd is anticipated, the Union decided to play the match on the Solway Show grounds, which was offered by the A. and P. Association at a reasonable rent. Prior to the Shield match, Wairarapa will play home v. home games with the Bush Union; the latter of the two games being a Shield challenge. The team for the first game which will be played at Pahiatua on Wednesday of next week, is the Ch.nllenge team which defeated Hawke’s Bay on June 3rd. N.Z. TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA. (Per Press Assn.) WELLINGTON, June 16. The New Zealand Rugby Union has decided to adhere to its decision to limit the South African tour to twentyone matches, including three tests. MAORI TOUR.

WELLINGTON, June 16. A Maori team will tour the Dominion in July and August, playing at Auckland, Rotorua, Gisborne, Pahiatua, Pal merston, Masterton, Nelson, Westport, Greymocth, Oamaru and Dunedin.

CLUB TEAMS. The following will represent Magpies in their match with Kanieri at Hokitika at 3 p.m. on Saturday:—Gundry, Curtis. Mayo, Birss, Bromley, Ferguson, Dow, Wilson, Gibbons, Holmes. Fitzgerald, Clarke, Hayden, Griffiths, Ogilvie. Emergencies: backs. Fitzgerald forwards: Hibbs, Sneddon. Train leaves Grey mouth 12.45 p.m. Any player not available notify the secretary, phone *s2d. Juniors v. Blaketown, at Gladstone 3 p.m. Saturday: Fraser, Gage, Armstrong, Dalkie, Hewlett, Groom, Gage. Robinson, Cooper, Lane, Flaherty, Wil liams, Russ, Biddington, Taylor. Emer gencies: D. Low, F. Russ. The following will represent Blake town against Mag]lies at Gladstone, tomorrow (their car leaving the Post Office at 2 pan.).—Glen, Preston, Negri, Steel (21, Hannan, Kennedy, Leslie Cooper, Dimond, Shannahan, Sadlier, Wraite, Olsen, McEnaney, McDonald. Dick, Diinshca. Practice* at shed tonight. United Juniors to play Kumara tomorrow here at 3 p.m. are: Grooby, Richmond, Neill, Johnstone. Kennedy, Currie, Guy, Furness, Hughes, O’Halloran, Woollett, Hay, Jones, Sherling, Crompton, Bonnie, Holmes and Kitch ingham. The following team will represent Cobden in their match against Star juniors on the Park at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow (players to be at Union Hotel at 1.15 p.m.): Rutherford, Oliver, N. Eggleton, Jones. Nash, Lemin, Hyndman, F. Eggleton, Armstrong, Neville, Richardson, Abbie, Mead, McKee, Sparks, Eatwell, and Sparks. Cobden fifth grade team is as fol lows: Griffiths, Brailsford. Higgins, Bright, Carter, Barbara, Eggleton, Pound, O’Brien, Auld, Eatwell, Linbom, Gunn, Clark, Burnc. Mclntyre, Smith and Eatwell.

The following will be the combined team against Tec. on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Cobden: Coombe, McGinley, Dunwoodie, Pascoe, Jackson, Brailsford, Caldwell, Groom, Dalzell, Smith, Watson. Hilton, Galbraith, Carruthers and Anderson.