LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 28 May 1938, Page 5

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

TO-MORROW’S ATTRACTIONS

The competition leaders, Runanga and Marist, will meet for the second time*this season to-morrow, the game being set down for decision at Wingham Park at 2.30 p.m. Both teams are in fine form and a keen struggle is to be expected. Runanga will ne without the services of W. Glynn, but Marist. will be at full strength, and have high hopes of reversing their last defeat bv Runanga who won 13/6.

Blackball and Ngahere should provide good football when they meet at Ngahere. Both teams will be at full strength, and Ngahere have the advantage of playing on their home ground.

Junior games will be playen at Wingham Park, where Marist and' Kumara meet, Blackball, where the home team meets Brunner, and at Rapahoe, where Runanga and Rapahoe will try conclusions. Low grade matches will be played at Blackball, Wingham Park and Runanga. TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW. Brunner to play Blackball, at Blackball (’bus leaves Taylorville 1.15 p.m.):—Meagher, Wares, Gibson, Clark, Bernard, Moth, Ladbrook. Daniels, Flemming, Barber, McKean, Hoggarth, Moore.

Marist seniors v. Runanga, at Wingham Park (meet 1.15)Pollock, Beban, Roberts, Devonport, W. Hopkins, P. O’Brien, M. Flopkins, Pearson, Grogan, Affleck, Stuart, Malone, Rochford, Anisy. Emergencies: Morel, Seguin, Hutchison. Runanga seniors v. Marist:—Armstrong, Crowe, Kiely, Speakman, Manderson, Patterson, Kennedy. Wright, Glynn, McGuire, Brown, O’Connell, Kinsey.

Runanga Juniors: Clay, Higson, Mossop, Airns, Crearer, Masters, Wright, Buchanan, Brown, Watson' King, Morris, Hatch. Emergencies: James, Owen, Scott. Runanga Thirds: Anderson, Poole. Dalzell, Duggan, Greening, McDonald, Johnson, Downs, Merriman, Key, Williams, Kyle, Erickson, Kennedy. Marist juniors to play Kumara at Wingham Park (bus leaves 2 p.m.): M. Power, J. Kirby, S. Ellis, M. Gough Grogan, Mulqueen, Greaney, Keating, P. Beban, P. Kavanagh, R. Tully, McAuliffe, Coll.

Blackball seniors to play Ngahere at Ngahere:—Mountford, Bruce, Kirk, Jennings, Dodds, Vincent, McNaughton, Bruce, J. Clark, Goodall, R. Clark, Peggie, Driscoll. Emerg: O’Donnell and Weir.

Blackball juniors to play Brunner at Blackball 2.3o:—Howden, Liddle, Mountford, Balde.rstone, Ord, Bokett, Naylor, Mcßoberts, Cruse, Aynsley, Lee, Reynolds, Williams. Emerg: McVicar, Christie. Blackball thirds to play Marist. at Blackball I.3o:—Mountford, Lowery, Coyle, Nuttall, Mayne, O’Donnell, Pasc<?e, Tenman, Davis, Dunn, Day, McFadgen, Waters. Emerg: Connors, J. Lowery.

Blackball fourths to play Marist at Wingham Park 1.30 p.m.:—Nuttall, Anderson, Mountford, Jamieson, Phillips, Kirk, Clark, Bokett, Hayward, Smith Walker, Lowery, O’Flaherty. Emerg: McDonald, Howden, Jones. Blackball sixths to play Marist B at Wingham Park 2.30 p.m. to-day: I Hartshorne, Lee, Day, Walsh, Jarnle--1 son, Mountford, Kirk, Gibson, Howden / Diloln, McVicar, McDonald, Mount- > ford. Emerg: McGee, James, McGuigan, Reynolds, Penman, Kerr, Smith. Inter-Island Games:

Since 1925, the inter-Island match has resulted: 1925, North won, 27-9; 1926, North won, 31-22; 1927, Nortn won, 13-8; 1928; North won, 44-8; 1929, South won, 22-13; 1930, drawn, 22-all; 1931, North won, 52-23; 19cs2, North won, 27-18; 1933, no match; 1934, North won, 36-18; 1935, Nortn won, 19-18; 1936, North won, 21-16; 1937, no match; 1938, North won, 55-2. It will Tie seen that this year’s game goes down in history as the greatest failure the South Island has yet khown. The North Island's win, with an almost exclusive Auckland team, prompts a question: Why do the South Island Leagues not get • fair treatment from Auckland In the matter of representative games? When that question is satisfactorily answered, the cause of 1938’s debacle can be more fully investigated.