LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 20 May 1944, Page 3

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

blackball-runanga final TO-MORROW.

The West .Coast Rugby League s senior one-round competition will be finalised at Wingham Park, to-mor-row, when two teams who have gone through the competition Without a defeat, Blackball and Runanga, wil meet. This game has been looked forward to for some time, and the outcome has been a matter for speculation throughout the week. Runanga, a nippy, youthful team, whose speed and unselfishness has gained them deserved victory in their matches, will bring every force to bear on me experienced, cunning Blackball th rreen. noth sides have trained up foi the match and there should not be a dull moment. ' The plav of both sides is characterised oy rap,d changes or ■direction, spectacular passing rushes, m wn.cn forwards and Oachs comume, and indeed, in which the forwards figure and oiten initiate. In tnree maecnes inis season, Blackball has a tauy or 112 po.nts, with only 16 scored against — a record to which it which it wouid De well mgn imposs Die to find an canal anywhere in New Zeaiand. Runanga has scored ob points to 30. Another senior fixture will be p.aycd at Brunner, where the home team will olav iVLarist. , r . . Junior and fourth grade fixtuics will be iilm cd at Wincliani 1 ark and Blackball. •

Teams arc as follows: — Mar.st seniors: Stewart. Wa !;~L s ’ Teen. Martin. Goll (2). Walker. Matson, Malone (2), Rochford, Hagan, 'Scott, Britson, Cottrell and Bisphan. Marist- iuniors: Costelloe. Stapleton. Stokes, Keating, Brown (2), Mundy, Eastwick, Molloy, Meates. Knapp, Dargan, Willis and Kildare. • Brunner seniors to play Maust on Sunday: T. Dando, M. Anderson, J. Browning. T. Hoggarth, A. Berard, J. Williams, D. Dickson, D. Pryor, A. Hoggarth, H. Chanman, J. Dudley, W. Dunn, R. Hobbs, H. Hassan, A. McInnes. ...