FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4688, 2 May 1935, Page 5

FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS

SEVEN SENIOR TEAMS. DRAW FOR FIRST ROUND. With the merging of the Otorohanga and Maniapoto Sub-Unions once again, prospects for better football in both districts are very much brighter. The senior teams will play throughout the newly constituted territory. Otorohanga has brought in two new teams to the Sub-Union—United and Otorohanga. Nehe and United seniors have dropped out since last year, but Waitete are entering senior status and Waitanguru is inaugurating a senior* team this year. Thus there will be seven senior teams in the competition as against fhre last year. The following is the draw for the first round, which commences on Saturday next. The home team is mentioned first unless the ground on which the game is to be played is mentioned. Waitanguru’s home ground is at Pio Pio. First Saturday: Pio Pio v. Old Boys; Otorohanga v. Waitete; Te Kuiti v. Hangatiki; Waitanguru, bye. Second Saturday: Waitanguru v. Pio Pio; Otorohanga v. Te Kuiti; Waitete v. Hangatiki, Old Boys, bye. Third Saturday: Otorohanga v. Waitanguru at Te Kuiti; Old Boy« v. Waitete; Te Kuiti v. Pio Pio; Hangatiki, bye. .

Fourth Saturday: Old Boys v. Waitanguru at Te Kuiti; Waitete v. Te Kuiti; Hangatiki v. Pio Pio; Otorohanga, bye. Fifth Saturday: Waitanguru v. Waitete; Te Kuiti v. Old Boys; Hangatiki v. Otorohanga; Pio Pio, bye Sixth Saturday: Waitete v. Pio Pio; Otorohanga v. Old Boys; Hangatiki v. Waitanguru; Te Kuiti, bye. Seventh Saturday: Waitanguru v. Te Kuiti; Otorohanga v. Pio Pio; Hangatiki v. Old Boys; Waitete, bye.

Juniors.

The juniors will play in north and south zones, the north zone including Otorohanga teams and the Hangatiki team which was formerly in the SubUnion, and the south zone all teams south of that area inside Maniapoto’s territory. These number five and the following is the draw: —

First Saturday: Te Kuiti v. Pio Pio; Mangapeehi v. Mangaotaki;, Waitete, bye.

Second Saturday: Pio Pio v. Mangapeehi; Waitete v. Mangaotaki; Te Kuiti, bye. V Third Saturday: Waitete v. Pio Pio; Mangapeehi v. Te Kuiti; Mangaotaki, bye.

Fourth Saturday: Pio Pio v. Mangoataki; Te Kuiti v. Waitete; Mangapeehi, bye. Fifth Saturday: Mangaotaki v. Te Kuiti; Waitete v. Mangapeehi; Pio Pio, bye.

The following are the players picked to play for Te Kuiti Juniors against Pio Pio at Te Kuiti: Stout, Hogan, Carhill, Grey, Barlow, Barton, Richardson, Hall, Roberts, McCorkindale, McLeod, O’Kane, Simms, Andrews, Cox, Schouler, Jackson, J. Black.

RUGBY SUB-UNION. A meeting of the Rugby Sub-Union was held on Tuesday evening, Mr. E. Tapp presiding over Messrs. S. Wilson A. B. Cotter (proxy), Dowie (proxy), W. Hotu, E. Walker, J. Anderson, A. Meredith, H. Lawrence, F. Irwin and J. Farrell. * Mr. Farrell intimated that United (Mangapeehi) would only be entering a junior team this season. v The setting up of a Rugby Advisory Board to control both senior and junior grades in Otorohanga was approved, this board to act as ai subcommittee of the Rugby Union. A number of players, including several from United (Mangapeehi) team, were regraded. Decision in one case was held over. It was decided that Waitanguru, which is entering a senior team, should make Pio Pio their home ground, and that that team should play all matches with Otorohanga teams on Rugby Park. This will mean that a senior game will be played in Te Kuiti every Saturday.

A remit from the Referees’ Association that referees should report all junior players considered to be overweight was adopted and referred back to referees. 1