Saturday's Rugby

Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7473, 25 May 1934, Page 10

Saturday's Rugby

For the football public of Palmerston North ami surrounding district is provided a very excellent programme for to-morrow. The senior game on Ihe Oval at 3 jj.m. will be Feilding Old Boys and fcnited. The former, owing to their change in colours to black and white, are now recognised as the magpies’ and as everyone knows they are a fast and attractive fifteen with their forwards and backs throwing the ball round in true Rugby style. United are also a team who can turn on good football and this week wit give the magpies something to remember them by. On No. 2 ground at 3 p.m. another game worth witnessing will bo the meeting of the Ml. Pat’s and Old Boys seniors. The green boys will be fielding a very strong side this week; in fact, it will be the same as when they lowered the colours of Fcilding Old Boys. The curtain-raiser on the Oval at L3O will bo supplied by the High Mchool ami St. Pat’s juniors. The other senior fixture set down for this week is Kin Ton and Massey College and this will be payed on the Park road ground tit 2.45 p.m. Both teams will field great packs of forwards and their backs are not to be despised. A gate will be charged at Park road this week.

The other matches set down for tho Showgrounds will bo Linton and Ivia Toa juniors on No. 2 at 1.30, while at the same time on No. 3 Bunnythorpc and St. Pat’s thirds will try conclusions, to be followed on the same ground at 3 p.nt. by the Fcilding and Kelvin Springboks juniors. At Johnston park, Fcilding, an interesting match will lie the meeting of the Fcilding and Woodvillc seniors at 3 p.m. These two teams tiro very evenly matched. Old Boys.

Seniors v. St. Pat’s, No. 2 Showgrounds at 3 p.m.: McMinn, Bradley, Hadfield, Buick, Tillick, Plank, Irvine, Lovclqi:k, Louisson, Yortf, Henry, Lang, Howell, O’Dca, Thomas, Cutler. Juniors practieo at Park road at 1.30 p.m. sharp. Thirds v. Fcilding Old Boys at Fcilding. Cars leave Goldfinch and Cousins’'at 1.15 p.m. sharp; Richards, Lang, McEwen, Burnell, Bradley (2), Turnbull, Bowden, liuse, Turner, Spencer, Simpson, Scott, McQueen, Arlidge, Erenstroni, McPherson, Paul, Love, Gretton. Sixths v. Gordon, No. 2 Park road at 1.30 p.m.: Smith, Dilks, Henderson, Day, Robert, Sutherland, Dunca.lf, ilardie (2), Fletcher, Hopewell, Wright, Walker, Highstead, Thorton, Puklowski, Johansen, Wills, Waldegravc. Kia Toa. Seniors to play Massey College at No. 1 Park road at 2.45 p.m.: Wasley, Strange, McKenzie, Sitnson, O’Keefe, Pawsou, Sutton, Crawford. Kingsbccr, Kerrigan, McKenzie, Williams, Wilson, Wasley, Speedy. Juniors to play Linton at No. 2 Snowgrounds, 2.30 p.m.: Hekc, Dyer, Clarke, Mitchell, Hancock, Riley, Winnard, Evans, Robbie, Thorne, Strange, Judd, Merchant, Baigcnt, Maunder, Vauticr. Thirds to play Ashhurst at Ashh'urst, 2.30 p.m. Bus leaves opposite G.P.O. at .1.45 p.m. sharp: Pederson (2), Tait (2), O’Donnell, Trcwcek, Fenwick, Mutch, Williams, Webb, Smith, Watt, Craig, Chccthain, RatdifTc, Ralston, Taylor. Fifth grade play High School B at Park road, 3 p.m. Sixth grade play Tech. A at Park road, 1.30 p.m. St. Patrick's. Seniors v. Old Boys, No. 2 Showgrounds, 3 p.m.: Quigan, Bafnao, Dawick, Tane, M. Gillespie, N. Rush Findlay, Burgess, R. Gillespie, Morton, Madgwick, Lyons, Hand, Smith, Stone, Powell, McKay. Juniors v. High School, Oval, .1.30 p.m.: Bell, Hunter, Maguire, Cope, Delaney, Freeman, McKewen, Morgan, O’Dea, Ross, Fitzpatrick, Simmonds, L'ucarinan, Sears, J. Rush, Pike, Faffertv, Norris, Thehey. Thirds v. Bunnythorpc, No. 3 Showgrounds, 1.30 p.m.: Fitzpatrick, Farrington, Howard (2), Cole, Carson, Burke, Tweedalc (2), Wilde, Collins, Elliot, Clifford, Glceson, Chapman, Smith, Lynch. Passes at gate 1.15 p.m. Kelvin Springboks. Kelvin Springboks v. Feilding, No. 3 Showgrounds, 3 p.m.: Reid, Greatorox, Radomski, Terry, Sykes, McKay, Dora (2) Mercer (2), Scott, McLaren (2), Johnson, Corbin, Bloomfield, Bailey, Flowers, Mason. Eongoten. Seniors to play Awahuri at Awahuri, 2 p.m. Players to assemble) at Eade’s shop at 1.15 p.m.: Gardner, Parsons, Kitchen (2), Mulcastcr, Sherman, Pcne, Walsh, McGregor, Dixon (2). Wood, Warren, Gust (2), Zuppicich, Smith. Juniors to play Awahuri at Rongotea at 2 p.m.: Craig, Simonson, Imric, Combs, Port, Wallace, Keith, Wright (3) Saxton, Sherlock, Chapman, Cocker, Duker (2), Bailey. Bunnythorpc,. This week’s football match which is to bo played between the Bunnythorpc juniors and Massey College will commence. at 2 p.m. on tho Bunnythorpe Domain football ground. The Bunnythorpe representatives will be: Thomas, Sutherland, Pinfold (2), Hyde, Waugh, Mitchell, BeDge, Withers, Edhouso (2), Dathio (2), L. Burton, F. Burton, Pentecost, James and Calvert. The refereo will be Mr. 11. Hughes. Tho Bunnythorpc third grade team will play St. Pat’s this week at the Palmerston North Showgrounds, No. 3, lat 1.30 p.m. The Bunnythorpc players will, be as follow: Hyde (2), Elwiti (2), Gcstroj Cantwell., Beagloy, Redshaw,

Gee, Beard, Young, Whitehead, Harper, Neil, Quard, James, Van tier, Anderson and Bulmcr. Air. Lyons will be the referee.