RUGBY FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19761, 7 October 1927, Page 15

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

PONSONBY PLAYS THE REST. FINAL MATCH OF THE SEASON. TEAM FROM AUCKLAND CLUBS. The 1927 Rugby season will be brought to a close to-morrow afternoon, when a match will be played at the Show Grounds between Ponsonby, winners of the senior championship, and a team selected iiom the remaining Auckland clubs. The appearance of Lucas and Mc v\ illia-ms in the Ponsonby side and Hadley in the combined team will add to the interest in this match, as all three players have been selected for the All Black tour of South Africa rn-xt year. Sheen, the other Auckland representative in the ISiew Zealand team, is unable to play on account of slight injuries received in the trial matches. , .. The following team will represent the Auckland clubs:—Backs: Butler, Minns. Stuart, Loft, Bradanovich, Badeley, Jeffries; forwards, Keene (rover). Finlayson, Hadley, Knight. Wanoa, Cathcart, Batty, Anderson. Emergencies-. Backs, WrigJit, McLeod; forwards, Noakes (Grafton). Malhias, Linton. WAITEMATA. Senior Grade.—Kinlock, Stokes. Waugh, Delaney, Frost, Wigjitman (2). Gillespie (2); Guy, Weaver, Fletcher (2), Page, Colvin, Clarkin. Hema, Knox. Junior Grade.—Pryor, Mettam, Butler, Smythe (2). Turner, Guy (2), Cutler, Adams, Wightman, Sherwood, Berry, Paltry. Mitchell, Kerr-Taylor, Nicklin. BIBLE CLASS GAMES. The following matches will be played under the auspices of th» Auckland Baptist Bible Class Union to-morrow :—Remuera v.* Richmond; Epsom v. Tabernacle Juniors, 2 p.in.; Tabernacle I. v. Mount Eden; Students v. Ponsonby, 2.30 j#m.; Tabernacle 11. v. Grange Road, 3 p.m.