RUGBY FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20925, 15 July 1931, Page 9

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

FINLAY CUP TEAMS. MATCHES IN WAIKATO. The following teams have been selected by Rugby sub-unions in the Waikato to take part in the first round of the Finlay Cup series on Saturday:— Waipa, to meet Raglan at Te Awamutu.— Fullback, C. Pollard (Hovers); threequarters. W. Leo (Ivihikihi), J. Martin (To Awamutu), C. Jones (Rovers); five-eighths, Miller (Pirongia), A, Spiers (Rovers); half, A. Jackson (Ivihikihi); rover. B. Quin (Te Awamutu); forwards, B. Elliot (Rovers), J. Turney (Te Awamutu), J. Thomson (Rovers), N. Jackson (Ivihikihi), M. Grace (Pirongia), A. Cairns (Te Awamutu) and Iv. McNaugliton (Ivihikihi). Cambridge, to play Matamata, at Cambridge.—Fullback, M. Byrne; threequarters, Graham, Stacey, Hamilton; five-eighths Holmes, Wiseman; half, Tapper; rover, Chubb; forwards, Miller Coulter, Tamati, I?. Shaw, N. Morse, D. Bourke, McDonnell. Emergencies, Cooper and Hollior. Matamata.—Fitzgerald (Matamata), Dixon (Walton), W- Carroll (Wardville), Wilson (Wardville). B. Ziman (Patetere), Brown (Patetere), Fallon (Patetere). Collett (Wardville), Ford (Matamata), Simpson < Patetere), Sharp (Wardville), Malligan (Matamata), Smith (Wardville). I'urs.ell (Walton), Fraser (Patetere). Emergencies: Davies (Matamata), Wilson (Patetere), Fell (Patetere), White (Matamata). COLLEGE MATCH. WESLEY V. ST. STEPHEN'S. [from our own correspondent.] PUKEKOHE, Tuesday. The Wesley College Rugby team. defeated the St. Stephen's College team by 3 points to 0 in the annual match to-day on the Wesley College ground. With the recent rain, the field was wet and the ball greasy, with the result that the game was . mostly a forward tussle. A match between the second fifteens also resulted in a win for Wesley College by 19 points to 0. HAMILTON TO PLAY TE PUKE. [from our own correspondent.] HAMILTON, . Tuesday. The Finlny Cup fixture between Hamilton and Tnupiri, which was to have been played on Saturday, has been postponed, owing to the inability of Hie latter sub-union lo field a team. The following Hamilton team will therefore play Te Puke at Te Puke:—Bell, Hook, L. St. George, Malcolm, Aitken. Gilling, McDell. W. Cnesidy, Weatherly, Douglas, T. Cassidy. Noakes, Robinson, McCormick, Bonham. TE AROHA V. WAIHI.. [from our own correspondent.] TE AROHA, Tuesday. The Te Aretha representative Rugby team to play Waihi at Te on Saturday in the Poland' Cup competition will be:— Jacob, Gibbs, Roach, A. Pilkington. A. Lipsey, J. Rackham. Stewart, Burgess, J. Keaney, H. Street. McLaren, Payne. Mulgrew, Caulton, Palmer. Reserves: Finlayson, Goodfellow, Maloney, Gemmell. Sykes. lleathcote. . _ r M . The junior team to meet Waihi at Waihi in the Sharebrokers' Cup competition will be:—Gardiner. B Whitten, A. Mackie, Stockley, B. Stephenson, G. Graham, B. Grant, Cordes Heathcote, Morgan. _P. Stockley, Glover, Kinn, P. Winter. Reserves Ilines Martelli, Edmonds, Haddon. TAURANGA V. TE PUKE. [from our own correspondent.] TAURANGA, Tuesday. A Rugby football match for the Pnrata Cup will bo played at Tauranga on Saturday between the Tauranga and Te Puke teams. The following players will represent Tauranga:—Fullback, .P. Ngatai; .threequarters, L. Murray, A. Tassell, J. Ririntu; five-eighths, E. lies, G. Tangitu; halfback, J Alee; rover, R. J. Phelan: forwards, P. ■Bidois, D. Mountfprt. E. Polley, Harawera, W.Mausel. C. Cameron, P. Ririnui. Emergencies: D. Ainsley, C. Murray, Ivingi, A. Borell.