GREAT RUGBY CONTEST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 14

GREAT RUGBY CONTEST.

AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON. FINAL REPRESENTATIVE GAME. MATCH AT EDEN PARK TO-DAY. The final representative Rugby match of the .season will l»e played at Eden Park this afternoon Auckland and Wellington. The visiting team arrived yesterday morning and at practice in the afternoon created a very favourable impression. The Wellington side is a strong one, beinsj composed of a solid set of forwards and smart backs. No fewer than seven of the team have represented New Zealand. Mark Nicholls will lead the Wellington team and this match will be his farewell appearance in Auckland. The Auckland team has been training hard with a view to showing the public that it is a much better side than is shown by its representative record of i the season. Hadley will captain the Aucki landers, of whom six have worn the All | Black jersey. The team is right oat to I beat its keenest rival. J The teams are as follows: | Wellington.—Fallback, Pollock; three- ; quarters, Wackny, Page, Ball; five-eighths, ] Griffiths, Nicholls; halfback, Kilby; wingforward, Price; front row, Jessup, Collision; middle row, McLean, Barry, McPherson; back row. Deidrich, Reid. Emergencies: Back. McDonald: forward. | Shearer. I Auckland.—Fullback, Davies; threoj quarters, Millikeri, Caughey, Hutchison; five-eighths., Ilaslurn, Jamieson: halfback. Corner; wing-forward, Solomon; front row, Hadley, Palmer; middle row, Finlayson, Knight, Batty; back row, Anderson, Satherley. Reserves: Backs, Smith, Berridge; forward, Bunting. The representative match will commence at 3 p.m. and it will be preceded by two curtain-raisers. The first will be between primary schools' teams representing Auckland and South Auckland, and the second will be the Pollard Cup final between Technical Old Boys and Manukau. The programme is one which should attract a large crowd.