RUGBY FOOTBALL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21561, 4 August 1933, Page 7

RUGBY FOOTBALL

JUBILEE CUP COMPETITION OPENING GAMES ON SATURDAY FOURTEEN TEAMS COMPETING The Auckland Rugby Union's Jubilee Gold Cup competition will be commenced to-morrow afternoon, the ordinary senior championship matches being postponed. Fourteen teams have entered for the new competition, which is being held to celebrate the 50th year of the nnign, which was formed in 18S3. Play will be on the knock-out. principle and the competition will be completed in four weeks, tho games being played on Alternate Saturdays with those of the senior championship. t , Six matches will be contested to-morrow afternoon on scattered grounds. The principal attraction will be at. Eden Park, whore Marist will meet Grafton. In the first round of the senior championship Graf-. ton won by 6 points to 3, and another close result is likely to-morrow,. There will be .two curtain-raisers, the first being a return match between the Auckland and Mount Albert Grammar Schools. When they met a few weeks ago Auckland won by the narrow margin of one point, and there were many critics who considered Mount Albert unlucky to have lost. The second hieeting between them, therefore, should provo a big draw. ' , ' . v The second curtain-raiser will be played by the College Rifles and Eden'teams. Tho latter is one of tho strongest sides in the senior B competition and it should be capable of a good showing against its first' grade opponents. Parnell will play Manuknu at the Show Grounds, Otahuhu and Grammar will meet at Sturges Park, Otahuhu, North Shore will oppose Technical Old Boys at North Shore, while Panmurb will be the venue of the Eastern Suburbs-Training College match. Ponsonby and University have byes, in order that there will be an even number of teams in tho second round. Following arc the teams for to-morrow's games:— MARIST Senior Grade A.—C. Colebrook, J. Trigg, E. Friend, C. Loombe. R. Liddle, L. Cooney, 11. Muller, B'. Connolly, A. Toye, H. Irvine, W. Hadley, C. Hadley. W. Eville. M. Poland, It. Locke, W. McGrory, M. Judd. COLLEGE RIFLES Senior Grade A.—J. Kirk, Brown. Wales, Stewart, McCormick, Frankham. Vear. S. Kirk, Hunt, Stewart, Greensmith, Turgis, Ross, Stone, Bell, Johnson, Somerville. WAIUKU REPRESENTATIVES The following players will represent the Waiuku Rugby Union in representative matches to bo played to-morrow:— A Team, v. Franklin, at Waiuku.—S. Brighouse, R. Jackson (captain), W. Dunlop, Weatherspoon." A. James, W. Blacklatv, Moyle, R. Hull, T. Robinson, A. Sherrard, A. Kerebes. B. Keary, L. Whelan. B. Henderson, J. Brigman, J. Hughes, C. Massey, E- Paltridge. , . B Team v. Franklin B, at Tuakau.— Ramata, Cunningham. D. Thompson. T. Thompson. Ray McNaughten, McFarlane, Garland. Hair, J. McNaughten, A'. Gillespie (captain), R. Wilson, Masters. O'Donnell, Neil, Ewcns, Graham, Kitson, Whiskey TAUPIRI V. : HAMILTON . [from our own correspondent] TAUPIRI, Thursday The following team has been selected to represent Taupiri against Hamilton at Ngarunwahia on Saturday in the Peace Cup contest:—Fullback, Davies (Taupiri); threequarters, Penne (Gordon ton), Smith (Te Hoe). Belcher (Te Hoe); five-eighths, McBurney (Ngaruawahia), N. Penne (Gordonton): halfback, Hardy (Gordonton): forwards. Denby (Ngaruawahia),' Souter (Huntly), Craig (Huntly), Hanna (Gordonton), Taylor (Gordonton), McNicol (Gordonton), Brooks (Huntly), K. Welch (Taupiri). Emergencies: Backs, Robinson (Te Hoe), Gregory (Taupiri); forwards, 'Mulli gan (Orini), M. Welch (Ngaruawahia). NORTH AUCKLAND TEAMS [by telegraph—own correspondent] Thursday The following players have been selected to represent Whangarei (holders) in the senior representative Rugby football match | for the Harding Sliield against Mangonui at Whangarei on Saturday:.—Backs, Labbott, White, Pickering, Goodwin, Laurie, iepaa, B. Morresey; forwards, McKenzie, M. Morresey, Sheriff, Rika. Linnell, T. O'Shea, Finlayson. Peacock. Emergencies: Kerr. Morgan, Hamilton, Dent, Doel. The following players will represent Mangonui t(chalengers):—Bncks, C. Masters, McKinnon, Dysart. Feeley. Robb., Bowman, Te Main; forwards, Yendell, McCracken, Ye.tes, W. Cooper, Satherwajte, Stefvens, Wright, F. Cooler. Emergencies: Kirton arid. Bremer.