RUGBY FOOTBALL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21579, 25 August 1933, Page 9

RUGBY FOOTBALL

REPRESENTATIVE FIXTURE AUCKLAND TO PLAY THAMES EDEN PARK GAME TO-MORROW The annual Rugby representative match between Auckland and Thames will be played at Eden Park to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 3 p.m. Thin is Auckland's oldest representative match and is always looked forward to with much interest by exrepresentative players. Tho curtain-raiser at 1.30 p.m. will be between the leading teams in the third grade intermediate competition, College Rifles and Eden. A. The Auckland team for to-morrow'a game will bo stronger than anticipated: as some of its members were unable to travel to Taranaki with the first fifteen. The piayerß in the home team have all been showing up well in club football. The forwards are solid, the three front-row men being short and nuggety. The backs should be able to work up a good combination with Frankham, Muller and Mulvihill from the scrum in that order, Heazlow-jod will.be making his first appearance of the season on the Eden Park oval, as lie only returned from Wellington a few weeks ago. The Thames team is reputed to be a strong one, the forwards being well balanced and fast. The backs are all of übout even weight and their club form suggests that they will give a fine account of themselves. No Thames team would bo complete without'a Dufty or u Hay ward in it, and these names figure among to-morrow'a fifteen. It should bo a bright and interesting contest. The teimiß will be as follows: Auckland Fullback.— Ileazle wood. Threeouarters.—Milliken. Stuart, Carter. Five-eiyhths.—Mulvihill, Muller. 1 talfback.—Frank hum. Back Row.—Drake. Middle Row.—Fitilayson, Stone, Wiklund, < Anderson. Front Row.—Scarborough, Bond, Judd. Emergencies.—Brown, back; Lockington forward. THAMES Fullback.—W. Savage, list, ll'lb. % Threeuuartcrs.—F. Moran, list. llb.: 'S. Goodwin, list.; C. Cameron, 12st. 61b. Five-eighths.—J.'Garvey, list. 3lb. (captain); T. Dufty, list. Halfback.—J. Ake, T'tet. Back Row.—G. Pollock. 12st. 51b.: M. Watene, 13st. Gib.; J. Strange, 12st. 10lb. I Middle Row.—T. Abraham, 12st. lllb.: G. Percy, 14st. j Front Ro\v. —C. Abraham, 13st.: E. Hay- j ward, 12st. 71b.; K. Strange, 13st. MATCH AGAINST TARANAKI The Auckland team which is to play Taranaki at New Plymouth to-morrow left by motor-bus last evening for Te Kuiti, where it will stay the night and concludo its journey to-day. LOWER GRADE COMPETITIONS Senior B and lower grado competitions of the Auckland Rugby Union will be continued to-morrow. Following .are the teams: MARIST Senior Grade. —Practice match: E. Colebrook, J. Trigg, E. Friend, R. Liddle, Ryan, C. -Loombe, B. Connolly, A. Toye, 11. Irvine. C. Hadley, S. Clarke, W. Eville, R, Locke. M. Poland, M.' Clarke. GRAMMAR, OLD BOYS Senior Grade B.—McCowan, Reid, Hammon, Finlayßon, Clapham, Gooch, Jessup, Frasor, Crump, Trewheela, Mcßeath, A. Brown, W. Knight. Slyfield, A. Knight. R. Brown, Rimmer, Skyrme, C. Brown. ROLLER MILLS SHIELD WINNERS OF SECTIONS [from OUR OWN correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Thursday The section play in the Northern Roller Mills Shield competition concluded with the third day's play at Waiuku and Pukekoiie tc-day. South Auckland has won section A, at -Pukekohe. and will meet Aucklniid Central, tho winner of section-B. at Waiuku, in tho filial to bo played at Pukekohe tomorrow. To-day's ' games resulted:—At Pitkekohe: South Auckland, 17, Waipa, 0; Hamilton, 5, Auckland South, 3. At Waiuku: Auckland North, 10, Thames Valley, 3. e TAUPIRI PEACE CUP TEAM [from OUR OWN correspondent] TAUPIRI, Thursday The following team has been selected to represent Taupiri against Morrinsvillo at Ngaruawahia on Saturday:—Fullback, V. Harris (Himtly); threeqi-aiters, N. Renne (Gordonton), Carlson (Himtly), Kendall (Taupiri); five-eighths, J. Smith (To Hoe), A. Smith (Ngaruawahia): halfback, Renne (Gordonton); forwards, Denby (Ngaruawahia), Souter (Huntly), Brookes (Huntly), Craig' (Huntly), McNicol (Gordonton), Taylor (Gordonton), Belcher (Te Hoe), Welch (Taupiri). Emergencies: Backs, Robinson (To Hoe); forwards, M. Ralph (Huntly). TAUPIRI Y. FRANKLIN [from our own correspondent] TAUPIRI, Thursday The following team has been selected to represent the Taupiri Union at Tuakau on Saturday in a match against Franklin:— Fullback, Puko (Gordonton); throequarters, Wilson (Gordonton), McKenzte (Himtly), Thompson (To Hoe); five-eighths, Mcßtrney (Ngaruawahia), Mcßurney (Ngaruawahia); halfback. Wells (Ngaruawahia) ; forwards, Lovell (Taupiri), Mullii gan (Orini), McNaughton (Orini), Bradsliaw (To Hoe), iluirnead (To Hoe), Cloland (Gordonton), Donald (Ngaruawahia), Welch (Ngaruawahia). Emergencies: Backs. Robinson (To Hoe); forwards, Engel (Ngaruawahia). WHANGAREI UNION TEAM TO PLAY GRAFTON [from our own correspondent] WHANGAREI, Thursday The management committee of tho Whangarei Rugby Union has received information that Northorn Wairoa will bo unable to fulfil its challenge for the Harding Shield next Saturday, against Whangarei (holders). The other challengers for tho shield are Whangaroa and Bay of Islands, but these districts aro unablo to send teams owing to the Health Department's request that' northern teams should not travel on accountof tho recent cases of sleepy sickness. Forthe same reason, the Whangarei junior representative team will not travel to Mango, nui on Saturday to play for tho Brake Shield. The following players will reuresent Wha-_ ngarei against the Grafton (Auckland) team nt Rugby Park on Saturday:—Backs, Kerr, Morgan, Abbott, White, Pickering, Hamilton. Te Paa: forwards,' McKenzio, Morreeey, Sheriff, W. Rika, Linnell, Finlayson, O'Shea, Doel. Reserves: 1 Holmwood, Barrett, Dent Proctor.