AUCKLAND TEAMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22724, 10 May 1937, Page 13

AUCKLAND TEAMS

MATCHES ON WEDNESDAY TWO SIDES SELECTED FIFTEEN TO PLAY WAIKATO Tho first representative matches to lie played by Auckland Rugby Union teams will take place on Wednesday. Tho first fifteen will meet Waikato at Hamilton, while tho second team will oppose South Auckland at Eden Park. In View of the fact that the Springboks are to tour New Zealand later in the season, and are to play their first game against Auckland at Eden Park on July 24, tremendous local interest will be taken in these two matches on Wednesday. Members of the A team will be keen to retain their places, while those in tho B fifteen will strive hard in an effort to earn promotion to the higher grade. Mr. J. H. Muir, sole selector to the Auckland Rugby Union, has chosen the following team to play against Waikato at Hamilton: — Fullback. —G-. Hook (Ponsonby). _ Threequarters. —K. Byerley ('.Technical), B. A. Killeen (Grafton), J. Dick (Grafton). Five-eighths.—L. Curtayne (Marist), L. Cooney (Marist). Halfback. —13. Solomon (Ponsonby). Forwards. —T. Pearce (Manukau), W. E. Hadley (Marist), A. Brown (Grammar), H. P. McLean (Grafton), J. Butler (Marist), F. Solomon (Ponsonby), R. Anderson (Grafton), M. Fraser (Ponsonby). Emergencies.—Backs: W. Frankham (Ponsonby), W. Ramsay (Ponsonby). Forwards: H. Bond (Ponsonby). L. S. Drake (UniverSit ?L'he team will leave by train for Hamilton at 9 a.m. The B team to play against South Auckland has been selected by Mr. Muir as follows: Fullback. —W. Hare (Training College). Threequarters.—A. Schubert (Manukau), K. Logan (Marist), F. Bell-Booth (Marist). Five-eighths.—N. Pearman (Grafton), L. Hay (Ponsonby). Halfback.—E. Moyle (Otahuhu). Forwards.—H. M. Foreman (University), A. Mcßeath (Grammar), T. Hunting (Grafton), Hull (College Rifles), N. Smith (Manukau), W. Lange (University), R. Armitage (University), J. August (Technical). Emergencies.—Backs: D. Arkle (Grafton), S. F. Goodwin (North Shore). Forwards: C. Passmore (Grafton). W. Knight (Ponsonby). WAIKATO SELECTION AITKEN AT FULLBACK [FROM OUK OWN CORRESPONDENT] HAMILTON, Sunday The following team has been selected by Mr. J. R. McKenzie to represent the Waikato Rugby Union against Auckland at Rugby Park, Hamilton, on Wednesday afternoon: — Fullback. —A. J. Aitken (Morrinsville). Threequarters.—J. Denz, R. Everest, A. H. Griffiths (Hamilton). Five-eighths.—H. Lissette (Hamilton), K. Peake (Cambridge). Halfback. —L. Russell (Morrinsville). Forwards. —Back row, G. Ctitty (Hamilton) ; middle row, J. Tristram, J. Best (Hamilton), T. Thomson (Waipa), I. Lcwer (Morrinsville); front row, J. Leeson (Morrinsville), E. H. Catley (Taupiri), F. Daniell (Waipa). Reserves. —Backs, ft. Howarth (Cambridge), J. A. Carroll (Hamilton); forwards, A. Thomson, L. McAlpine (Waipa).