AUCKLAND FIFTEEN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23100, 27 July 1938, Page 22

AUCKLAND FIFTEEN

AN UNBEATEN RECORD ; THE REMAINING FIXTURES By its defeat of Xorth Auckland at Eden Park on Saturday last the Auckland Rugby representative fifteen rc- ; mains unbeaten this season. The team's record is as follows: — _ Points Opponents Result For Against Waikato . . Won •_'!> 3 Waikato . . Won 3 Taranaki . .. Won l<; 9 North Auckland Won 1J 11 The next representative game in which Auckland will take part is that against King Country on August 20. The remaining fixtures are: August 20. —v. King Country, at Auckland. September 3.—v. New Zealand Maori team, at Auckland. September 7. —v. Manawatu, at Paltnerston North. September 10. —v. Wellington, at Wellington. September 14.—v. Wairarapa, in Wairarapa. Sepccmber 17.—v. Hawke's Bay, in Hawke's Bay. FORMER REPRESENTATIVES GATHERING AT EDEN PARK Several former New Zealand repre- , sentatives were at Eden Park on Saturday afternoon. Mr. R. J. Cooke, on holiday from Melbourne, was kept very busy renewing old friendships. He was a member of the 1903 New Zealand team which toured Australia. Another member of that combination—regarded by many as the best team ever to leave the Dominion—was Mr. G. Tyler, of Auckland. The pair were photographed in happy mood during the interval between spells in the representative match. Mr. Cooke was a former Canterbury representative, and he met many southern people at Eden Park, notably Mr. H. Frost, also a former Canterbury and New Zealand representative. Apart from Rugby, Mr. Cooke met several gentlemen who knew him in Canterbury in connection with boxing and cycling. An interesting meeting was that between Messrs. R. J. Cooke and A. E. Cooke, the star back of the undefeated 1924 All Blacks. They are not related, but, curiously enough, K. J.'s brother, who played,for Canterbury and for New Zealand in 1894, also claimed A. E. as his initials.