RUGBY FOOTBALL

Southland Times, Issue 23513, 20 May 1938, Page 13

RUGBY FOOTBALL

Tomorrow’s Fixtures REFEREES AND LINESMEN Rugby fixtures for Saturday are:— Seniors.—Star v. Marist at Rugby Park at 2 p.m., referee, Mr D. T. Leckie (linesmen, Messrs J. Ewart and C. A. Kerse); Pirates v. Old Boys at Rugby Park at 2.45 p.m., Mr E. Barron (Messrs A. R. Bennie and J. Rodgers); Invercargill v. Bluff at Bluff at 2.45 p.m., Mr R. Murray. Second grade.—Collegiate v. Star at Biggar street No. 4 at 2.30 p.m., Mr M. Sheehan; Pirates v. Old Boys at Tweed street, at 2.15 p.m., Mr J. R. Bell; Marist v. Invercargill at Biggar street No. 5 at 3 p.m., Mr J. Aitken. Third grade.—High School v. Star at School No. 1 at 1.45 p.m., Mr E. Fox; Old Boys v. Invercargill at School No. 3 at 2 p.m., Mr B. Mitchell; Waikiwi v. Bluff at Biggar street No. 3 at 2.45 p.m., Mr G. Fleming; Borstal v. Collegiate at Borstal at 2.45 p.m., Mr J. R. Hanan; Pirates a bye. Fourth grade.—.lnvercargill v. Waikiwi at South Domain at 2.30 p.m., Mr H. Smith; Old Boys A v. Collegiate at Bain Park at 2 p.m., Mr L. Niven; Marist v. Star at Biggar street No. 2 at 2 p.m., Mr E. Cowie; Pirates a bye; High School v. Technical (to be played later). Fifth grade.—lnvercargill v. Marist at Rugby Park at 1.30 p.m., Mr C. Myers (Messrs T. Roberts and J. McKenzie); Pirates v. Technical at Biggar street No. 5 at 1.30 p.m., Mr R. Ferguson; High School a bye. „ Stand dive, Mr W. H. Day; Press strip, Mr F. Cheyne; emergencies, Messrs C. C. Kenwood, G. Agnew, R. Dickson, G. Robertson, J. O’Neil and T. Riddell. TEAMS FOR TOMORROW Rugby football teams for tomorrow are as follows: — STAR Seniors—Bailey, Mattingly. Cuff. McKenzie, Skerrett, Ronald, Asher, McColl, Cruickshank, Uttley, Miles, Donaldson, R. Giller, H. Giller, R. Fraser, Stubbs, Watson. Second grade.—Liddell, Cockroft (2), De Clifford, Taylor, Baird, Dryden, Angelo, Dale, Kelly, Mainland, McDonald, Phillips, Stewart, Flynn, Harvey, Liddell. Third grade.—McKenzie, Bushley, Brayshaw, Evans, Patterson, Muir, Johnstone, McFarlane, Mitchell, Niven, Barrows, Hide, Brown, Coveney, Patterson (3), Thompson. Fourth grade.—Holmes, Jenkins, Agnew, WiUmshurst, Milne, Blair, Collett, Winter, Magee, McKenzie, Gillespie, Grant, Russell, Te Au, Bowden. INVERCARGILL Seniors.—Hoggins, Sutherland, Mahoney, Henderson, Marr, Nesbit, McKenzie, Blue, Purdue, Lester, Sutton, Klrkness, McKay, Roberts, Purdue, George (2), Walker, Richardson. , Second grade.—Sutherland, Frew, Lyon, Savory, Ramsay, Baird, Geerston, Jones (3), Lamb, Purdue, Hillis, Johnstone, Breen, Sloan, North. Third grade.—Keast, Chisholm, Lumsden, Green, Ferguson, Sutherland, Kennedy, Davis, Ramsay, Berryman, Crosbie, Currie, Savory, Jones. Mackie, Sutton, Kennedy. Fourth grade.—Haggerty, Watson, Duff, Chilwell, Hayward, Frost, McKay, Sutton, Batt, O’Toole, Munnings, Hewitt, Green, Jones, White, North, CouUng, Atley. Fifth grade.—R. Watson, Baldy, Hillstead, Robertson, Crowther, Schroeder, Morrison, J. Watson, Patterson, James, Lockie, Gordon, Huffadine, Taylor, Stewart, Wells, Mcßeath, Duox, Smith, Ramsay. COLLEGIATE Second grade.—Farmer, W. Giles, P. Giles, Atley, JJarrock, Folster, Hicks, Stewart, McLean, Weeds, McLean, Jenkin, Skinner, Hughes, Jaqulery, Boyd. Third grade.—McMannus, Ramsay, Ramsay, McArthur, Smith, Mcllwrlck, Bryce, McDowell, Burns, Hughes, Pope, Halbert, Bridgeman, Winslow, Scott, Mclntosh. Fourth grade.—Hunt, Weeds, Laidlaw, Soper, Cushion, Burns, Murdoch, H. Young, Tulley, Beale, Fortune, Bridgeman, Thompson, McCallum, Brandford, Harper, Wallace. OLD BOYS First grade.—Anderson, Jackson, Wesney, Milne, Polson, Spence, Mackie, Lindsay, Smiley, Liddell, Chesterman, Marshall, Baker. Crawford. Gumbley. Wyatt, McLauchlan, Wilson. Second grade.—Armour. White, Grenfell, Smith, Cook, Robison, Swale, Patterson, Feam, Adam, McLauchlan, Pittaway, Slocombe, Blampied, Atley, Harper. Third grade?—Clark, McLean, Cowie, Mills, Hamilton, Gavan, Agnew, Harris, Wlthington, Gilbertson, Campbell, Scott, Farmer, Carswell, McCurdy, Oliver. Fourth grade.—Sprlgg, Sharp, Boyd, Richardson, Ruffin, Stewart, Duncan, Spriggs, Georgeson, Caddie, Bradshaw, Ferguson, Stewart, Batchelor, Hannah. PIRATES Seniors.—L. Beale, J. McKay, R. Pickering, E. Calvert, M. Morrison, H. Peddle, H. Frazer, A. Knight, T. Potts, W. Muir, R. Tlnnock, P. Amos, F. McEwen, T. Metcalf, L. Giggs, W. Murdoch, R. Barnett, R. Stuckey, F. Pickering, T. Robertson. Second grade.—Fraser, Sorenson, Berry, Shirley, Wright. Pasco, Woods, McEwan, Clark, Bridgman, Farquharson, Shirley, Henry, Mahoney, Clarkson, Spence, Harvey. Maxted, Norton, Lee, Jackson, Lemon. Fifth grade.—McKay, Imbs, Jones, Graham, Dawson, Strathern, Hunt, Shirley, Strathern,. Insall, Skinner, Wyatt, Barlow, Rewcastle, Myers, Robertson, McCormick. MARIST Seniors.—Mcßae, J. Coumane, Wilson, Newall, Ward, Knapp, O’Callaghan, Murphy, Connolly, Shepherd, P. Grace, V. Pasco, R. Ferris, Baird, J. Fahey, T. Hogan, M. Ryan. Second grade.—Waldron, Perrin, Waddick, L. Small, Fraser, Forde, Topping, Robertson, Bassett, Stone, Cameron, Meffin, Mcßandle, Coumane, Gerrard, Parker, Branks, J. Scully, M. Scully. Fourth grade.—McCormick, Dawson, Scully, Hislop, Drury, Cameron, Donaldson, Wills, Cooney, Cameron, Murphy, Coakley, Newell, Waddick, Templeton, Scully. Fifth grade.—J. O’Brien, Kearney, B. Beadle, D. Frampton, D. Chisholm.. L. Smith, P. Windle, J. O’Brien, F. Rutherford, P. Kimble, B. Duggan, J. Ferry, K. Martin, P. Ford, T. Grace, W. O’Connell, R. Lyons, L. Lyons, Donaldson, Braxton, Cameron. HIGH SCHOOL Third grade.—Fairbanks, Blaikie, Pareel, Mayhew, Soper, Swale, Walker, Cameron, Barrett, Watts, Murison, Hill, Lawrence, Longley, Smyth, Hewton, Robertson, McColl, Potts. EASTERN/NORTHERN COMPETITION ALBION TEAM UNBEATEN By FULL-BACK With two more matches to play to finish of the first round of the EasternNorthern Rugby football senior competition, Albion is the only team that has not been beaten. Mataura, Country Pirates and Pioneer have all been beaten once, Pioneer also having played one drawn game, and Lumsden has had two defeats and one draw. Balfour has not yet won a game. Albion scored a surprisingly easy win over Country Pirates at Gore last Saturday. The latter team was considered the best of the Northern District teams. Although the score was only three points to nil at half-time, Albion broke through the Pirates team’s defence in the dying stages of the game to win by 16 points to nil. B. Herron (Albion) played an outstanding game in the forwards, and if he continues to show the form he has been displaying this season he must be considered for a place in the Southland team. For a heavy forward Herron is unusually fast and one of the tries he scored on Saturday would have done credit to a fast

wing three-quarter. He secured the ball in a line-out at about mid-field and, breaking through, he outpaced the opposition, swerved past the full-back to score. It was a splendid effort and not just a flash in the pan, because a few minutes later he opened up another similar movement, backed up by Southern and Graham, which eventually resulted in a try. It was thought that Southern had retired from the game this season, but after standing on the side-line for two Saturdays he decided to turn out and played a very sound game. Albion has discovered a sound goalkicker in Clark, who, it is understood, comes from Invercargill. This player converted two tries on Saturday with well-judged kicks and he also showed good judgment when kicking into touch. Pioneer appears to- have slumped rather badly this season and has not met with the success expected of it. Its game against Albion tomorrow should be very interesting, because in a friendly match at the beginning of the season it had an easy win over the competition leaders. If the day is fine the spectators should be treated to a fast display, because, although Pioneer is noted for its speedy backs, Albion also has produced a fast back line this season.

A veteran made his appearance in the ranks of the Mataura team in its first match against Balfour at Balfour last Saturday. He was L. G. Townsend, the well-known captain of the Eastern Southland cricket team, and one time Southland, Otago and Eastern Southland representative player. Townsend was a noted five-eighth and it is understood he was the “brains” of the Mataura team on Saturday. What’ he lacked in fitness, he made up for in cleverness in. out-manoeuvring the opposition. Five players by the name of Soper took part in the Albion-Country Pirates match last Saturday. Four of these were included in the Country Pirates team, and Soper, the Albion forward, made up the fifth. The Pirates team included a number of young players and although it was beaten by a big margin of points it was by no means disgraced. It showed good combination in both forward and back lines, and it is thought that more will be heard of this team in the second round.

Although Lumsden has not yet had a win it has a fairly well balanced side and was only beaten by a small margin of points by both Albion and Country Pirates. A fair indication of its strength was given last Saturday when it played Pioneer to a draw. All its matches so far have been played at home and it will make its first appearance in Eastern Southland tomorrow when it will play Mataura at Mataura. Balfour is the only team that has not scored any points at all, having been beaten by Albion, Pioneer and Mataura by good margins. This team has a good set of forwards and when its backs learn to send out better passes it can expect to meet with more success. In the matches it has played to date it has lost many points through dropped passes. In the junior grade Wyndham is leading with six points. It was beaten by Albion in the second match of the round but a protest against the latter team for playing two players without transfers from another club was upheld by the sub-union, the game being awarded to Wyndham. Mataura is the next team with four points. At a meeting of the sub-union this week Mr J. M„ Boyne reported that be - cause of a number of injured players High School would be forced to withdraw from the third grade competition. He inquired if it was possible for the school to draw on Pioneer players who were unable to secure a game because of that club having no third grade team. This suggestion was supported by the chairman (Mr J. W. Aitken), who stated that it would assist to keep the the Pioneer players in the game. It was decided to give High School permission to draw on the Pioneer Club for third grade players, providing that the names of the players were submitted to the sub-union. ,

The sub-union has decided to try to arrange representative matches against the North Otago Union team and a team from the Otago University at the end of the season. The position of the teams in the Eastern-Northern senior competition are as follows:—

GOLF INVERCARGILL CLUB’S DRAW Following is the draw for a fourball bogey match to be played tomorrow:—H. W. Rogers and A. H. Broad v. G. F. Deighton and E. E. Broad; G. Robertson and H, T. Thompson v. J. A. Thom and D. F. Lindsay; C. R. Wilson and J. D. Strettell v. G. S. Thorpe and W. Buchan; W. R. Patrick and J. C. Prain v. A. G. Seddon and H. M. Smith; T. W. Wilson and J. R. E. Sutton v. G. R. Hanan and H. C. Smith; J. P. Butler and A. J. Skjellerup v. F. H. Hughes and N. Earl; C. C. Anderson and J. S. Dick v. W. Strang and B. W. Hewat; F. O. Rice and M. H. Mitchel v. partners to'be arranged; B. Butler and A. R. Macnee v. J. A. Doig and P. E. Trevella; N. L. Watson and W. Aitken v. C. W. Francis and W. D. Palmer; G. L. Sadd and H. Loughnan v. A. Owen-Johnston and A. H. J. Wyatt; J. K. Garrett and A. T. Walsh v. R. M. Strang and G. H. Oliver; A. L. Dolamore and A. J. Kingsland v. K. H. Allen and H. L. Didsbury; C. Campbell and S. E. V. Brown v. E. H. Smith and C. V. Holder; T. A. Quirk and J. N. Armstrong v. R. C. Cook and A. K. Chernside; R. G. Stark and J. Graham v. W. F. Dick and R. H. Oliver; A. H. Oughton and A. R. Bolton v. W. J. Service and R. Ferris; H. C. Date and G. J. Reed v. R. N. Todd and J. Strang; L. J. Small and L. Connolly v. A. R. Thomson and I. Muirson; C. Davis and W. Williams v. B. Mehaffey and O. Williams. The following handicap reductions have been made: G. F. Deighton, 5 to 4; G. R. Hanan, 11 to 10; B. Mehaffey, 24 to 20; K. H. Allen, 24 to 20; W. A. Aitken, 18 to 15; I. D. Muirson, 20 to 16; E. H. Smith, 24 to 23. QUEEN’S PARK CLUB The draw for a Stableford bogey to be played in conjunction with the second qualifying round of the Holloway Shield competition at Queen’s Park tomorrow is:—J. S. Lindsay v. G. E. Glennie; T. J. Gosling v. H. Edginton; J. J. White v. H. W. Norris; F. J. Perham v. D. L. Grant; R. T. Barnett v. R. Kidd; I. W. Campbell v. S. A. Glennie; R. W. Pollok v. W. F. Poff; J. C. Fleming v. E. Hughes; B. D. Murgatroyd v. E. H. Ball; S. Blomfield v. G. E. Williams; R. G. Scandrett v. N. H. Webb; G. R. Milward v. O. G. Gilmour; J. M. Daly v. W. Gellatly; P. Rice v. A. E. McGrath; J. C. Kirkland v. D. W. Reed; W. E. Halder v. L. J. Poff; L. R. Kay v. T. J. Branks; G. Osborne v. D. W. Robinson; C. J. McEachran v. A. L. Walker; A. Wilson v. J. F. Miller; J. H. Bird v. S. Robson; J. Low v. R. Anderson; E. R. Barnett v. W. A. Jackson; A. G. Stubbs v. L. E. Raines; P. Wild v. A. R. Cullen; L. B. Smith

v. D. W. Stalker; W. J. Chatfield v. T. Cagney; C. P. Winders v. C. W. Routledge; L. H. Latimer v. H. M. Rout; T. C. McMillan v. R. G. Fox; C. Barrett v. E. H. Bray; J. W. Wren v. M. J. O’Sullivan; H. R. Anderson v. S. J. Little; H. C. Hurrell v. J. Boyd; S. Jewiss v, T. W. Maclean; C. W. Treeby v, J. F. Skedden; R. W. Frampton v. H. Murphy; A. G. Buckland v. J. J. Breen; I. Shand v. L. Barclay; D. S. Edginton v. M. J. Clubb; T. J. Dwyer v. H. R. Lapwood. DRAW FOR BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN The following is the draw for a sealed hole match to be played by business and professional women at Queen’s Park tomorrow at 9 a.m.:— Miss Turner v. Miss Morton; Miss Holdsworth v. Miss Barlow; Miss Pay v. Miss Curtis; Miss Shand v. Miss Barrett. DRAW FOR MOKOIA CLUB Following is the draw for a match to be played on the Mokoia Golf Club s links tomorrow:— Alderson v. Willcocks; Thorn v. I. Buchanan; Boyd v. Rowe; Bogue V. Smith; Craven v. H. Buchanan; Sinclair v. Orr; Doherty v. Bell; Watt v. Hutton; H. Thompson v. Mac Gibbon; Corbet v. Norton; McGowan v. Herbison; Haggitt v. E. Calder; J. Calder v. C. Young; J. McGowan v. Halliday; J. Thompson v. J. Young. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL REFEREES APPOINTED The following are the referees' in the Southland Football Association s matches tomorrow: — Senior.—Central v. Mataura, at Mataura at 3 p.m., Mr McEwing; Corinthians v. Thistle, at Biggar street at 3 p.m„ Mr G. F. Gunn. Junior—Mataura junior v. Old Boys, at Mataura, at 3 p.m. referee appointed by Mataura; Old Boys v. Thistle, at 1.30 p.m., Mr W. Reddington. TEAMS FOR TOMORROW Association football teams for tomorrow are as follows: THISTLE v. Corinthians.—Ferguson, L. O’Rorke. J. Morrison, Luke, McMurdo, Taylor, Smith, Lang. Radka, N. Morrison, McLean. Reserves: Holding, Greenfield. Juniors Holding, Sammons. O Brien. Dennis, Garthwaite, Brailey, Kelman, Crofts, Lowe. Radka, Adam, McMurdo, Marshall. Roughan. BOYS’ BRIGADE OLD BOYS A team.—A. Dawson. E. Bell. N. Bennie, I. Maclver, D. Wilson, H. Denton. A. Walker, L. Woollett, J. Morrison, J. Knuckey, L. Cranstoun, A. Crighton, J. Freeman. B team.—K. Prentice, G. Dermott, G. Wilson, R. Young, J. Pryde, J. Wilson, O. Crawford, M. Morrison, G. Hillstead, J. Walker, E. Imbs, J. Gordon. The B team will meet at H.B. comer at 1.30 sharp.—MQsoB. CORINTHIANS v. Thistle.—Kerr, McDonald, McPherson, Churchill, J. Morrison. McConey, Gorrie, Raffles, Dymock, Allen. Pinkney. Emergencies: Kelly, Seaton. CENTRAL At Mataura.—L. McKeever, J. Agnew, P. Anderson, D. Adamson, J. Harvey, W. Anderson, R. Ferguson, R. Stables, J. McDougall, A. Dale, L. Shirley, G. Pinkney, E- Robison.

BASKETBALL TEAMS FOR TOMORROW Basketball teams for tomorrow are as follows: RATA First Grade. —L. Mehaffey, H. Anderson, R. Henderson, B. Fraser, A. Pittaway, S. Ross, B. Ingram, M. Shand, J. Kelly. Second Grade A.—A. Mcßurney, B. Shepherd, J. McNee, B. Crawford, A. McDonald, Z. Smith, W. Bayes, B. Robb, M. Strang. Second Grade.—M. Cook, M. Adam, M. Mowat, V. Dixon, E. Cundall, E. Watson, B. Grieve, J. Spiers, G. Robison. Third Grade—P. Ball, J. Moir, J. Tonkin, M. Hitch, J. Milligan, A. Mitchell, M. Pittaway, N. Miller, P. Burley. MEN’S HOCKEY TEAMS FOR TOMORROW Men’s hockey teams for tomorrow are as follows: CENTRAL Seniors.—Cook, Lythgoe, Low, Field, Semmens, McLean, Brown, Hughes. Mullen, Speirs, Anderson. Central Blues.—Sammons, Watson, Scott, Cartwright, Lindsay. Drummond, Low, Green, Gunn, McHattie, Hill. COLLEGIATE Seniors.—N. Poole, Fenton, Hodgson, Hennessy, Chisholm, McMillan, Trewick, Waddell, V. Poole, Mason, Shields, Melrose (12th). Juniors.—Wilkes, Laytham. Martin, Checkoffs. O. Cockrane, Cushen, Prentice, Jennings, G. Cochrane, Dark, Crawford, Hopgood, Cockroft.

Albion P, 3 .W.L.D.T1 3 0 0 6 Mataura 3 2 1 0 4 Country Pirates 3 2 1 0 4 Pioneer 3 1 1 1 3 Lumsden 3 . 0 2 1 1 Balfour 3 0 3 0 0