REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 119, 10 August 1927, Page 11

REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY

AUCKLAND V TARANAKI SOME PLAYERS NOT AVAILABLE Several players are not available for the Rugby representative match against Taranaki, to be played at New Plymouth to-morrow, and when the team leaves in the morning it will be without Paewai, Butler. Badeley, Fell, Batty, and McManus. The 17 players to go to New Plymouth are: Gillespie (College Rifles)* Hook (Ponsonby), Sheen (College Rifles), Lucas (Ponsonby), Berridge (Ponsonby), Meyer (Training College'), Wright (Marist)* Cashmere (Universiy), Keene (University), Palmer (Ponsonby), Hadley (Marist), McWilliams (Ponsonby), Wanoa (Graftonf. Knight (Grammar Old Boys), Fletcher (Waitemata), Anderson (Training College), McDonald (Marist). The team will travel by motor-car, leaving the Chief Post Office at nine o’clock to-morrow morning. A practice will be held at the White Star Garage this evening. The Taranaki team is as follows: Fullback, Petty; threequurters, W. Hohaia, H. W. Brown, Bourke; fiveeighths, D. Johnston, Owen; half, Lynskey; rover, ,T. Walter; forwards. Wills, Deem, Ward, O’Keefe, A. Kivell. Robinson, Toung. NORTHERN WAIROA REP. TEAM (From Our Own Correspondent.) DARGAVILLE, Tuesday. The following team has been selected to represent Northern Wairoa against Auckland at IJargaville on Saturday: Wade, Biddles, Sundberg, Wilkins, Matene, Munro, Seymour, Kidd, Julian, Clements, Watson, Rika, Jones, Heywood and Hilliam. Emergencies: Simonsen, JlcCardle, Underwood, Allen. PRIMARY SCHOOL REPS. PLAYERS FOR PRACTICE With a view to selecting the Auckland Central representative team, the following have been chosen to practise at Potter’s Park on Thursday, August 11, at 3.30 p.m.:—Vercoe, Warner (Grafton), McLaughlin, Heath, Hookway, Cunningham, Barribal (Kowhai), Lythe, Bain, Barre, Darlow (Mount Albert), Shaw, Elder, Underwood (Gladstone), Wolfgramm, Moses, Gale, Stephens, Lawry (Mount Eden), Evans, Jarvis, Keith, Cameron, Beguelly, Burt (Newton Central), Lange, Me Adam, Pearce, Elliott. Prentice, Barnes, Prisk, Brebner (Maungawhau), Moir, Hamill.