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THE MOASCAR CUP.

FINAL MATCH TO-DAY. CHALLENGERS FROM AUCKLAND. TWO STRONG TEAMS. For the third and last, time this season the New Plymouth High School Rugby team will be called upon this afternoon to defend the Moascar Cup at Pukekura Park, on this occasion against. Mt. Albert (Auckland) Grammar School- As a curtain-raiser the High School A team (third fifteen) will contest the final of the fourth grade championship of Taranaki with the Hawera Technical High School first - fifteen. Football followers in Taranaki have been particularly fortunate during the last two years in having the opportunity of witnessing on so many occasions what is undoubtedly best and brightest in Rugby football—secondary school matches. To-day’s match promises to equal any of the previous contests in which the High School team has successfully defended the Moascar Cup, and given fine weather a spectacular game may be confidently expected. It is understood the Auckland school has practically a. full representative fifteen, and as the High School team is also up to full strength, the match should be doubly interesting on that account. Arrangements have been made for the south-bound afternoon train to he delayed until five minutes past five for the convenience of country spectators. The Mt. Albert team will be entertained at the boxing tournament to-night, and to-morrow will he taken for an excursion by car into the country. The teams for the Moascar C'up match are: MT. ALBERT GRAMMAR SCHOOL. (Light Blue.) Full-back—Butler (11.8). Three-quarters—Ash .(10.5), Monk (11.0), Kirkpatrick (11.0). Five-eighths—Wilson (10.7),' Jenkin captain (10.3). Half-back—Pirrit (9.10). Rover—Ewen (10.7). Hookers—Brownlee (9.12), Henderson (9.12). Lock—Moses (10.13). Supports—Bark (11.2), Gardner (U. 7 Back row—Harrop (10.7), Kinnear (10.2). Emergencies—Back, Howell; forwards,' Potter and Grey. BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL. (Black and White.) Full-back—Petty (10.11,. Three-quarters—Mackay (11.12), Loveridge (11.12), Crawford' (0.11). Five-eighths—K. Fookes (10.4), Alexander (10.(i). Half-back—Mason (0.0). Rover—Paterson, captain (10.5).' . Hookers—Ennis (10.7), Gibson (10J0) Lock—Bleakley (12.7). Supports—S. Fookes (11.7), Read (10.7). (0g/ k ro "'— R< ‘ llrin of‘r0 f ‘ r (10.4), Tiplady

Emergencies—Baeks, Fletcher and Giant; forwards, Eaves and O’Halloran. Mr. E. Gilmour lias been selected to referee the cup match, and Mr. F. Webb the fourth grade final.

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Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1924, Page 6

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THE MOASCAR CUP. Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1924, Page 6

THE MOASCAR CUP. Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1924, Page 6