FOOTBALL

Te Puke Times, 14 June 1921, Page 3

FOOTBALL

At the meeting df the New Zealand Rugby Union executive it was finally decided that the South African touring team would play the Bay of Plenty representatives at Rotorua on Wednesday, August 31.

The local Gup match, United v. Rangiuru, played on Saturday, resulted in rather an easy win for the former by 17 points to nil. j Aturoa forfeited to Rovers. ’ ■ . , The Kusabs Cup match, played at Whakatane on Saturday between Whakatane ahd Opotiki, resulted in a win for the former by six points to three. A sub-committee was appointed at the meeting of the Rugby Union last, night to endeavour to raise the sum of £4O, Te Puke’s quota towards the cost of training a Bay of Plenty team to meet the South Africans. The local Union has decided to play two additional rounds in the senior cup competition. The Kusabs Cup match, Tauranga v Whakatane, will be played at Te Puke or. Saturday week, the local unic n having undert aken to make the necessary arrangements. The m* tch should provide a very keen contest, and, will, no doubt, draw a large attendance. Arrangements have been made for a match to be played at Whakatane on Saturday next between teams representing the Te Puke and Whakatane; Unions. The following fifteen will srepresent Te Puke Hira. Ahomiro, W. Tapsell, Dickson. Boucher, O. Montgomery, „ E. Montgomery), Bishoprick, May, Riddell, P. Tapsell, Courtenay* Morton, 6. Ngaera, Sergeapt. Emergencies—Back, McEwen; forward T. Ngaera. INTER-ISLAND MATCH' on.Julyigp^aiffiltowiqg t place# ? in T the Northern although further nominations have still to comp in Auckland—lfwerson, full-back; Badeley, centre three-quarter ; Grierson, wing three-quarter ; Lucas, wing-forward : iPitman, half back ; M’lnoes. lock *, Milliken and Fletcher, forwards. Manawatu —A. Carrol, j Dustin, and Harkness, forwards. ; Wairarapa —J. Donald,’ wingforward ; Q. Donald, forward ; Bacon, lock. Bush Districts-Galvirr, fiveeighths ; Cate, full-back ;!Sievers and Harvey, forwards. : Wanganui-Scott, wing threequarter ; Svenson and Tilyard, five-eighths ; Ross and Lockett, forwards. Hawke’s Bay—Dine, ful -back; Mair, half-back : McNab and Brownlie, forwards. Poverty Bay—Hundleby, fiveeighth ; Langlands, full-back ; Higgs, forward. Wellington—Nicolls, half-back; Roberts, five- sigh ths or half-back; Ryan, Aitken, and Algar, threequarters : Nicholls, five-eighth, Murphy, full-back ; Moffat, De Clifton, Standen. Hughes, Price; Shearer, Calcmai, forwards ; E. King, wing forward. 1