RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16818, 22 August 1922, Page 7

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT. The annual Technical High Schools tourrament- commences to-morrow afternoon at Lancaster Park with a match between the Invercargill an 1 Christchurch, teams. The visitors are reported to hare a, good solid team, having won the third grade Rugby Union competition in their province, while the Christchurch team i* about the best the day school has produced so far. Tn the secondary schools competition they entered for the second grade, but an they were winning their games quite* easily the team wont up into first grade, which was quite a sportsmanlike action. The. match therefore should provide a good exhibition of Rugby. The starting t'tne is 2.33 and the teams are:— . Christchurch. —Full-back. Drapethreequarters. Hay. Madden. Mann : five-eighth*. Allan. Marshall: half. Collins: forward*, II A. Taylor. J. Smith. Plitamer. Maxwell. Bea-gley. Piper (captain). Gocdnll; wing, Meikle Emergencies, hacks. Htiia Taylor, i'ollock; forwards. Lukey. Moore. Stiver. Southland. -Forwards. Peterson, Thomson, Cooney. MNamara. Haig. Hodge. Cameron, Burnett ; half. Keast; five-eighth*. Johnson (captain). Menzies: three-quartern. Anderson. Betteridge. Harrington; fullback, Neilson. Emergencies— "Wright, Mil lavd. M’Rac, Riddle. On Friday Dunedin meet Itiverrarg: 'l. the match commencing at three o'clock. A girls' hockey match between Invercargiiand Ohristcliureh teams will be played on Friday at 2 p.m. The Invercargill party leave on the return journey on Saturday and Christ church ami Dunedin teams meet on Monday afternoon. With the keen c< inpetition and good games which characterise school football, the tournament should he very successful.