WAIRARAPA RUGBY REPS.

Wairarapa Age, 22 August 1929, Page 5

WAIRARAPA RUGBY REPS.

TEAM TO PLAY JUNIORS NEXT SATURDAY. A PRACTICE MATCH. In order to give the Wairarapa representatives a practice, a game has been arranged to be played against 18 junior representatives on the No 2 ground at Carterton at 2.30 on Saturday. The following team aj been selected:—Full back, A.. V. Jury; threequarters, F. Fuller, C. Stringfellow, R. Cundy; five-eighths, I. Hart, T. Corkhill; half, J. Mill; wing-forward J. Donald; forwards, W. Irvine, K. Reid, I. Harvey, M. Willoughby, S. Willoughby, K. Fairbrother, 8. Olliver. Any player not available is asked to notify Mr. McKenzie at once. BEDMOND CUP. Gladstone and Old Beys meet in a Redmond Cup fixture at Carterton on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. Other grade fixtures are also advertised in this issue. GRUELLING CONTEST. SOUTHLAND TOURING TEAM DEFEATED. TIMARU, August 21. After a gruelling contest on a heavy ground South., Canterbury defeated the touring Southland team to-day by 17 paints to 14. The attendance reached two thousand. Rain fell all the morning, but ceased a short time before the match commenced. The ball soon became greasy and the match developed into a battle royal between two good packs of forwards. The visitors liiad a decided advantage in weight and throughout the first half figured in bright rushes. The home backs, however, showing the best defensive qualities seen for some time, went down to the rushes in convincing style and only their sound display kept the visitors out. In the second half the home forwards showed themselves in their true colours and indulged in sweeping loose rushes, which severely tested the maroon defence. The handling of the greasy ball by the backs was markedly superior to that of the Southland backs and they made the most of the opportunities given them by the forwards, although the conditions prevented spectacular play. The game was fast and interesting throughout.—(P.A.) S'.Z. .UNION. WAIKATO SHIELIX CHALLENGE. WELLINGTON, 'August 21. x A mooting of the Managemem^Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Uhion was held to-night, Mr. A. jC. Kitto, acting-chairman, presiding. > The Maori Advisory Board wrote requesting that the major unions should be asked to release Maori players, if selected, to take part in the match, Taihauauru v. Tairawhiti, for the Prince of Wales Cup match, to be played on Wednesday, September 11, at Wellington. It was decided to reply that the unions concerned would be recommended to release the players mentioned, if possible. The Otago Union wrote formally asking that their match against Wairarapa on September 7 should be regarded as a Ranfurly Shield match. It was decided to inform the Waikato Union that as they owed Wairarapa a visit, their match with that union on September 14 could only ibe regarded as a challenge match for the Ranfurly Shield .and not as a special challenge match, which means that the Waikato team would have to pay their own expenses.—(P.A.)