FIRST REP. MATCH OF THE SEASON.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVIII, Issue 101, 20 May 1940, Page 3

FIRST REP. MATCH OF THE SEASON.

N A PTF.R-H A STTNfIS v. CENTRAL H.B. On Wednesday, at AA 7 aipukurau, the first representative match of the season will be played between a Napier-Hastings team and Central Hawke’s Bay. The Hawke’s Bay selector, Mr N. McKenzie, will be in attendance with a view to his selection of the Hawke’s Bay team to meet Wairarapa at Napier on June 3rd. Three AYaipawa players have found places in the first selection of the Central team —Davis and Renner in the hack division and Rasmussen in the forwards. Otane also has three— Scrimgeour, Burgess, and Isaacson, all forwards. The final fifteen will he announced on the ground. The teams are as under: — NAPIER-HASTINGS. Backs.' —M. Dyer (Hastings), M. Smith (Tech.-High), E. Bligh (Havelock North), AA 7 . G. Palmer (Hastings), P. Reid (Celtic), M. Thomas (Tech.-High), E. T. Moss (M. 8.0.8.). Forwards.—S. McKenzie (Tech.High), Bowman (Tech.-High), AA7olstenholme (Pirates), Carswell (Hastings), S. T. Reid (captain), Frazer (Pirates), Mason (Tech.-High), Jackson (M.A.C.). CENTRAL, Backs.—Bassett (Porangahau), AVhite (Takapau), Ross (Takapau), Fergusson (Waipukurau), AYilson (Old Boys), Osborne (Takapau), Connolly (AVaipukurau), Davis (Waipawa), Renner (Wgipawa). Forwards.—Scrimgeour (Otane), Thompson (Takapau), Rasmussen (AA 7 aipawa), M. McDonald (Porangahau, captain), Dew (Waipukurau), Reid (Takapau), Bennett (Old Boys), R. McDonald (Porangahau), Burgess (Otane), Isaacson (Otane).