PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ TOURNEY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 200, 23 August 1929, Page 4

PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ TOURNEY

WANGANUI GATHERING THE REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS. The Primary Schools’ Rugby tournament will be commenced to-morrow, teams representing Wanganui, Wellington, Manawatu and Wairarapa taking part in the competiton. All the games will be played on Spriggens Park, and it is expected that keen interest will be displayed by parents and the general public, who are all keen supporters of the schoolboys’ game. The following are the teams which will represent the different centres: — Wanganui.—Dow, Currie, Newall, (Marists), Berry (Castlecliff), Bailey,

Gurney, Williams, Vinton, Takarangi (Queen’s Park), Smith, Phillips, Wills, Bullock, Howartson, Welsh (Victoria Avenue), Tukere, Breed, Travers, Kendall (Wanganui East), Mayes (Gonvillc).

Wairarapa.—Braggins, Brunton, Cole, Cross, Dwaine, Fuge, Gradwell, Holloway, Houghton, Langley, Mason, McKenzie, Morris, Patrick, Petersen, Reiri L., Rishworth, Searancke, Silvester, Taylor, Voyce.

Manawatu. —Grindrod, Pye, Robbie, Mutch, Gilgrist, Ward, Tweedale, McLean, Rossiter, Milner, Arnott, Evans, C. Hehir, J. Hehir, Hill, Packer, Heapey, Lloyd, Jones, Creighton. Wellington.—Miller, Hennessey, McMillan, Mullins, Jenkins, Dailey, Calcinai, Hale, Gillon, Porter, Lambeth, Hay, Venn, Jamieson, Lambie, Round. Aitken, Bunkenberg, Groundsell.

As Wanganui hold the championship banner their display to-morrow will attract a great deal of attention.