Auckland Defeats Hawke's Bay.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11060, 23 September 1903, Page 5

Auckland Defeats Hawke's Bay.

'(Per United Press Association.) . - . ■ I .. NAPIER,' September 22. '' The representative football match Auck- ; land v Hawke's Bay was played here to"day ' in fine though somewhat , warm '•■ weather. The visitors had the best of the game , all through^ , N toough in the, first spell Hawke's" Bay defended well and at times got some. good, rushes on, but these ' were 1 nullified by .wild passing. In the last half of the second spell the Hawke's Bay backs became , demoralised, the game ending in a win for Auckland by 20 points to 3. The forwards were equally matched, ; ; though the visitors da the whole showed more combination; bulj it- was in the back, division where their superiority- was -most 'marked, and they simply ran over the local backs at the finish.

Tlie Rugby Union is having difficulty in fixing dates all round for return matches \ with' the Unions that have vjsited them this year. The Horowhenua and Bush games . have had" to be abandoned 'and now- 'Manawatu are having trouble to 'atos&ge^arßtti table date. Saturday, 26th in«t, was submitted . by Wang*nui, but the Palmerston people asked for Thursday, '24th irist. This date was altered to suit them and now Mariawatu find they ' get a Jteam .ojx this . day. However, it has been arranged for the game to be played on the 3rd of October; should anything crop up to upset this date it has been decided to abandon the trip. The following will represent Manawatu : — Full-back, ,Scot.t ; . three-quarters, .. .Hall, Fu'rrie, Tyrell; five-eighths, Findlay and .Baker; half,. Hew.itt; wing, Hepburn; *fojrwards, Adams, Galloway, ' Horgan, Rush/ McMinn, 'Boon, Smith; emergencies, Lyall,*, Hay, Lutton. - . The Wanganui team, will be the same as published on Monday. " Players unable to go are" requested to - let the secretary know, -at once. ' ■ , The following will represent the Grocers in a match against the Drapers on Thursday next, at 3 p.m. on the Rec. :—Hodgson, Harvey, Brown, •Spuidle, ■ Graham (captain), ' Vivian,, Perrett, Gillespie, O'Brien, Sharpe,' Thomas, "Hall, ' Brown, , Gibson, Gaze ; . emergencies,- • James ; and Gomez. All the -above' are requested to secure black jerß.eys,, . - *