RUGBY FOOTBALL

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 199, 18 August 1933, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

HAWKE’S BAY v. AUCKLAND THE TEAM FOR TO-MORROW Riesa Aoouciatiuu; AUCKLAND, Thursday. The Hawke’s Bay team to play Auckland on Saturday is as follows: — Full-back: Vartan. Three-quarters: Apsey, Grant, Smith. Five-eighths: Le Quesne, Bradley. Half-back: Clothier. Forwards: Collett, Hawea-Mataira, Steere, Henderson, Reaney, Palmer, Skittrup and Kelly. HIGH SCHOOLS MEET PALMERSTON N. DEFEATS NAPIER The first fifteen of the Napier Boys’ High School was decisively beaten by the Palmerston North High School fifteen by 16 points to five in the annual fixture for the Polson Banner, played at McLean Park, Napier, yesterday afternoon. The visitors possessed a faster and heavier set of blacks, which completely gained the upper hand in the second spell, Napier's forwards were a good pack, while the ffiacks offered a good defence, the tackling being especially good in the second spell. NAPIER v. WAIPUKURAU Fast and open Rugby was exhibited in the curtain-raiser, in which the Napier Boys’ High School second fifteen defeated the Waipukurau High School first fifteen by nine points to nil. Napier possessed the more competent set of backs, but they would have been far more effective if they had handled the ball more efficiently. In the first spell Broughton and Scoble scored, the latter repeating the performance in the second spell. None of the tries were converted. Air. Addis was the referee. TRIANGULAR COLLEGE TOURNEY PLAY AT WELLINGTON i (Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, Last Night. The triangular Rugby tournament between St. Bedes, St. Patrick’s Col-' lege (Wellington) and St. Patrick’s College (Silverstream) commenced to-day, when St. Patrick’s (Silverstream) defeated the city college by 13 points to 10, after a hard forward struggle. TO-MORROW’S SHIELD MATCH (Per Press Association» CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. The Canterbury Rugby Union has decided to allow the broadcasting of the Ranfurly Shield match between Southland and Canterbury on Saturday, having concluded arrangements with the Broadcasting Board for the right to broadcast all the remaining matches of the season. The board has agreed to pay a fee of £5O, which the union has promised will be given to local charity. In a memorandum on the subject, the union states that it has been the considered opinion of the union that any privilege granted the Broadcasting Board in respect of football matches should be paid for, as it is the board’s duty to provide its patrons with entertainment. WIN FOR THE WALLABIES By Telegraph—Copyright—Press Assn. CAPETOWN, Aug. 16. The Wallabies defeated the South Western Province by 21 to 14, at Oudtshoorn. Australia’s record on the present tour is as follows: — v. Natal, won 14 —3. v. Western Transvaal, won 20 —3. v. a Transvaal XV., lost 6 —13. ■ v. Pretoria, lost B—l 3.8 —13. v. Kimberley-Griqualand West, lost 9 —14. v. Rhodesia, won 24—5. v; Rhodesia, won 31 —0. v. Northern Districts, lost B—l 6.8 —16. v. Western Provinces, lost 9 —13. v. South Africa, lost 3 — 17. v. North-Eastern Districts, won 31—11. v. Free State, won 9—B. v. South Africa, won 21—6. v. Border, won 24—5. v. Border, won 13—6. v. Transvaal, lost, 9—ll. v. South Africa, lost 3—12.