RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18947, 17 May 1933, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

AUSTRALIAN UNIVERBITY TEAM. MATCH AGAINST AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. The Australian Universities’ Rugby team arrived yesterday and will open its New Zealand tour with a match against Auckland University ' this afternoon. . , i Mr. J. T. Gunther, manager of the visiting team, said his team was hopeful of success. The tourists were looking forward with exceptional keeness to the first test match on Saturday. against • the New Zealand side. ... “ While not particularly heavy, our forwards are fast and hard rucking,” said Mr. Gunther. The Teams. Following are the teams for' today's game:— Australia. Fullback; R. Westfield (Sydney). Threequarters: E. A. H. Laurie (Melbourne), It. Rees (Sydney), A.,K. \' Kennedy, captain (Sydney). Five-eighths: D. P. Rowe (Sydney), C., R. Lowndes (Melbourne). Halfback: 11. 11. Pearson (Sydney). Forwards: R. Emerson (Melbourne), J. Theodore (Sydney), R. Mackay (Sydney), R. D. Booth (Sydney), E. Spring (Melbourne), K. Harris (Syd- *■ ney), A. W. Robertson (Sydney), L. Ellas (Sydney). Reserves: J. Champain (Sydney), C. ’McWllllam (Sydney), . 11. Bond (Sydney). ) ..... < .-. ? . Auckland. Fullback: Bush. Threequarters: Mllllken, Caughey, Kedgley. Five-eighths, MulvlhUl, Green. Halfback: McKearney. Forwards: McVeagh, Thomas, Anderson, Colgan, Stacey, Sherwood, ; Wood, Robinson,. Sutherland (one to • be omitted). Si - " THE TEAM'S ITINERARY. f “ 4 ' VV * ’ PROBABLE TOUR OF JAPAN. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. The Itinerary of the Australian Umversity football team will be as follows: — Saturday, first Test, at Auckland; . Wednesday, May 24, against Wellington; May 27, second test at Dunedin; May 30, against Otago University; June 3, third test at Christchurch; ■ June 6, against Canterbury University. The team will leave on its return to Australia on June 9. An Invitation for a tour of - Japan will probably be ac- . cepted, the team to leave Sydney In December for three months. A Japanese national representative team visited Australia in 1927 and as beginners showed excellent form. The ■ game Is fast Increasing in popularity n that country and a crowd of 80,000, watching a, Rugby match there is not unknown. The visiting team will he entertained by the Victoria College Football Club at a concert party In Wellington next Monday. THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. WELINGTON, Tuesday. Gillies (Otago) Is not available for the University of New 'Zealand team against the Australian Universities at Auckland on Saturday. Uttley (Otago) fills the vacancy. MATAMATA UNION. MATAMATA TOO STRONG. MATCH WITH WARDVILLE. The meeting between Wardvllle and . Matamata provided the keenest game ■ this season. Wardvllle were handicapped by the absence of the Carroll Bros., but were reinforced by Iv. and J. Wilson. The Maori three-quarter Appears big and burly but the little attacking he got to do was done well and his tackling is as good as ever. The Matamata pack was altogether too solid for Its opponents and in the set scrums and line-outs had it all its own way. Useful Forwards. Albert Story is probably the best forward in the Union at present, but could pay more attention to certain aspects of his play. Howard and Malligan are two forwards who do 1 their bit. The Matamata backs were all at sea and the last try of tho day ' was the only decent combined movement they staged.

Among tho Baoks.

W. H. Carlson's handling was faulty And the sooner the bis fellow goes into the pack the belter. Graham, the new Maori wing, was vainly looking for work all day. He is a likely-look-ing sort, lngley was a good forward in the Wardvllle pack but must learn the offside rule. Thompson and McCullough were always triers. K. Wilson. Dixon. Lynch and Solomon were better inside men than the opposition. K. Wilson played a fine game behind the scrum against odds. V. Sharpe at full put up a tine game and his defence was very solid.