RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18985, 30 June 1933, Page 9

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST.

PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW. INTERESTING GAME'S PROMISED. All three senior matches'ln the Sage Memorial Cup -contest at Hamilton tomorrow should be fairly evenly contested. . Chief interest will be focussed on the Frankton —-Marist game on No. 1 ground. While a loss will not displace Frankton from their position at the head of the championship ladder it will j certainly create an interesting situation so far as the competition for runner-up is concerned. Marlst have a long-standing reputation for recovering form towards the end of the competition. All things being equal they should fully extend the leading team to-morrow. Old Boys &nd Technical Old Boys will enter' the lists on No. 2 ground and here also a olosely-contested match seems Indicated.. , Each side is in the running for runner-up. In the other , game Horotiu Works will try conclusions with 'Railway and on reoent games should be able to register a win. Junior and grade matches will be continued to-morrow.

THE FIXTURE LIST. Seniors: Frankton v. Marist Brothers Old Boys, No. 1 Rugby Park, 3 p.m.; Mr A. C. Watkins. Old Boys v .Technical Old Boys, No. 2 Rugby Park, 3 p.m.; Mr F. Burgess. Railway v. Horotiu Works, No. 3 Rugby Park, 3 p.m.; Mr E. Thorpe. Juniors: Ngahinapouri v. High School. Ngahinapouri win by default; Railway v. Technical Old Boys, Weka Street, 3, p.m.; Mr Carter. Marist Brothers v. Frankton, No. 1 Rugby Park, i. 30 p.m.; Mr B. Marshall. 'Ruakura v. Old Boys, deferred. Te Kowhai v. Kiwi, at Whatawhata, 2 p.m.; Mr P. Sergei. Third Grade: Technical Old BoyS A v. High School, at High Sohool ground, 1.30 p.m.; Mr Grant. Frankton v. Whatawhata Rovers, Weka Street, 1.30 p.m.; Mr Carter. Te Kowhai v. Marist High, No. 2 Hinemoa Park, 1.30 p.m.; Mr Jones. Old Boys v. Technical Old Boys B, No. 2 Rugby Park, 1.30 p.m.; Technical School a bye. Fourth Grade: Frankton A v. Frankton B, No. 3 Rugby Park, 1.30 p.m.; ■Mr Turtell. Technical Old Boys v. Technical School, won by Technical Old Boys by default. Fifth Grade: Marist High v. High School, No. 1 Hayes Paddook, 1.30 p.m.; Mr Johnston. Technical School a bye. Sixth Grade: High Sohool A v. High School B, mid-week; Technical A v. Technloal Sohool T, mid-week. Scouts Matoh: Whatawhata v. Frankton, No 1 Hinemoa Park, 1.30 p.m. The third grade game, Technical 'Old Boys A versus High Sohool, set down for the High Sohool ground at 1.30 p.m. to-morrow, is cancelled, High School defaulting to Technical Old Boys A.

THE TEAMS.

Old Boys. Senior. —Paterson, Parker, Barling, Voice, R. Johnstone, Gilling, McDell, R. Tombs, W. Tombs, Playle, U. Johnstone, Hall, 'Caskey, Tletjens, Chitty. Reserve: Malcolm. Third Grade. —Luxton, Gunn, Hunter, Grace, Fraser, Barker, Farquhar, Cooke, Mandeno, Gerrish, Neville, Clough, Labrum, Grainey, Seccombe. Reserves: Kemp, Johnston,

Teohnloal Old Boys. Seniors. —Lewis, Haughey, Porteous, Foster, Neilson, Slow, . Smart, Rae, Pardington, Robinson, Flannagan, Fitzpatrick, Clough, Attwood, Peart. First Juniors. —Gillies, Dalbeth, Witohell, Young, Roberts, Hyde, Boswell, Rlohardson, Spiro, Blunt, Taylor, Brown, Hurrell, Grice, Booth, McLennan, Crosby. Third Giade A.—R. Jones, Davy, Smith, Haines, Colin Goodwin, Haines, Webb, Choat, Lymburn, Nixon, Stuart, Koller, Sanders, Elrlok, Morris, Flexman, Sykes, Salisbury. Third -Grade B.—Stott, Rika, Russell, St. George, Louden, Goosman, Emerson, L. Jones, Gower, Ivippln, Tiller, J. Collins, Dent, Nealie, M. Collins, Taylor, Woodward, Bennett.

Railway. Seniors.— Craig, Phillips, Paget, Findlay, Holdaway, Porter, Stewart, Hogan, Keat, Ellery, Mann, Mueller, Hannam, Martin, Muir, Ellis. Juniors. —O’Halloran, Mclnnarney, Parker, -Mitchell; Crowe, Dennis, McNamara, White, Lowe, Armstrong, Coyle, Lindsay, Evans, Seddon, Alexander, Bushell. Marlst. Seniors. —P. Clarldn, R. Brodrick, R. Picket, C. McCormack, W. Cassidy, M. Clarke, J. Dempsey, R. Grace, T. Cassidy, F. Cassidy, L. Clarkin, W. Iledley, F. Remits, P. Roach, G. Devcicli, 5. White, T. Goodger. Juniors. —L. Hintz, 11. Braithwalte, 0. Jones, 11. Green, J. Morlarty, J. Trotter, J. O’Leary, C. Belgrave, K. Glazer, I. Jones, J. De -la Rue, J. Everson, F. Glynne, J. Gwynne, N. Pemberthy, T. Flynn, J. Loader. Frankton.

Seniors. —J. Denz, Tristram, Everest, Griffiths, Welch, Snodgrass, L. Denz, Hall, Weatherley, Tul Rua, King, Charleston, Chell, Painton, Prlscott, Clemett, Byrne. Juniors. —Jackson, Prisk, Brown Hall, Wilcox, Vorbeclc, Chiles, Bravo (2), Smith, Burrell, Latham, Bowler, Johns, Dunn, Hughes, Goodall, Sutherland, Fisher. Third Grade. —Batchelor, Thompson, Collier, Brady, Carr, Elliott, Everest, Huawick, Dick, Bulsson, Pemberthy, Griffiths, Frisken, Ogilvic, Goldsworthy, Kelly, Smith. Fourths A.—Moore, Rivett, Annear, Barrett, -Molcsworth, Mueller (2), Davies, Thwaites, Linkman, Matins, Burke, MoHzcn, Moses, Simpkins, Me'Onie. Henderson, Starnes. Fourths B.—Cusack Dowd, Collins, Thwaites, Hunter, Hinkicy, Crosby (2), Goodwin, Herbert, Jones, Crawford, .Minis, Allwi, ilippon, Whatu, Curran. Rogers, Jackson, Stanton.

WAIPA UNION.

FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. Seniors: Rotorua v. Waipa, on No. 1 ground at 2 p.m., referee Mr. R. L. Adams. . , .. Juniors: Ohaupo V. Ngutunui at No. 3. ground, at 1 p.m., referee Mr. J. Cralk; Te Awamutu v. Te Mawhai at No. 2 ground, at 1 p.m., referee Mr. j Vickers; Rovers v. Arohena at NO. 2 ground, at 2.30 p.m., referee Mr. K. Scott. Third Grade: High Sohool v. Rovers at No. 1 ground, at 1 p.m., referee Mr. T. Martin; Ohaupo v. Te Awamutu at Ohaupo ground, at 1 p.m., referee Mr. R. Dalziel; Ngutunui v. Pirongia at Ngutunui, at 1.30 p.m., referee Mr. Turner. ’

Teams for Saturday. Rovers Juniors: J. 'Cooper, K. Wilson, F. Brennen, W. Shepherd, L. Wilson, M. Pollard, R. Snowden, I. Clarke, J. Ticklepenny, J. Younie, M. Howarth, N. Boys, A. Brough, 11. Smith, R. Newby, H. Mac Lean. . _ . Pirongia Juniors: Lorimer, Goodwin, Brough, Mao Ewan, Worthington, Bell, Allsop, Askew, Bardsley, Parks (2), Mounsey, Ellis, Simms, Hambley, Lawrenoe, Soott. Te Awamutu Juniors: E. Adams, B. Walker, R. Hutchinson, A. Sutherland, F.: Battson, |J. ■ Dalziel, L. Lawry, Christie, Quinlan, May, West, T. Dalziel, A. Townsend, G. Jowseyi E. Horan, N. Bourke. _ Te Mawhai: Juniors: Ramsay, Wllr son, Culpan, Parlane, Daniell (2), Quinlan, Hole, Phillips, Crulckshank, Ballantyne, Gray, Hole, Oates, Allen, Fitzell. 'Rovers Third 'Grade: G. Kidd, W. Ryan, R. Cavanagh, T. Mandeno, A. Ticklepenny, S. Ahief, A. Reynolds, L. Sager, A. Blair, J. Booth, J. Jourdain, R. Fowler, A. Murrell, J. Mcnsforth, D. Russ, I. Budden, A. O’Brien, G. Miller, W. Campbell, G. Mandeno. Te Awamutu Third Grade: W. Dalziel, MacDonald, E. Lawry, M. Terry, F. Dalziel, W. Teddy, D. Melville, D. Hinton, I. Sutherland, A. Sklennars, N. Worthington, N. Mills, K. 'Orr, Murtagh, F. Dew, J. Smith, G. Bourke, R. Hughes, G. Greig.

TEDDY SHIELD.

HIGH SCHOOL MATCH. TE AWAMUTU V. CAMBRIDGE. This match in the northern section of the boundaries was played at 'the High School grounds, Te Awamutu, on Thursday afternoon, and resulted in an easy victory for the home side, by 46 points to 0. Mr. R. Callis was referee. The scores yvere made up of tries by Rickit (2), J. McGovern (2), Shaw (2), Sklenars (2), Miller, Thomson and Hey; conversions by Corboy, Bridge and Miller. Bridge also kicked a penalty goal and S. Shepherd a field goal.

NORTHERN CLU6,

MEETING AT MATANGI. ! The Northern Football Club met at Matangi this week. Mr R. Cranston, vice-president, presided over 30 members. The president, Mr A. Curie, who has left the district, wrote tendering his resignation. The -club decided not to accept the resignation, but to let him remain as president ex officio as an expression of gratitude for 'his work in the amalgamating the Tauwhare and Matangi Clubs into the Northern Club. Mr H. Middlemiss tendered his resignation as third grade selector. This was received with regret, and Mr Ron Robinson was appointed in his stead. A motion of sympathy was passed with Mr and Mrs W. Trounson in their recent bereavement. The members stood in silence as a tribute to the memory of the late Mr Owen Trounson, an esteemed member of the club.