COUNTRY MATCHES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 956, 2 July 1908, Page 11

COUNTRY MATCHES.

At Whangarei a match was played between Whakapara and Kiripaka, the former team winning by 16 points to nil, while South Ward played MidHarbour and won by 6 points to nil. At Rotorua a match was played between the local fifteen and a team from Matata, with the result that the latter were defeated by 3 points to nil. An A and B match was played at the Thames with a view of picking the representative team to meet Auckland at Alexandra Park on Saturday. The game ended in a draw, each side scoring eight points, while the following team was picked to represent the Thames: — Fullback, A. Newdick; threequarters, Harrison, L. Smith, L. Snowling; five-eighths, R. Keating and C. Rockley; halfback, C. Winder; wing, F. Hayward; forwards (front row), Ike Smith, R. McKeown; lock, R. McDuff; supports, J. Griffin, J. Crawford; back row, H. Hayward, G. Clark. Emergencies: Back, R. Dufty; forward, W. Doyle.

In the cup matches under the Hamilton Rugby Union, No. 1 scored a win over Suburbs East by 20 points to nil, while City defeated Suburbs West by 17 points to nil.

A match was played under the Coromandel Rugby Union between the Coromandel representatives and a Mercury Bay fifteen, and resulted in a draw —six noints each.