THE KICK-OFF

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 4, 28 April 1939, Page 5

THE KICK-OFF

RUGBY STARTS TO-MORROW SIX TEAMS IN EACH GRADE The Whakntarie Rugby Sub-Union open its competitions to.morirow with strong entries in both senior and junior grades, while there is every pro?, pect that third grade teams will b f -' fielded in a week or so. There are , six senior and six junior teams. t Old Boys, the new junior team in V.'hn.kr.tnne plays its Initial game on i Saturday wlkti it meets Waimanaat * Wbakatane. So far Mr A. Webb the i organiser of ihe Old Bovs dob has ! been given the names o c --0 vomisJ fellows. He asks al] are really ; keen to ])1 ay to turn ui> at the ground _ on Saturday. If sufficient player? - are available it Mil] he possible tc field another junior team later a? - the sub-union is very willing to take 1 another entry. Mr Webb also told the BEACON that there wii] be a third grade prae . tice on Saturday at 1.30 p.m. on the High School ground. Mr Connor. Iy will be in charge of this. . The Star club is fielding practical. . lv the same side as represented it in . the past. New members include T; Brown, a winger, and R. Thom ancl A. Britten, front and backrow for. , wards respectively. Star ha? player? , who would keep seniors busy—in . fact it is rather a pity that some oj them do not go un a 2~ade. Al- leas' one not verv far ofr representative standard. Star, then, will provide form Viable comnctit-ion for the other junior teams. It meets Tancatua, at Wbakatane. The Whakatane senior team bus men Idee Denham, Swan and F. Hollis through retirement, and J: Dodds and the Merito toothers "ill be playing for other teams. On the other hand it has gn'netl finite a number of new men and there are enough or the nM hands playing to ensure combination. The Old Boys team is: 1 Fu'lb~ck: Fitehctt. Three-quarters. W. Bvidgrr, M. A "in strong. C. IT. Finn, ,T 7T ive..eig!:th?: R, Rowson, J. Moo r o Halfback: K. SrhmVlt. FORWARDS Front rov/: D. Laloli, Henderson. Fisher. Middle row: P. Rack. *>a"k row: F. Marks, Drummond, R. C'cland. I'!mergeneie-; J. Ruddle, B. Thonip son, Goodwin. The team to represent Star Tancatua on Sahirdfy wiil be selected from the following player- - : B.'it.. ten, Green, "Wilson, D. S'-'wart, Crapp, E. Wihon, Chambers, Thom, Henry, Morpe'h, D. Wilson, P.. Stewart, Sullivan, Melville, Cooper, Brown, Stubbs, Thorburn, De LaeeyThe Wbakatane senior team t,o play at Waimana wil] travel out by bus leaving The Rock at I .SO p.m. At th:; moment it is b:v licved that the will be chose.! from the following players: D. W:'r,on. 1. Montgomery, J. Best. Wells, J. Braithwaite, L. Keats. 11. Garland, K. Hollis, B. Goodall, Ho_ tone, B. Butler, A. Charman, B. Woolliams, .T. Whitehead, L. Rnynor, J. Bluett, G. Campbell. M. List, D. Cain, J. Major. The committee hopes that any men whose names hav e been omitted from the list will make the trip. They wil! be considered in the final selection.