GOOD FOOTBALL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 53, 23 August 1939, Page 8

GOOD FOOTBALL

TO.DAY'S AND SATURDAY'S MATCHES Some good football is promised today and over the week-end, At Rotorua to-day Bay of Plenty Maoris meet the Fijians in the opening match of their lour. The native visitors have had a day or two to recover from their sea trip, and lo find their land and unquestionably will turn on, a good game. The Bay Maoris are a strong team, and all have had plenty of football this season ? so that anything they may Hick in combination should be made up in fitness. Of course many Maori teams have played their best games in their first run together, and the same thing may apply to-day, as it may to the ,Fijians. Whnkatane juniors meet Rotoruu a.s a curtain raiser in a challenge for the Shalloon Shield. The Whakatane team has had plenty of train, ing and coaching and several games together so that they should go well.

Bay of Plenty plays Poverty Bay at Opotiki on and a Whakatane third grade representative team travels to Opotiki, where after the game it is to be the guest of tho Opotiki Rugby Union at a dinner at the Wattle Tearooms at 6.1."5 p.m.

At Whakatane senior and junior games will lie played. One interesting match at 2.45 on No. 1 ground will be tlie meeting of Te Awamutu and City. Te Awamutu is fielding a strong team ? including J, G. AVynyard. Some of the City men will be in the Bay team, but the ranks will probably be strengthened with men from other teams, and if the new blood helps as much as it did last Saturday Whakatane will go well. Tlie games on Saturday are: Senior: Taneatua v Waimana at Taneatua; Paroa v Poroporo No. 2 ground 2.45; Whakatane v Te Awa. mutu No. 1 ground 2.15. Juniors: Taneatua v Paroa No. 2 ground I.IHV: Old Hoys v Old Boys Rotoma No. 1 ground 1.30: Old Boys Reserves v Poroporo school ground. OLD BOYS FOOTBALL TEAM A team will be selected from the following to play the llotorua Old Boys at the Domain next Saturday at 1.30. There will be a practice on the Domain on Thursday night anil every member must attend. Fitchctt; Rand; Armstrong: G. C. Moore; Rowsonj J. Moore; Goulds. Langley; Gleland; Dean: Harrison; Tippett; Back; Laloli; Goodall; Good win.