Bay Of Plenty Rugby Reps To Play King Country At Rotorua On August 14

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 78, 6 August 1948, Page 5

Bay Of Plenty Rugby Reps To Play King Country At Rotorua On August 14

The following • Rugby players have been chosen to represent Bay of Plenty in a match with King Country at Rotorua on Saturday, August 14:— Full-back: Welch (Whakatane). Three-quarters: B. McGougan (Whakatane), Franke (Rangitaiki), F. Martin (Rotorua). . Five-eighths: M. Wickham (Te Puke), Shepherd,? (Galatea). Half-back: L. ffaureti (Rangitaiki). Front row: J. Gabolinsky (Rotorua), E. Moncur (Rotorua), T. Grey (Apanui). Middle row: H. Roigard . (Tauranga), S. McLaughlin (Opotiki), Hughes (Te Puke), Fitzgerald (Te Puke). ... Back row: McGuigan (Rotorua). Emergencies: Backs, D. Moore (Opotiki), B. Kahotea (Tauranga); forwards, Jacobs. (Rotorua), Rolfe (Whakatane), Cawte (Te Puke). A combined King Country-Bay of Plenty, side will be chosen from the two teams to play Waikato-Thames Valley.

Rotorua Side Wrests Hurinui-Apanui Shield From Galatea At Murupara

Rotorua defeated Galatea last Saturday for the Hurinui-Apanui Shield, beating the holders by 14 points to 3. The winners secured three tries Cone converted), and one penalty kick. The losers only score was from a penalty. Tomorrow the Opotiki representatives play the new holders at Rotorua for the trophy and despite the fact that the challenging team will be without the services of its captain, M. Delamere, who is with the Maori team in Fiji, it will still be a force to be reckoned with and the chances of bringing the shield back are considered to be fairly good. An attempt by Opotiki to. have the match postponed to enable the Opotiki captain to play was defeated. Opotiki was also unfortunate last year when in the final game Delamere and Goldsmith were away with the Maori touring team. Following is the Opotiki team:— Stainton; J. Oswald, C. Walker, J. Koopu; D. Moore, J. Parkinson; J. Howe; McLaughlin, Poihipi, Gage, W. Delamere, V. Hata, H. Lingman, M. Tanatui. Emergencies: Backs, G. Stewart, D. Rankin; forwards, T. Delamere, T. Abbot.

Te Teko Wins Smith Shield And Thornton The Innes In Rangitaiki Rugby

In the Rangitaiki Rugby Football tournament for the Smith and Innes Shields, this year Te Teko won the senior grade and wins the Smith Shield and Thornton won the Junior grade and the Innes Shield. Following is the points table at the finish of the last -round:— Seniors: Te Teko 1,7, Edgecumbe 11, Matata 8, Matahina 8>- Thornton 6, Otakiri 0. . ■_ . ' .Juniors: Thornton 13; Te Teko 12,. Matata 10, Edgecumbe 4,, Otakiri 1. Rangitaiki Rugby Draw Seniors Te Teko v Edgecumbe at Te Tek.o, 2* p.m. Thornton v Otakiri at Thornton, 2.30 p.m. Juniors - < Thornton v Te Teko at Thornton, 1 p.m. • These matches are semi-finals of the Senior Duff Cup matches and the Juniors the Lion Cup/ _ Saturday’s Rugby Teams United Juniors to play Taneatua at Taneatua on Saturday: Shapley, Carling, Goodall, Seebeck, Alcock, Coker, Brown, Chadwick, Petty, Sandham, Comiskey, Crawford, Edna ensen, Goodwin, Henderson, Carter, Taylor.