Rep. Rugby Trial Game Not Favoured

Chronicle (Levin), 10 August 1949, Page 4

Rep. Rugby Trial Game Not Favoured

Following a report from the senior selector, Mr. D. OTiver, it was decided at last night's meeting of the Horowhenua Rugby ' Union's management committee not to press for a trial game prior to the Manawhenua match with Australia. Mr. Oliver said that Manawata players, having just' returned from their to'ur, might not care to play a mid-week trial. He had discussed the question with Manawata ofiicials but they had not yet decided, although they had favoured a trial game. The selector, Mr. J. Finlay, had stated that he could mahage without a trial. Mr, j, Cr' MacDonald (Punahau) said he had heard a trial game was not favoured by some of the Horowhenua players. Nash. Cut>.

The last round of the club championships will be played on August 20, together with the first round of the Nash Cup contest. The second round of the Nash Cup series will be on August 27 and the final round' on September 3. It will be a knockout competition. The Bush Union wrote offering a senior game on September 3 br 10. It was decided po accept September 10, the game to be played at Foxton provided the ground was in a satisfactory condition and properly marked out. After an inspection of the ground on August 27, it would be determined whether or not the game would be played there, Awahau juniors and Athletic will pia,y the curtain raiser to the game. College Match. The Horowhenua Coliege Old Boys Club wrote seeking permission to play a return match against Napier High School Old Boys' thirds at Levin on September 10, providing the date did not interfere with the union's programme. The letter added that if permission was granted, would the union care to consider this game being set down as a main fixture on the Levin Park Domain or, alternatively, as a curtain-raiser to anothe'r game set down for the same date. It was decided to accede to the club's request that it bq the main game and that the primary school be given the opportunicy of providing a cur-tain-raiser.

The Bush Union wrote stating that the junior match to be played at Pahiatua for the Giilespie Cup had been arranged as a eurtain1 raiser to its senior fixture with Wellington B. Its committee felt that to alfer the venue to Levin at this late stage would be too serious a disorganisation to its programme. It was decided to play the match as planned on August 20 and that Mr. Juno be appointed team manager, A bus will leave Otaki at 9 a.m., Levin 9.30 a.m. and Shannon 10 a.m, The following players are to train for this junior match: — Backs: Law, Childs, Kora, Broughton, Reo, Peach, McLennan, Cameron and Lewis. Forwards: Farming, Gwynn, Ngahona, McDonald, I. Mudgway, N. Mudgway, Southey, Danieis, Whittaker, McMinn and McCartney. ' Presentation Of Shield. At a recent meeting reference had 'b£en made to. a paragraph in a Wellington daily ' newspaper conceming the presentation of the Bebbington Shield, stated a letter from the Dannevirke sub-union. The suh -union said that it wished to disassociate itself from the report, which was stated as having come from Dannevirke, and to express regret at the publicity given to what apparently was the private opinion of one or two individuals. The letter added that the committee wished to thank the Horowhenua union for the hospitality extended to the team and particularly to the president, Mr. R. L. Robinson, for his courtesy in meeting the team and personaliy attending; to its requ|rements. /Mr. Rohinsoh skid in ex'planation that he had not thought the comptaint had come from the players or Dannevirke Union. The ^ Wellington Rugby Union ,wrote Stating that it had allocated 20 seats to the Horowhenua union for the first test match with Australia. The cost of the reserved seats would be 10s each, including tax. It was decided to purchase the number allocated for the union, although c'omment was made that the allocation was a small one. An offer from the N.Z. Railways representatives to play Horowhenua was acceptea, the game to be played on September 17 at Levin. Third grade players who will be required to attend practice on Tuesday, August 23, at v the Boys' rraining Centre gymnasium are as follows:— Backs: McKeown, Reid, Evans, Sanson, Sim, Juno, Williams, Royal and Whelan. Forwards: Bignal; Spicer, Bartosh, Murray, McKenzie, Thorpe, Hermansen, B. Campbell, Winiata and Judd. The thirds are scheduled to play Wellington at Wellington on September 3. The fourtli "grade team to play Wellington fifths at Levin was announced as follows:— Full -back: D, Lang- (Coliege A) ; wings: Brotherson (Foxton), Warren (Wanderers); centre: D. Smith (Rahui); second five-eighths: j. Hannan (Coliege A) ; first five-eighths: Neath (Shannon); half: B. Connoley (Rahui) ; last man down: I, Mudge (Rahui); breakaways: Coutts (Foxton), R. Best (Coliege A) ; locks: M. McLean (Coliege B); Ashworth (Paraparaumu); front row: L. Waldon (Rahui), S. Fox (Rahui) ; hooker: P. Roach (Coliege A). Emergencies. — Backs: Sweetman (Paraparaumu), C. Whiteman (Rahui), Dawgon (Foxton). * Forwards: S. Snowden (Rahui), Morrison (Coliege A), Keriona (Wanderers) . Keriona (Wanderers). A practice will be held at the Boys' Training Centre on August 16.