RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1545, 14 September 1912, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

THE LAST BIG MATCH. Some interest is being shown in the meeting between Wellington and Otago at the Athletic Park (his afternoon—the last interprovincial match .(his season—on account of the games put up by' the southern men in the north. The forward packs appear evenly matched, although (oven with such a player as the ancient Casey in tho front rank) some think that tho visitors will succeed in obtaining possession of the ball irf the scrums. All this (if it happens) will have to bo faced by ;tho Wellington backs. Mr. F. C. Atkinson will referee. ... ■ As curtain-raisers, Petono and Terrace meet for tho.final of tho schools championship. A ' further early attraction .should bo provided by the meeting between the local third-class representatives and. tho junior representatives.of Marlborough. The teams are as follow:—Ota^o—Fullback, Watson; three-quarters. Alexander, Cockcrofr, Huthill; five-eighths, M'Dougall, Eckhold; lialf, Dryden; forwards, Casey, Russell, M'Donald, Irvine, Douglas, Graham, Sheehnni; wing, Smith. Wellingtoh-Elliott, Ready, Bell, Gilleepie, Wilson, H. Paton, R. Paton, Cunningham, E. Roberts, MTCenrie, Ramsden, Young, B. Ryan, Norris, Evensoii. Emergencies. Perry, M'Farlane, Hills, Grace, Lambert. SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIP. The following team will represent the Terraco School in tho final of tho schools' championship at Athletic Park to-day:— Pope (full-back) j Field,..Macaulay . (captain), Cook, three-quortewj Hanson, Holmes, five-eighths; Mackenzie, half; Nicholl, wing forward; Irvine, Sievwright, front; Loe, Beaton, Hawson, Parish, Ross. ■CIVIL SERVICE MATCHES. The match Public Trost-.v. Railways furnishes ono of the games in the semifinal of ihe Civil Sen-ice championship, and will be played on the. polo grounds, Miramar, this afternoon. The Public Trust team lias been, champion since 180 D, and as Railways contested the final with them in 1910 and 1911 to-day's match should be of "unusual interest"—at least the supplied report states no. Mr. T. H. Joues will have charge of the game. The other ■ 9e:ni-<iiial, between Treasury and Public Works, will bo replayed next week. LYTTELTON VISITORS. This afternoon a team from the Lyttclton Football Club, which won the Canterbury Rugby Union's third-class competition this year, going through the season without a defeat, arc playing the Oriental third-class team, winners of the championship here, who have nlsoan unbeaten record, and who, in addition, have a victory over the Wellington third-class topresentative toam to their credit. The match will be played ..at Nowtown Park at 1,30, .being played early to enable tho Lyttelton men to witness the renresentaive fixture at the' Athletic Park at 3 p.m., and. a very closo and intcrestiug , game should result. The Oriental Club will be represented by the following:—Shaw, 'Avery , , Watson,. Mbbre, Sullivan, Meredith,' Vivian, Ev.ins, M'Comisky, Grigg, Gair, Perry, Bradley, Gnlvin, and King. '.■-.■••■. •'