RUGBY

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 181, 2 May 1925, Page 19

RUGBY

NEW SOUTH WALES TOUR NEW ZEALAND SELECTORS APPOINTED The Now South Wales Rugby team, which is to tour the Dominion this season, will leave Sydney by the s.s. Ulimaroa on August 14, and arrive at Wellington on Tuesday, August 18. The following ! is the itinerary of tho tour: — August 22—v. Wellington-l ManawatHorowhenua, at Palmerston North. August 26 —v. W est Coast and Buller, at G reymouth. August 29—v. Otago and Southland, at Dunedin. > Sept. 2—v. Canterbury and South Canterbury, at Christchurch. Sept. Wanganui and Taranaki, at Hawera. Sept. 9—v. Wairarapa and Bush, at Masterton. Sept. 12—v. Poverty Bay and East Coast, nt Gisborne. Sept. 16 —v. King Country and Waikato, in King Country. S.-pt. 19—v. New Zealand (Test), at Auckland. Sept. 23—v. North Auckland, at Whaiigarci. WELLINGTON PROGRAMME’The following fixtures for tho season were arranged for the Wellington representative team at the annual meeting of tho New Zealand llugby Union yesterday:— .Tune 30—v. Taranaki, at Hawera. August s—v.5 —v. Southland, at Wellington. August B—v.8 —v. Canterbury, at Wellington. Sept s—v. Wairarapa, at Wellington. Sept. 9—v. South Canterbury, at Wel- « igton. Sept. 12—v. Otngo. ac Wellington. Sept. 19—v. Hawke s Bay, at Wellington. Sept. 26—v. Auckland, at Auckland. Sept. 26 —r. Manawatu-Horowhenua, at Wellington. . Sept. 30—v. Wanganui, at Wellington. NEW ZEALAND SELECTORS A meeting, of tho newly-appointed Management Committee of the New Zealand Kugby Union was held yesterday, when there were present: Messis. S. S. Dean, T. A. Fletcher, E. Wylie, W. TTornig, A. C. Kitto, E. McKenzie, and W. T. Farata. Mr. Dean was re-elected chairman. The following selectors were appointed to choose New Zealand teams: — Messrs. E. McKenzie (Wairarapa), A. N. McKenzie (Hauke’s Bay), H. Davis (Canterbury), W A. Guy (Taranaki), and If. A. Geddej (Southland). All were members of the Selection Committee which chose tho Al! B'acks last year. Tho committee decided to vote _£loO towards the expenses of South Canter, bury sending a team to the West Coast this season; Io grant «£5O towards tho expenses of the Auckland team visiting Gisborne; and also to contribute to wards the cost of the Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa teams visiting the West Coast. * It. was decided that the match for To Mori Rose Bowl, which is played annually by Maori teams, should bn played at Wellington during Fleet Week.

_THIS AFTERNOON'S PROGRAMME. The star Rugby attraction this afternoou will bt» tli& match between Poneke and Marist at Athletic Park at 3 o’clock. Poneke should win in this contest. A game between youthful college; fifteens will bo played as a curtain-raiser. Petone should bo able tq account for Oriental on the -lactone Oval. One of / the best games this afternoon should be the meeting between Athletic and Wellington at .Lyall Bay. Berhampore should prove too strong for Selwyn at Wakefield Park, but Hutt and ’Varsity should provide excellent entertainment on the Hutt Recreation, Ground. TEAMS FOR TO-DAY The following teams will represent the Marist Club in to-day’s matches:—SenPoneke , at Ath’etic Park, 3 p.m.— Wisher, Bell, McHardy Hall, Mcßae, Holtz, Tohill, Ward, Mahoney, Murphy, Cummings, Griffen, Foley, Carmody, Carmody, Belham. Junior A v. Oriental, at Kilbirnie—Heavev Barry, Gill, Johnson, McPharlanll, Wa'd, Ryan, Simmonds. Fitzgerald, Hofman, Barry, Ogden, While. Den! pehy, Roache, Donovan, Desmond. Jnnc.or.,P R Poneke at , Newtown Park— Harns, Mm ray, Harris, Coeman, Do Villars, McFarland, Kelly, Keys Kieley, Kyan, Purcell, Burns, Ferguson, Tobin, Gray, Siegley, Bustin. Athletic Senior—Cookson. Malmancho. Srensqn .Sutton, G. Gibson. McDougall, Warwick. Osborne, Boyd, Porter, Park, Spencer, Webb, McKernan, Adam, Austed B. Gibson. Athletic Junior.-Dufty. Lawton, Sutton Tait, Carey, Butterworth. Winham. Pan ker. Guy', Hanley, West. Bognuda Edgar ?raser. Miles, Barnes. 1 Sutherland, Louis, Maybury, Ransom, McElwain. Oriental teams are: — Seniors.—Bidet. -Hume. Cowdell, Smith Mcllwraitli.kWickens. Chambers Hall’ Brown, Hepburn, Pringle. Parker, Sly, Watts. Murie, Pinkerton, Wylie Juniors.-Newail Guy. Taylor, Whitting, ton. McNieol, Wrfineiha, Jackson Tulloch, Gray,. Thompson, Simmons. Ferguson. Hill, Smith. Poulter Terry. Selwyn Junior.—Mose, ■ Osmond, Bird. Clark. Baigent, Bachelor, Foster Fuller; Sewell. Winchester. Ottawav, Pike. Archer Budge, Nelson, Eves Draper, Fowler, Smith.