RUGBY ENGAGEMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 35, 10 August 1936, Page 3

RUGBY ENGAGEMENTS

NEXT SATURDAY'S MATCHES

' No grade competition-Rugby matches . are sej. down for next Saturday,' but the day will be a. big one for .Wellington in the representative field.. Seven Wellington players—H. R. Pollock, L. H. Edwards, J. L. Gritffihs, B. S. Sadler, J. Wells, F. H. Fraser Smith, and A. Lambourn—are to be with the North Island team at Christchurch. Then a strong team will be required for Wellingtons match' with; Auckland at Athletic Park, and another Wellington senior representative team Will be * meteing Horowhenua at Levin. In addi- ■ tion there will be the match.between senior A sscond division and senior |B representatives (to be played 'at I WaKefield Park). Representatives o* 1 othar grades will also be in the fielcC For the junicrs there will be a mate!-, with Wairarapa, to be played .as the curtain-raiser to the Auckland-Welling-ton match. ..••-'. TO MEET AUCKLAND. «-uln»?ddi, tion t0 the Players chosen by" the North Island selectors, R: R. Hull and C. M. Ongley are not available for Wellington's engagement with Auckland next Saturday: .The following preliminary choice pi players" has been. Sp & y i? 1?, Welltogton selector (Mr. M.-F. Nicholls): ■ • >■ - - - • ■ Backs: W. Crisp (Eastbourne); J. Vartan (Poneke), J. Wareham (St. Patrick s-Colege Old Boys), A/ G. Hansen (Hutt), A Wright (.Wellington College Old Boys) J. Fleming (Eastbournl), g. L, Baldwin (Wellington College Old Boys), E. W. Tindill (Athletic), C. O'Halloran: (Petone). . -A Forwards: A. H. Andrews (Hutt), J. R. Lamason (Wellington College Old Boys), K. Guy (Athletic), 'M. W. Devme (Hutt) E. Barry (Hutt), C. Pringle (Poneke), F. C. Leahy (Marist Brothers Old Boys), J.N, Clayton (Pewn?)Af RW B ,', • Burks University), M. Wright (Wellington College Old.Boys). The players Will train tomorrow night at the Poneke gymnasium. MATCH WITH HOXOWHENUA. A second Wellington team will play Horowhenua next Saturday at Levin. The following team has been chosen: x Backs: D. Mclntyre (Athletic), E. R. Nees (Hutt), H. H. Trapp (Wellington) N. Burns (Wellingtonfeollege Old Boys), A. Edwards (Petone), E. Sargisfon (Hutt), L. Brown (Marist Brothers Old Boys). ' . Forwards: G. Wales (Athletic). I. Mclntosh (Hutt), J. Reynolds (Welling/I'kw^R6^ °J? ■ B°ys). F. Bowling ♦£ ? wc)c W.i G" McLean (Wellington),^. Sundgren (Petone), F ; Mollier (Athletic), L. C. Bydder .(Wellington College Old Boys). Tk?. emergencies are:- G. Reynolds (Wellington College Old Boys) for the bacKs and N. Dellabarca (Eastbourne) for the forwards. Trapp will be captain. . . This side will train with the repr» sentatives tomorrow night at 7.30. DIVISIONAL MATCH. The senior A grade second division, representatives will play the senior -B . f.r,^ repreaentatives on Saturday at Wakefield,Park, at 1.30. The following teams will train at the Athletic Gymnasium on Wednesday night:— . Senior A.—Second division: Backs— A. Wilson (Athletic), A. Badland (Athletic), G. D. Barton (Wellington) vice* captain, M. Ekdahl (University), P. J. Reid (University), M. Gray (WellingOld Boys), W. Littler (United); forwards—G. Marks (United) R- B. Burke (University), S. Searle (Oriental), V. Gotlieb (Wellington College Old Boys), F. Kerrigan (Pirates), captain, E. Cleverley (Athletic), and J. Blackwell (Miramar). Emergencies: Backs-J. Grennall ' (Miramar), A. Davidson (Wellington); forwards—H. ?wT,tylDf Wellington), .D. J. Reid (Wellington;, and T. Trott .(Athletic) Senior B—Backs:.J. Lambourn (Pe. tone), E. Miller, (University), C. Thomas (Onslow), L. Cook (Poneke), F- Spence (Petone), G. Perkinson (IwttifcT ndall (Onslow);.forwards —H. McLachlan (Poneke), S. Evans (Eastbourne), L. Deans (Hutt), R Scott (Petone), S.McNichoU.(Uriiversity),B. ■■ Mclvor (Poneke), C. Bell (Onslow), and K. Cheeseman (Poneke) captain. Emergencies: Backs—M. Hill (Eastbourne), % ,os^ (University); forwards—X. Ji? I Sf (Eastbourne) and T. Corkin, - (xiutt). .. JUNIOR AND THIKD. The WeUington junior representatives will play Wairarapa juniors in the early game at Athletic Park, and the tHird grade representatives" will play ££r°«,h?,l?u!Liuniors at Wakefleld Park. The Wellington teams will be-selected-from the following players: Junior.—Backs: Kenny . (Johnsonyille) Parker (Wellington), Wrigley (Seatoun), Simm .(University), Frame and Doak (Hutt B), Thomas (Technical CoUege Old Boys), Lamason (WelmS °? ? o]lege Old Boys), and Nolan A^wwli foi;wards— Dunce (Athletic), Arnott (Poneke), Haigh aiid Burgess (Hutt _A), Mitchell and FraseF (Hutt'_*Baroap (MarisO; Sullivan (Plim- ' merton), Crawford (Johnsonville), and Hansen (University). riJ-hirds-T B T a? ks: Buck a nd McLeUan (Miramar), Lmklater (Wellington COl--t4%rli Boys), McNally . arid Nash (Wellington), McGurk and Brown nenlOne)w^en, (Poneke),3^ MorSn w^S^f Sutt)i fo«pittls—Hartnell and Wright (Poneke),llutt (Miramar), Kilduff and Baudinet (Wellington) Hfrdy and. Hart (Wellington CoUege Old Boys), Johnston" (Upper Hutt) Rierson^Athletic),. Nisbett-,(Hutt), and Wood (Kaiwarra). . . . wß^- h™^team^, I 1 t0 Poetise at the Welhngton Club's gymnasium, HataiGround, at, 7.30 p.m. oa