SPORTS AND PASTIMES,

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2163, 20 August 1907, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES,

football. At the usual weekly moot ins of the Poverty Bay Rugby Union, held at 4-t, Masonio Hotol last eveiivns* poin& on “a° granted the Gisborne Todies’ Hockev team to play a match withlho Auckland Ladies’ representative team on August J 1 on the \ ictoria Domain. J. .lollock was passed as a third-grade player toi the Kaiti-City Club. Tho match with Auckland will bo nla-od on September 11th, and all the necessary arrangements aro well in hand. The selectors of the junior representativo team. Messrs. J. J. Martin, H Carr, and W. Hav. met last oven»W at the Royal Hotel, and selected the following teams for a trial match next Saturday :—A team : Full-back, Callaghan; three-quarters, Bright, Witty, Halbert; live-eighths, S. Roderick, C. Somervell; half, Rico; wing, McGregor; forwards, Roynton, Martin, Cooper, Seymour, Hogg. Hickey, Coleman. R team: Full-back, McLachian; three-quarters, Burke, Nelson, Smith; five-eighths, J. Olson, J. Roderick; half, A. Lubtrell; wing, V. Somervell; forwards, Butterworth, Fraser, Dines, Keys, Williams, A., McConnell, Hepburn. Emergencies: E. Luttrell, H. Kara, B. Johnston (backs); Thaxter, Peterson, Saunders, Swainson, Tapu (forwards).

NEW ZEALAND PROFESSIONALS >. AUCKLAND DISQUALIFICAjr TIONS. Press Association. \ AUCKLAND, August 19. G. Smith, W. Wynyard, and C. Dunning, all of Auckland, left- for Sydney this evening to join the New Zealand professional team. The committee of the Auckland Rugby Union lias decided to disqualify for life all Auckland players who took part in tlio match against the Now South Wales professionals on Saturda- last, as soon as their names are definitely ascertained. SATURDAY’S TEAM. United Press Association —Copyr'ght Received August’2o, 0.36 a.ni. SYDNEY, August 19. The team to” play on 'Wednesday is as follows.: —Full-back, Turtill; threequarters,. MacGregor, Todd, Rowe; five-eighths, Wrigley, 'Wynyard; halves, Gleeson, Tyler; forwards, w. JMackrell, Callan, Cross, Wright, Tre- ■ j varthen, Johnson, Lile.

HOCKEY. The Gisborne Ladies’ Hockey B team played a match at Victoria Domain yesterday afternoon against the —S)stli standard hoys of the Gisborne school, and defeated them by 1 goal to nil. Miss Vera Walters scored the goal for the ladies. A team of gentlemen will play a team of ladies at Victoria Domain next Thursday afternoon, commencing at 2 o’clock sharp. At a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay __Hockoy Association on Friday last it "Wxvas decided to accept the date proposed by the Poverty Bay Association (August 31st) for a representative match. The selectors for the local representative team (Messrs. Pavitt, Buslmell, and Martin) met last evening and pioked the following players to take part in a trial match at Victoria Domain on Thursday next:—A team: W. Friday (goal-keeper), Willock and Brown (full-backs), Olsen, Armstrong, f and Grant (halves), Pine. Wilson, S. Roderick, Bright, and Hooper (forwards.. -B team : Pettie (goal-keep-■£•—or), j. Doyle and J. Martin (fullbacks), Dines. Garrett, and Ellison (halves), M. Doyle, Friar, Hansen, Pirie, and McLaclilan (forwards). Emergencies: Gideon, Bayly, Pollock, Ollivor, and Witty. The A team will play in bluo and black colors, and the B team in white. Mr. Laurenson will officiate as referee. A hockey tournament that is sure to attract considerable interest will be held in Gisborne at the end of August. Two outside ladies’ teams, BfcjD.no from Auckland and another from and a men’s representative team from Hawke’s Bay, will visit

. Gisborne, and try conclusions wth the local,representatives. On Thursday, the 29th inst., the local ladies will the Clive ladies’ team, and on the following day the latter will play Auckland. On Saturday a grand double attraction will eventuate in the rep. matches, Gisborne ladie3 versus Auckland, and Hawke’s Ba- (men’s representatives) versus the local rerr r-’j.!esentatives. ■ Wf '. BOXING. Press Association. AUCKLAND, August 19. Tho Auckland boxing club commenced the championship meeting ■ this evening. ‘ There was a large attendance . Results: —Feather-weight: Hogan, was declared the winner over E. Moore in the second round. The interfered in the first round owto the contest being little more than a fight. Bantam-weight: G. Gibson defeated G. Pooley. Middleweight: G. Howarth defeated F. J. Edwards on a foul in the second round. Heavy-weights: A. Anderson knocked out F. Bowden in the third round. Light-weight: J. McLennan defeated A. Johnson in the second round.