RUGBY FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 3 June 1943, Page 6

RUGBY FOOTBALL

fixtures for week end

Rugby fixtures for Saturday next are:— Senior: Cobden v. Star-United, Park No. 1, 3 p.m. (J. Minchim; Celtic v. Hokitika, at Hokitika; Blaketown a bye. Third grade: Celtic v. Cobden. No .1 ground, 1.30 p.m.' (C. Cockburm; Technical. v. Blaketown, Tech ground, 1.30 p.m. (A. King). Fixtures for Monday are:—• Senior representatives: West Coast v. Canterbury, Rugby Park. 2.45 D.m. (N. Eggleton). Third grade representatives: Greymouth v. Westland, 1.15 pm. (A. King). CANTERBURY REPS. Canterbury Rugby Union decided that of its team of 21 players to go to Westport and Greymouth during the week-end all the players should have at least one game on the tour. Mr E. V. Phillips (president) said it was not fair to ask players to stand on the, bank for two games. This view was supported by Mr W. Cowles, who said that last year one player had been “carted all round the country” as an emergency and had not played in a representative match. Mr O. Hattersley, a selector, said he understood the team had been selected as a team with emergencies. To put a team on the field at least three emergencies would have to be played. THIRD GRADE REPS. The following is the third grade representative team to meet Hokitika on Monday next (assemble Rugby Park 12.45 p.m.—Full-back: Rudd (Blaketown); three-quarters, McDonnell (Celtic), Roberts (Blaketown); Studholme (Technical); fiveeighths, Olsen (Cobden), capt., Paterson (Technical); half-back, Stevens (Technical); front row, Baynes (Cobden), Barclay (Blaketown), May (Technical); middle row, Garforth (Celtic), vice-capt., Popich (Celtic), McGhee (Cobden); back of scrum. Stewart (Blaketown). Emergencies: Backs, Mumm (Cobden), Weir (Cobden), Hornsby (Blaketown); forwards, Fitzgerald (Celtic), Fauth (Celtic), Gillespie (Technical), Henderson (Blaketown). Any player not available should notify Mr F. W. Baillie.