FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1928, Page 1

FOOTBALL.

SATURDAY’S (JAMES. SENIOR. Excelsiors v. Stars at Hokitika (ALAI. Wallace). Kiwi v. United at Grey (Air Winchester). JUNIOR. Ross v. Kokatahi at Kokatahi at 3 p.m. (Air A. Cut bush). A rail lira v. Excelsiors at Hokitika at .3 p.m. (Air Willoughby). Bimu v. Kiwi at Riinu at 3 p.m. (Air D. Williamson). THIRD GRADE. Excelsiors v. School at 1.30 p.m. (Air A. E. Perry). The senior game Excelsiors v. Stars takes place on Cass Square to-morrow afternoon, while Kiwis travel to Greymouth to meet United. The Star team will have to he much stronger than it was last Saturday (when they included several juniors) to he able to heat .Excelsiors, but the latter are not showing that .combination that should ro’i’.e of playing several Saturdays in succession tojgethor. Kiwis, fudging from their last game should he able to win against United. 11l the junior matches Ross travel to Kokatahi, Kiwis to Riniti and Arnliurst lo Hokitika to play, Excelsiors. !!;i their own ground Kokatahi should !:-c hard to heat while the other two 'allies should provide close contests.

Tlie following will represent Kiwi seniors in their match, with United.*: at "Greymouth to-morrow. Halm. Devaney. Aloynilian. Alilis, Hagai-. Afc-Tntosli, C. Fleming, C l . Pfahlsrt. AfcCloary. Stevens, AlcGiil. E. Plait! erf, Tainiii, Steel, Fleming. Emerg.: AYhite, Morel,

EXCELSIOR TEA A IS. Seniors v. Stars: —Alex King, Kelly, Baiin'i.ster, Dougherty, Cunningham, Barron, Gugicli. Maxwell, Stevenson, Houston. Davidson, Christiansen, J. King, B. King, Nightingale. The u!,r.*.-e must be on the ground at 2.45 sharp. Juniors v. Arahura at 3 p.m:—Preston. C. Evans, Harris, Hughes, Wright, Gilloolv, R. Palmer, A. Ak*Doiiald. O’Brien, Butland, Herring, Gay, Thompson, Glover, Stopforth.

Emerg: AV. Palmer and AYebb. Players to be on the ground at 2.45 sharp.

Third-grade v. School— Connor, Diedrichs (2). Heinz, Hughes, Dale, Paterson. Schroder, Bell, Thompson, Cooper, Richards, Shearer, Wells, Ferguson. Emerg. Duncraft and Mclntyre. Players are reminded that they must he on the ground at 1.15 sharp.

Star seniors to play Excelsio*.*, are: Nicholson King, Fong, Brown, Nelson Pascoe, Reynolds, Stevens, Meredith Robinson, Caulton, Fell, Kitto, Turtill Bay nan. Steel.

The team to represent Arahura on .Saturday against Excelsiors on Cass Square will lx? selected from the following.:—J. Tainui, A- AYakelin, G. Freitas, D. Jellie, A. Campbell, T. Tainui. G. Tainui, G. George, T. Rochford. Muir (3;, AI. Kelly, J. Cropper, R. Flutey. At. Smyth, A. Martin, F. Smytli, AI. Tainui, K. Hamilton, AY*. Connors, G. Alorris. Bus will leave Arahura at 2.15 p.m.

THE ALL BLACKS. With the arrival of tlie All Blacks in South' Africa, the eyes of all New Zealand sports will be turned in that

direction. The opening match of the tour is set down for Wednesday next, May 30th. Private advices received in Wellington disclose that the touch of ptomaine poisoning which some of the members had in Tasmania during the voyage was pretty severe. I. H. Harvey, the burly Wairarapa lock, lost 251 b in weight, and N. P. McGregor. the Canterbury five-eighths, lost a stone before the team left Australia. Harvey appears to he an unlucky individual, as it will be remembered that he contracted tonsolitis in England during the 1924 tour, and this prevented him from taking part in more than seven games on the whole tour. Jt is to be hoped that he will land in South Africa fit and well, as he is without question one of the veiy best forwards the Dominion possesses at the present time. From Wednesday next, results of the Xew Zealand team's doings in South Africa, will he coming through, and wo will he just as anxious to hear the news as we were when the New Zealanders were putting up that re-cord-breaking performance in 1921. As in that year, the Government, is making special arrangements to announce the results promptly.