SCHOOL'S VISIT
RUGBY FOOTBALL AND DEBATING WEST CHRISTCHURCH V. HOKITIKA. "To-iilorrow evening a party of nineteen West' Christchurch; D. 11.5. boys, comprising the First XV. and a debating team, will arrive in .Hokitika in charge of Alessrs Thivaites and Pitcaitlily. The same evening the boys will be the guests of the School at the High School coiicert.
Oii Friday morning the visitors will be taken for a motor trip, and i» the afternoon the two First XV’s w.ll meet ill their annual football match. Jn tlie eveniiig the annual inter-school debate will take place, the subject being. “That the School is a more powerful factor in ’ tlie moulding of 'character than in the home.’’ To this function parents ifnd firiends of scholars lure cordially invited. At the close of the debate the boy« will be ilw guests of tlie ■ School at a pupils’ dance.
The party will return to Christchurch on Saturday morning. The visitors’ debating team will be F. Murray, A. Mahoney, and J. Robertson : the ‘ Hokitika team being W Rutland, J. Dorfeen and A. Coles. In previous debates each school lias a, win to its ci-edit.
Three' football matches have v beein played between the teams in the past, each having been won by West 'Christchurch, the scores being 11 —8, 7 —5, 12—9.
The members of the respective teams, and their weights are as follows: West Christchurch: Backs—R. Scott (11.8), B; O’Brien (10.4), F. Murray. (1118), S. Baker (12.12)> P. Rosb (10.9), B. Dempsey (11), F. O’Brien (8.10); forwards —j. Ball (10.4), D. Lake (10), S. Price (11), E. de Berry (11), A. Lake (10.11), B. Blackmore (10.1), N. Perryman (10.7), W. Strachan (11); emergencies:—backs—A. Alahdney (10.7). fpnVdrd, F. Scott (9.8). Average weight —backs, 10.13 ; forwards'J.o.B. Hokitika:—Backs—G. Stapleton (9.7), J. Douglas (i 1.6), AT. Baird (10.3), D. Spence (8.3). J. Davidson (9.13), G. Johnston (9.8), C. Cox (8.13); forwards —J. Hanralian (10.7), J. Andrews (10.(5), J. Howat (10.6), ' F. Parker (11.7), G. Oliver (11.2), H. Bradley (11.6), Ar. Alorgan (10.3); R. McCarthy (TO): 'emergencies—W. .Douglas (10), H. Pierson (10.5), A. Coles (10). Average weight—backs, 9.10; forwards lo.io. ' r : L
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1933, Page 6
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352SCHOOL'S VISIT Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1933, Page 6
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