RUGBY FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1933, Page 4

RUGBY FOOTBALL

Playing on Cass Square on Saturday afternoon, Ross juniors defeated Kiwi by 18 points to 8.

WEST COAST V. MARLBOROUGH.

The West Coast team to play Marlborough on Saturday is the same -as that which played Canterbury,- except that Hughes replaces Beban. The team is: Full back, Gilbert; three-quarters, Schroder, Taaffe and Martyn ■ fiveeighths, W. Hughes and Fong; half, B. Scnndrett; lorwards, M. Scandrett, Kirkland, M. Kelly, King, Thompson, Freitas, Hughes and Jones. Emergencies, backs, Davidson kfablert and

Beban; forwards, G. Kelly, Jamieson and Buchanan.

THE SOUTH ISLAND TEAM. SCANDRETT BEHIND SCRUM. (Pei Press Association—Copyright). CHRISTCHURCH, Sep. 9. The following team has been selected to represent the South Island against the North at Wellington, on September 23rd:—Full back, J. Grainger (North Otago); three-quarters, G. E. Hart (Canterbury), H. Smith (Otago), W. T. Dunne (Otago); five-eighths, C. Oliver (Canterbury), It. Hazelhurst (Canter* bury); half-back, R. B; Scandrett, (West Coast); forwards, -A. I, Cotterell (Canterbury), J. Hole (Otago), L. George (Southland), D, Max (Nelson), G, Purdue (Southland), A. H. Andrews (Canterbury), T. Metcalfe (Southland). Emergencies, E. Holder (Buller),- ®.. R. King (West Coast).

WALLABIES LOSE 4-9. CAPETOWN, September 10. Western Provinces beat the WallaIres by 4 to nil. Fifteen thousand were 1 present. The Provinces side included | several Springboks. In the second spell there was no score, but the spell was marred bv a demonstration against‘the ! Wallabies, owing to an injury to Van i Eyssen, who was carried off, but who I resumed later. He was clearly looking for trouble, and be got it. At the conclusion of the game, the huge crowd | surrounded .the teams,’' wJio■" joined hands and sang “Auld Lang Syne.” PROPOSED SPRINGBOK TEAM. CAPETOWN, September 10, A special Rugby conference has decided to recommend the South African Rugby Board to accept an invitation to tour Now Zealand 'and Australia in 1937, after which South Africa will participate in an international tour, either at Home or. abroad, only at five year intervals. The feeling of the J conference was .that South Africa should concentrate on the development of its domestic football, and not encourage international tours, which disorganised t|ie game locally. - Nevertheless, In or* dev to assist football in Australia, it wa ß felt that this invitation should he accepted.

WELLINGTON DEFEAT OTAGO. WELLINGTON, September 10. In beating Otago by 20 to 17, before a crowd of 10,093 spectators, at Athletic Park on Saturday, Wellington were hard pushed to maintain, their unbeaten record for the season. Ten minutes before time, Otago were leading by. three points, and then Wellington drew level with a brilliant try by Killeen. In the last three minutes of {the game Otago were attacking hotly, when Page initiated a brilliant movement from his own goal line, for Lilburne and Killeen to gain ground, and then send Robfns a,way for a 50 yards run and the winning try. SOUTHLAND BEAT TARANAKI. INVERCARGILL, September 9. A representative Rugby match be•tween Southland and Taranaki was played at Invewai rgjll to-day, and was won by Southland by 23 points to 11. The game which was played in warm weather, was a bright one and attracted an attendance ot nearly four thousand SOUTH CANTERBURY WINS. TIMARTJ, September 9. The return heme and home game be* tween South Canterbury and North Otago, was played to-day in tEe presence of a good crowd and resulted in a win for South Canterbury by 13 points to 9.