REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5157, 27 July 1927, Page 3

REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES.

TEAMS SELECTED,

The inter-union competitions in the Thames Valley Rugby Union’s district will be continued on Saturday. The Hauraki Plains and Paeroa representative teams will meet, the seniors at Paeroa and the juniors at Ngatea. Following are the players selected :—

Plains Seniors. —E. Costello, F. Costello, C. Stretton, D. Molesworth, E. Smart, E. Johnston, F. Nicol, D. Dalgety, P. Clark, R. Williams, R. C. Abel, R. Hutchinson, T, Rapana, R. McPherson, ,F. Mulgrew. Emergencies: Backs, R. Walters and G. Birkenhead ; forwards, C. Clark and J- Millington.

Mr G. Connell’s bus will leave Waitakaruru at 1 p.m., Ngatea at 1.30, and Kerepeehi corner at 1-45 sharp. Paeroa Seniors. —K. Dean, G. Wells, R. Swann, C. McNeil, D. Smith. L. Masters, L. Mcßae, A. Morrison, F. Patterson, H. McKee-, V. Carrick, M. Poland, E. Greenhalgh, R. Smith, Wyatt. Emergencies : Backs, L. Nield and H. Wright; forwards, R. Shaw and A. Mills. The above players are requested to attend at the Drill Hall to-night at 8 o’clock.

Plains Juniors.—A. Killgour T. Ryan. E. Cox, C. Young, J. McPherson, F. Olsen, F. Franks, R. Phillips, L. Wilson, L. Zeiglar, H. Kirkman, A. Fisher,’ C. Blacklaws, Schofield, E. Braizendale. Emergencies: Forwards, S. McKerchar and Hawera; backs, F. Marshall and Cannon.

Paeroa Juniors.—A. Overall, J. Conolly, W. Potter, R. Williams, D. Brown, F. Barakat, R. Mead, L. Sinnett, B. McGuire, N. Neil, W. Pennell, C. Snow, L. Carrick, H. Mayo, S. Liggins. Emergencies: Backs, S. Williams and L. Salby; forwards, A. Flatt and Fulton. These players are expected to attend at the Drill Hall to-night at 8 o’clock. The junior match is timed to start at 2.30 p.m. at Ngatea on Saturday, and the curtain-raiser will be tho Kerepeehi-Ngatea High School ladies’ hockey match. THIRD GRADE MATCH. A match has ben arranged for the Paeroa third-grade- team with Thames at Thames on Saturday. The team will leave the post office at 12 o’clock sharp, and the ma.tch is timed to commence at 1-30 p.m. Paeroa Third-grade.—M. Rackham, K .Wilson. C. Ward, M. Irwin, P. Poland, L. Masters, V. Barakat, G. Tressider F. Johnson, B. Miller, L. Marshall,’L. Vercoe, C. Chisholm, P. Grant, R. Alp. Emergencies^: E. Ve>’ran, H. Dare, G. Brantley.