FOOTBALL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5161, 5 August 1927, Page 3

FOOTBALL

| ARRANGEMENTS FOR TO-MORROW.

THREE REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS. Followers of Rugby football will be well catered for to-morrow, as the Paeroa Union has been called upon to place three representative teams in the field. The senior team goes to Te Aroha, where it will play the fifteen in the Frank Poland Memorial Cup competitioh. The attraction at the local domain will be the Paeroa junior representatives versus the Piako juniors in the Sharebrokers’ Cup competition. This game

should be an interesting one, and fair combination on both sides i& expected. The match, which is to be played on the No. 1 ground, and is timed to start at 3 p.m., will be controlled by Mr D. G. McMillan. As a curtain-raiser to the junior game the Paeroa and Piako thirdgrade representatives will try conclusions. The referee selected for this match is Mr F. T. V. Johnson. The kick-off is set down for 1.45 p.m. on the No. 2 field. .PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ MATCH. The Paeroa Primary Schools’ representative team wjll play the first match of tfie second round for the Fleming Shield on Saturday, meeting the Waihi boys at 1.45 p.m. on the No. 2 ground. The following is the local team :— . W. Jolhpson, M. Potter, K. Curtis, V. Heslop, H. Vowles, L. Johnson, G. Gleeson, J. Prendiville, G. Edwards, N. Wilson, Stembridge, Corbett, D. Welch, G. Southby, Avery. PIAKO TEAMS SELECTED. The following are the; Pinko teams selected for to-morrow’s games : — Seniors.-— Full-back, Thornton; three-quarters, S. Goldsbury, Harrison, McQuarters ; five-eighths, , Lipsej\ Towers; half-back, Douglas; rovdr, F. Goldsbury ; forwards, Manning, Young, J. McLaren, Stevenson, Riddle, Wallace, Cleave. Emergencies : Lane, Reed, Mace, McLaren. Juniors. —'Full-back, Woodroofe ; three-quarters, P. Mace, Lipsey, Strange ; five-eighths, Munro, Heathcote ; half-back, Hill ; rover,? Goodfellow ; forwards, Keaney, Caulton, Cross F. Mace, Biggs, Burmester, Clarkin. Emergencies: R. Whitten and Goodfellow (backs). White and Hieatt (forwards). Third-Grade.—Full-back, G. Jackson ; three-quarters, A. Pilkington, N. Worrall, Hines; five-eighths, BGrant, G. . Stewart; half-back, C. Stone; rover, V. Martin ; forwards, H. Frear, L. Burgess, Heathcote L. Burke, L.‘ Mikkelsen, W. Lyall, B. Mikkelsen. Emergencies : B. Whitten, A. Mackay, Foster.