FOOTBALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5164, 12 August 1927, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

KING COUNTRY V. THAMES VALLEY TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW. The representative Rugby football match between King Country (blue and green) and Thames Valley (blue and gold) will be played at the local domain to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 3 o’clock. Th® King Country team will arrive by the evening train to-day from Thames, and will be welcomed by His Worship th© Mayor (Mr W. Marshall) and the president of the Thames Valley Rugby Union (Mr J. W. Silcock), The teams are :— KING COUNTRY. Full-back : J. Coogan (1). Three-quarters : R. Wineberg (2). C. Haddon (3), Kino (4). Five-eighths: D. Findlay (5), A. Hill (6). Half-back : C. Nichol (Capt.) (7). Rover : R. Skelton (8). Forwards: Eden (9), Foster (10), Brown (11), Eady (lock) (12), Hislop (13), Fitt (14), Ebbert (15). Emergencies: Leggett (16) and McKay (17). THAMES VALLEY. Full-back : F. Thornton (1). Three-quarters : S. Goldsbury (2), Black (3). Faulkner (4). Five-eighths : Gl Towers (5). Saunders (6). Half-back : Mcßae (7). Rover : F. Goldsbury (8). Forwards: Williams (9), Craig (10), Rolleston (lock) (11), Riddle (12), Mulgrew (13), R. Smith (14), Walters (15). Emergencies : Backs, C. McNeil, McQuarters, Hollis ; forwards, McPherson, J. McLaren, Price. CURTAIN-RAISER. The curtain-raiser, starting at 1.45, will be between East and West juniors. The teams are as follows : — EAST. Full-back : S. Williams. Three-quarters : J. Goonan, G. Tressider, E. King. Five-eighths : F. Barakat, L. Salby. Half-back : R. Mead. Rover: C. Vincent (Capt.). Forwards: F. Clayton, A. Fl itt, L. Joines (lock), N. Neil, b. McGuire, JWalls, R. Williams. Emergencies: W. Howell and H. Spinks. WEST. Full-back : L. Sinnett. Three-quarters: T. Wickliffe, J. Conolly (Capt.), C. Bailey. Five-eighths : J. Insley, M. Fulton. Half-back: W. Duffey. Rover: R. Killgour. Forwards: G. Taylor, L. Carrick, W. Pennell (lock), C. Snow, H. Mayo, L. Bell, G. Helling. Emergencies: D. Currie and G. Gage.