FOOTBALL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5167, 19 August 1927, Page 2

FOOTBALL

ARRANGEMENTS FOR TO-MORROW.

REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES.

Followers of Rugby football should find plenty to interest them at the local domain to-morrow. The principal attraction will be the senior game Thames versus Paeroa representatives, which is to be played on the No. 1 ground, commencing at 3 p.m. A strong local team has been selected, but the absence of R. Smith, L. McRae, and C. McNeil, who have been selected to play in the Thames Valley tea.m, will no doubt be felt. It is understood that Thames is fielding practically the same team which played against King Country ten days ago, so a really good tussle should be witnessed. The referee selected for this game is Mr J. M. Crosby.

As a curtain-raiser two teams representing the primary schools affiliated under the Thames Valley Union are to play an A and B match. After this game it is proposed to select the team to go to Hamilton towards the end of the month to play in the Northern Roller Mills Shield competition. Thames Valley holds the shield at present. Mr T. C. Arnold has been appointed to control the game tomorrow.

THAMES VALLEY TEAM,

Advice has been received that McQuarters (Piako), who wasi selected to travel with the Thames Valley team to Rotorua, to-morrow as an emergency, cannot make the trip, aiu| his place has been filled by Saunders (Waihi). The Waihi, Hauraki Plains, and Paeroa members of the team leave Paeroa by the 6.35 o’clock train tomorrow morning, and the Piako representatives will join the train at Te Aroha.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS COMPETITION. PRESENTATION OF SHIELD. A pleasant little ceremony took place at the Paeroa District High 'School yesterday afternoon at the conclusion of the day’s lessons. On behalf of the Thames Valley Rugby Union Mr W. D. Nicholas formally handed over the handsome shield presented by Messrs W. Fleming and Son, Ltd., Paeroa, for annual competition by boys attending schools affiliated with the Thames Valley Primary Schools’ Union. In handing the shield over to Messrs G. H. Taylor, one of the vice-presidents, and J- E. Insley, secretary, Mr Nicholas expressed the hope that the shield would foster school football, and that it would fulfil the purpose for which it had been, donated. The union which he represented was always willing to assist and promote school football, and he sincerely hoped that many ha..ppy and hard-fought matches would be played for the Fleming Shield. On behalf of the Schools’ Union Mr Insley expressed grateful thanks to the donors, and also to the Thames Valley Union. The shield was a very handsome one, and he was sure it would provide an added incentive to the teams to play up and play the game. His association would treasure the trophy highly, and he would have~ pleasure in handing it to Mr J. Elliot, president of the union, on Saturday next, for presentation to the Waihi school, this eyar’s winners;