FOOTBALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5470, 4 September 1929, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

PAEROA V. WAIHI. NEXT SATURDAY’S PLAY. On Saturday Paeroa and Waihi meet in the Poland Cup competition at the Paeroa Domain. After the splendid match between Waihi and Piako at the former place last Saturday Paeroa should see some good football. Paeroa will be all out to retrieve the defeat suffered at the hands of Piako. The following players have been selected to represent Paeroa :— Rare, McCollum, Swann, McNeil, McGarvey, McCollum, H. Moore, Page, N. Neil, Henderson, Fitch, Carrick, Taylor, Johnson, Murray. Emergencies : Nield.- Bax, Catlin, McQuarters. The following is the team to represent Waihi. — Thornton, McNamara, Hume, Johns, Saunders, Dillimore, Snodgrass, Price, Hearn, Radford, Allen, Robinson, Walters, Mathers, Jennings. Emergencies : Campbell, Pankhurst, McDermott, and Henry. THE JUNIORS. Following is the Paeroa junior team to visit Waihi :— E. Verran, K. Curtis, P. Poland, E. Rare, G. Murphy, R. Mead, L. Masters, J. Walls, J. Smith, C. Williams, G. Gamble, E. Handley, B. Miller, A. Morrison, D. Currie. Emergencies : W. Holwell and D. Wilkinson. n AINS V. PIAKO. Hauraki Plains is due to play Piako on Saturday, the seniors at Te Aroha and the juniors at Ngatea, but owing to the lateness in the season some difficulty is being experienced in selecting the teams. Those seniors who will be able to make the trip to Te Aroha are asked to get into touch with, the senior selector or the secretary of the union as soon as possible. The junior team to play at Ngatea is as follows •- — T. White, A. Stanley, L. Coxhead, K. Findlay, T. Conner, W. Ryan, H. Troughton, IL Kirkman, C. Murray, K. Caie, S Nicholson, F. Donaghy, M. Caie, A. Nicholson, W. McMahon. Emergencies : C. McCormick, A. Olsen, F. Hamilton, and L. Pett. PAEROA RUGBY UNION. WEEKLY MEETING.

The regular meeting of the Paeroa Rugby Union management committee was held on Monday night, Mr J. M. Crosby, chairman, presiding’ over the following : Messrs J. C. H. McDonald, H.’ Robinson, E. L. Shaw, J. Walmsley, and W. A. Fathers, hon. secretary. Messrs J Fox and J. C. H. McDonald were appointed voluntary gatekeepers for Saturday.

Mr E. L. Shaw, in his capacity as referee of the East v. West seniormatch on Saturday last, while characterising the game as clean and hard-fought, complained in his report of the teams turning up in vari-col-oured jerseys, thereby holding up the game at one time for players to change.

The Tauranga Rugby Union wired to say that it could not meet Paeroa on September 21, as on that day it was to meet Moriinsville at Tauranga. It was decided to wire Tauranga in return submitting September 14 or 28 as a date for it to play Paeroa at Paeroa. '

The Railway Club forwarded four dates as suitable for it to play the Public Works Department in the Sprague Shield competition. The question of accepting a date was left in abeyance until the next meeting for a definite answer, the secretary of the Railway club to be advised of that decision in the meantime.

The team to play Waihi on Saturday, as submitted by the selector, was approved. Last Saturday’s gate takings amounted to £5 2s. It was decided that the chairman write to the chairman of the Auckland Rugby Union and ask if it could be arranged for an Auckland team to visit Paeroa, and, if possible, for him to accompany the team. Fixtures for Saturday. Following are the arrangements for Saturday :— Seniors.—Poland Cup Competition • Waihi v. Paeroa. at Paeroa, manager. Mr J. Walmsley ; Hauraki Plains v. Piako, at Te Aroha. Juniors. —Sharebrokers Cup Competition : Waihi v. Paeroa, at Waihi, manager, Mr C. Vincent.