RUGBY FOOTBALL

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4467, 19 June 1930, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

SENIORS HAVE A DAY OFF. S AT UR,DAY’S 1 ,».RS ELTS. SENIORS. Shannon won from Ifni Alai by default. Otfiki won from Foxton 1»v deIn nil. JDNTORS. Wanderers !) v. WailLanac If. Ilui AJiii l.'i v. Farnparaumn 0. Tokomaru .‘!l v. Shannon 8. Foxfon I I v. Koputaroa 8. THIRD (IIfADR. Wanderers won I'nun Foxton by (icfiinlt. SEX'TOR (HA MIMOXSTTIF POINTS.

• - y. Z . . e K H. a o v* c/j & S-i ?- >—i 3 « h o Oliiki S 8 0 0 73 27 .1(3 A Wanderers 7 5 1 1 ISA 37 11 Shannon 8-3 3 2 20 30 S Foxlon 7 3 I t) 111 47 fi ITni Alai 8 1 b 1 57 131 3 County b 0 fi 0 fi 158 0 No senior football eventuated in Hie TTorowhenua district on Saturday. Shannon, on their own ground, won by default front Tfui Mai: Otuki obtained a win through Eoxlou giving' notion that they would forfeit the match that was to have been played on their own ground; and County are out of the competition; though eligible to play friendly mati-hes. One of the latter had been proposed for Saturday, against Wanderers, on the Ervin Park Domain, but it was not played.

BFBBIXGTDX SHIELD CAME The following twenty-one playerhave .been selected to (.rain for Bob bington Shield game at Daimc\drke: — Johnson, Taylor, Tilley, Roberts >l. Brough ton, R. Broughton, Westwood, Aferwood, S. Graham, Parata. Fitzgerald, Tla'karain, Stewart, Robinson, Satherlev, Afellonald, Gordon, Harrison, Rmbliek, Gray, Tata na.

FIRST RUGBY TEST AIATCTT. THE TEA ATS. MA RK NICHOLES AN EMERGENCY. The following' team has been seleeied to represent New Zealand against the British Rugby team in the lii.st Test at Dunedin on Saturday:—

Full-baek: Nepia: three-quarters Hart, Lucas, Olliver: live-eighths Cooke, Lilburne: half; Mill; wingforward: Porter: hookers: Cottrell Irvine: toek: Steere• supports: Finlayson, Ale Williams; back row ITazlett, Battv. Reserves: Hore, Nieholls, Johnson.

Owing' to the effects of the re t out injury In his knee Stewart wu: not considered in the selection.

The (British team has been provisionally selected and is expected ro .be the same as played Otago, namely:— Bassett, Ain Hey, Aarvold, Bow colt, Beeve, Spong, Murray, J»ew, t'a rker, O’LNToili, Black. Farrell, Jones, Beamish, Hodgson. Soliey underwent ;i minor operation yesterday lor a knee injury.

MOASOAK CUP

TE ATJTE REGAIN TROPHY,

As a show attraction the annual Te Ante College-Palmerston North High School Rugby match with the Aionsear tCup at stake prodded good football for many hundreds of spectators at the showgrounds, Palmerston North yesterday, victory going to Te Ante by the narrow margin of 11 points 1o !C Feilding the heavier team, To Ante wore their opponents down, hut it was not until late in. the second half that they assumed the lead.. A feature of the High School team’s play was the excellence and accuracy of their tackling.

N.Z. MAORI REPS TO PLAY TTOROWHENUA.

The secretary of the Horowhenua iiughy District Council (Mr. .1. Ca-.-■cyl has been advised by the N.Z. liughy Union that it is desired that the New Zealand Maori team he given a match in Levin In the linrowhenua representative team as part of their training to meet the British team. The date suggested i» Saturday, July sth, and arrangements are now being made for a mate'll on thae day. The Maori Possible and Probable teams play in Wellington on Wednesday, July 2nd, and the rep. team will then he chosen. II will meet. Horowhenua at Levin on Saturday, July f>ih, and play Britain on Wednesday, July hill.