REPRESENTATIVE MATCH

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1050, 14 August 1930, Page 13

REPRESENTATIVE MATCH

NORTH AUCKLAND TEAM TO PLAY AUCKLAND VISITING SIDE CHOSEN The following will represent North Auckland against Auckland in the representative Rugby match at Eden Park on Saturday : Fullback—Kerr. _ Threequarte rs—Hansen, Mullins, Bar* mob. _ „ Five-eighths—Wells, Ryan. Half—Evans. Rover—Cherrington. Forwards —Thomas, Flet;her, Robinson, W. Rika. M. Rika. Morrissey, Sherriff. Emergencies—Backs: Nicholls, McDonald, Sellars. Forward: Albert. SEASON CLOSING GAME IN THE NORTH WHANGAREI’S SHIELD LOSS From Our Own Correspondent WHANGAREI, Wednesday. After the loss of the Harding Shield to Hokianga on Saturday, football in Whangarei will be almost finished for the season, as the only games to be played now are those for the Brake Shield. presented for competition among junior teams from the northern counties. • It is very doubtful whether Whangarei would have lost the shield if its team had been at full strength. Nine of its most prominent players are a wav touring with the Northern team, while Hokianga had its best fifteen. Kerr, who travelled with the Northern team, is reported to be playing up to his best form. After the match with the British team. Prentice made special mention of the fine game that the local man played. FINLAYSON MISSED “Bunny” Finlayson is being . adlv missed in club matches and also by the touring team. His hand, which was injured in the second Test, has not recovered, and he is still in Auckland undergoing treatment. A. Waterman played for Whangarei against Hokianga on Saturday, and gave a fair account of himself, considering that he got few chances from his inside backs. Guy Nicholls is also with the touring side, and although he did not play against the British touring team, he is keeping up his reputation of being a first-class inside back on defence and attack. “Bunny” Abbott, who played with success in Auckland for two seasons, played against Hokianga on Saturday, and although he got few chances to show his pace his line-kicking was a feature of the game and repeatedly saved his side.