New Guinea Reps. Win

P-NG Rugby League

New Guinea Reps. Win First Round

r r E Rugby League season in Papua-New Guinea reached a high-point at Bulolo over the Queens Birthday week-end, when the season’s first in ter-Territory games were staged.

Each season Papua and New Guinea meet in four games. Repre tentative and Reserve thirteens f t erntor ies clash twice—two of the games being played at Port Moresby and the

other two In one of the New Guinea centres.

The Papua teams are chosen from the five clubs participating in the PRFL competition at Port Moresby, and the New Guinea sides are selected from widely spread centres —Lae, Goroka, Madang, Rabaul and Bulolo.

At Bulolo on June 15, the Reserve Papua and New Guinea teams drew 31-all. On Sunday, June 16, the New Guinea representative com bination was much too good for Papua, winning 15-6, after leading 7-6 at half time.

Although New Guinea was superior in practically every depart ment in the representative game, the team was possibly not the strongest that could have been

>en. Three players from Goroka, m Johnson, Danny Leahy and ie Collins, had great chances laking the side. Johnson is well ivn to New Zealand and Fiji by Union enthusiasts as he is Drmer Australian International by Union lock forward, lese days, Johnson, who is still lis mid-twenties, owns a coffee tation at Goroka and has ed in the Territory. ;w Guinea’s representative team F. Snelling (Lae); M. Huxley dang); W. Phillips (Bulolo); Farrelly (Lae) (Captain); N. ie (Rabaul); V. Mitchell (Lae); Hay (Madang); B. Orchard i),' N. Donald (Madang); R. lie (Rabaul); R. Albert dang); H. Chandler (Lae); and Eaythorne (Lae). pua’s line up for the big game G. O’Rourke (DCA-QEA); L henson (Hawks); E. Bailey a); M. Cooper (Hawks); B. er (Hawks); D. Gooding ie); B. Dimmick (Paga)

•tain); B. Costello (Maganis);

Adams (Paga); J. Brosnan a); B. Flynn (Maganis); J.

I win (Paga); and J. Winfield janis). w Guinea scored three tries three goals to Papua’s three e tries were from Phillips and Payne (1); while Snelling •d three goals. e Papua goals came from the of big centre Cooper. w Guinea’s best players were ips, Orchard, Snelling, Albert Chandler, while none of the a players really excelled them s. the Saturday the Reserve

teams threw the ball about—as the scores 31-all suggest—and the crowd witnessed a very fast game, The hosts for the week-end the Bulolo Rugby League club, enter

[?]ew post-office block, rising behind the old, in Suva, Fiji. Fiji Builders, Ltd., are contractors.

Photo: Stinsons.

tained visitors from all over the Territory in grand style. There was a dance in the Bulolo Theatre on the Saturday night and a dinner at Pine Lodge Hotel on Sunday night. , All is in readiness now for the season’s return games at Port Moresby on July 28.