FIRST DIVISION OUTLOOK

Evening Post, Issue 19, 23 July 1934, Page 4

FIRST DIVISION OUTLOOK

HUTT STILL LEAD FROM OLD BOYS

Local Rugby football championship competitions were con-

Knued on Saturday afternoon in damp weather, performance being ■ affected ,to some extent by the greasy state, of ground and ball, .. though some teams rose above the conditions, to givo bright'displays. In the senior first division championship the results were generally as expected. Hutt had to meet Marist, a team always _ likely to upset calculations, and, though it took them a long time, the championship leaders beat off this further challenge to their claims to supremacy. "Wellington College Old Boys, running Hult 1 close for championship honours, maintained their place by securing a good win in a bright game with Eastbourne. Poneke kept welFplace'd on the ladder by recording a convincing win over St. -.Patrick's Collejge Old Boys, the play m this match also being quite bright in parts. Athletic put up' "a" "good" showing "against Petone, and Wellington were fully extended by University, there being plenty;of interest in these matches. Hutt still lead Wellington College' Old Boys by a point, with Poneke in third place now ahead of Marist In the second division Petone have a lead of one point from Johnsonville and Poneke, -who are closely followed by Oriental. .