PONSONBY BEST RUGBY TEAM

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 157, 5 July 1937, Page 14

PONSONBY BEST RUGBY TEAM

GALLAHER SHIELD.

BRILLIANT VICTORY. MANUKAU OVERWHELMFD. JUTULEE TROPHY NEXT WEEK. i Pi>:)K(ui'.i\ . by their brilliant victory over M inn-..! ii in the Hijj match of the Rugby 1 ••. i' Kdi'ii Park on Saturday, won the i;.,!!.u..m Shield, the Auckland Rugby l.ii-.nu irnpiiy lor the winners of the first rrimd of (lie senior championship, l! «an :i win well deserved for Ponsonby, .vho l.v lli.'ir consirif.cn tly spectacular exhibit i-uis I hroughoiit tlic tinst round <-.-rii's .-'bowel themsclveu to be a speedier and mori" polished side than any of the others in the competition. Plnjed .ik a curtain-raiser to the main match, the (Iriiftoii-fnivensity game did not produce the exciting play expected. Nine [mints down at half-time, Grafton soon retrieved their position in the second spell and battled on to victory. On No. •J Kden Park Technical College Old Boys and Training College played a six-point draw. At Park Grammar won fairly comfortably from Otahuhu in a match that at no stage reached great heights. The other senior contest, Mariet and College Rifles, set down to he played at the Showgrounds, was abandoned. The ground was waterlogged. Jubilee Trophy matches will start next week.

Results were:— Grafton 13. bent University 9. Technical 6, drew with Training College 6. Ponsonby 29. beat Manukau 16. Grammar 13, beat Otahuhu 6. Competition table: — Points Cn. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts Ponsonby TO 10 - - 201 98 20 Matiukau 9 7 1 1 109 96 13 (Jrafton 9 6 1 2 162 08 14 Grammar .... 9 i; 3 - 118 85 J2 Otahuhu ft 5 4 - 86 89 10 Mnrist 8 4 4 - 117 113 8 Technical 9 2 5 2 58 105 6 North Shore . 9 2 6 1 89 120 "i University ... 9 2 6 1 104 131 5 Training Col. . 9 1 7 1 97 157 3 Col. Rifles ... 8 - 8 - 74 148 -