A FINE RECORD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 197, 20 August 1940, Page 13

A FINE RECORD.

THAMES H.S. UNBEATEN.

TACKLE COLLEGE REPS. TO-MOKKOW

Ilminec High School is this year celebrating its jubilee, and the school first XV. is marking the occasion with an imposing array of victories. After winning the local junior competition wiuiout defeat, scoring J2l points in eight games, the team engaged in Inter-college Rugby. Its unbeaten record continued witu successive defeats of raeroa District High School, 37 —<5; Rotorua High School, 19—0; Hamilton High School, 22—5; Hamilton Technical, 15—9; and culminated In a solid exhibition against King's College last Saturday. Thames High School won a splendid £ame Three High School hoys have played this year in the Thames' senior representatives, eleven in the junior A representatives, and three in the junior B representatives. The school's match to-morrow afternoon against the Auckland secondary schools' representative side at Eden Park should provide Bpectacular college Rugby, and Thames old pupils resident in Auckland will have an opportunity of seeing the school team at Its best. This should he a fine try-out for the Auckland XV., which plays the third grade representatives next Saturday in the curtain-raiser to the TaranakiAuckland match it Eden Park, i y — MOASCAR CUP. PALMERSTON NORTH VICTORIOUS. PALMERSTON NORTH, Monday. The quadrangular tournament for the Moascar Cap at Palmerston North resulted In a win for Palmerston North Boys' High School, which beat St. Patrick's (Silverstream) by 6 points to 3 In a thrilling final. In the other game Te Ante College beat Uount Albert Grammar School by 24 points to 14.—( Pr«» Awn.) A message from Nelson states that Nelson won the intercollegiate Rugby tournament by beating Wanganui 7 —o in the final. The Nelson forwards were smaller, but it was their toe play which proved the deciding factor.

The "wooden spoon" went to Christ's College, which was defeated by Wellington, 12—5.