HAWKE’S BAY’S FINE SHIELD RECORD

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28056, 25 August 1956, Page 3

HAWKE’S BAY’S FINE SHIELD RECORD

HAWKE’S Bay’s post-war Rugby record does not compare with those of Waikato, Canterbury, and Otago, but the team remains the most successful of those which have competea for the Ranfurly Shield. Hawke’s Bay holds the greatest sequence of successes—2s between 1922 and 1927—and it has won a higher percentage of its shield games than any other province. Canterbury, meeting Hawke’s Bay at Lancaster Park today, is approaching both these records, and it has one of its own—-the largest number of shield successes, 43. If Canterbury wins today, it will be its twentieth consecutive success in Ranfurly bhieia games. The full list of results of the teams which have played in shield games is as follows:

Hawke’s Bay P. . 39 W. 29 D. 0 10 P.F. 878 PA. 377 744 Waikato . 19 13 2 4 243 133 73.7 Otago 52 33 3 16 770 395 67.3 Canterbury . 62 40 3 19 841 569 66 4 Wellington . 51 31 2 18 727 534 62.7 Auckland . 46 25 2 19 598 477 56.5 Southland . 36 19 0 17 468 428 528 Manawhenua 6 3 0 3 84 110 50.0 Wairarapa . 26 12 1 13 398 405 48 1 North Auckland 9 3 0 6 94 186 33 3 Taranaki . 26 2 17 205 327 3y.8 Buller 6 0 1 5 12 94 8.3 South Canterbury . 13 1 0 12 121 291 7.7 Ashburton County . 3 0 0 3 23 101 •— Eav of Plenty 5 0 0 5 44 106 ■1 ■ Bush 3 0 0 3 14 148 — East Coast 1 0 0 1 0 42 — Horowhenua 2 0 0 2 14 52 __ King Country 3 0 0 3 16 96 — Manawatu 6 0 0 6 22 104 __ Marlborough 2 0 0 2 8 58 __ Mid-Canterbury 1 0 0 1 6 —- Nelson 1 0 0 1 3 35 — North Otago 3 0 0 3 6 69 Poverty Bay 5 0 0 5 23 157 __ South Auckland 1 0 0 1 5 21 — Thames Valley 3 0 0 3 20 60 Wanganui . 11 0 0 11 66 243 West Coast 7 0 0 7 45 122 —