Soccer More Popular
For the first time, slx-a-slde soccer proved more popular than seven-a-side Rugby in the Canterbury Life Boys’ sports tournament which started on Saturday. Eleven Soccer teams and eight Rugby teams took part in the three district sections which were held. The first Ranglora team, holder of the F. B. Smith Rugby Cup, and the seventh Christchurch, holder of the W. R. Johns Soccer Challenge Cup, both won their link competitions enabling them to defend their titles in the area tournament. One Rugby and one Soccer team will represent each of the five links in Christchurch and North Canterbury at the Canterbury area competition on Saturday, September 24. One Rugby team has been entered from Ashburton and an invitation has been sent to the Otago area to enter two teams. Otago is also to play Canterbury for the Stedfast Shield the same day. The results of the final game in each link were: Soccer.—North link: 7th Christchurch (Northcote) 12, Ist Kalapoi A 1. West link: 26th Christchurch (Hornby) 1, Sth Christchurch (Upper Riccarton) 0. South-west link: Ist Christchurch (Beckenham) 4, 33rd Christchurch (Hoon Hay) 1.
Rugby —North link: Ist Rangiora 6, 7th Christchurch (Northcote) 3. West link: 13th Christchurch (Upper Riccarton) 6, 34th Christchurch (Avonhead) 3. South-west link: 33rd Christchurch (Hoon Hay) 25, Combined 8.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31162, 12 September 1966, Page 16
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