Christchurch, Linwood Only Unbeaten Teams

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31363, 8 May 1967, Page 18

Christchurch, Linwood Only Unbeaten Teams

Christchurch and Linwood remained the only unbeaten teams in the senior Rugby championship after the fourth round on Saturday.

Linwood beat Old Boys in a rousing match at Rugby Park but Christchurch had a narrow escape against an enterprising University B team at Lancaster Park and won 9-5.

Suburbs lost its first match when it was decisively outplayed by a superb New Brighton pack which controlled play throughout the game. At Dam, University A showed better form by beating Merivale-Papanui 27-11 and Sydenham scored its first win when it beat Belfast 1411. The only team which has not won is Lincoln College.

Results:— Linwood 15, Old Boys 9. Christchurch 9, University B 5. New Brighton 9, Suburbs 8. Albion 9, Marist 6. University A 27, Meri-vale-Papanui IL Shirley 22, Lincoln College 10. Sydenham 14, Belfast IL

Points after the fourth round are:— A Pts P W L D F Linwood .. .. 4 4 » — 81 30 4 Christchurch .. 4 4 * — 63 23 4 Albion .. .. 4 3 1 51 35 3 Suburbs .. .. 4 3 1 44 24 3 New Brighton 4 3 1 • 32 31 3 Shirley .. ... 4 2 2 — 56 62 2 University A .. 4 2 2 — 47 31 2 Marist .. .. 4 1 2 1 49 41 li University B .. 4 1 2 1 39 43 U Belfast .. .. 4 1 3 — 40 49 1 Sydenham .. 4 1 3 * 35 58 1 Merivale-Papanui 4 1 3 — 35 86 1 Old Boys .. .. 4 1 3 • 29 51 1 Lincoln College 4 — 4 — 34 71 —