League trophy on the move
The Canterbury rugby league season is just 17 days old, but one premier grade i trophy might change hands for the third time at the ! Show Grounds this evening. Eastern Siiburbs-Hertz ! captured the weekly chai- • lenge trophy, the Desmond; ! Rogers Memorial, when it ; beat Marist-Westem Suburbs 1 in the . 1979 championship ‘ grand final. 1 But the trophy was lost to : Sydenham when Eastern made its first appearance in ■ the Qantas-Radio Avon ! k n o c k-o u t t o u r n ament, and last week Syden- ; ham was beaten by Hornby ■ in the semi-finals. i
So there will be more than prize money and interclub prestige at stake when Hornby and Linwood meet in the. knock-out final tonight. The winner is to receive a cheque for $5OO (the loser receives $300) and will carry the Desmond-Rogers Memorial into" the first round of the premiership when, by coincidence, Hom; by and Linwood are to meet again. . . In this evening’s curtainraiser, Marist and Sydenham are to vie for third and fourth positions,: the successful side to earn $l5O of the $2OO. (Preview of final; page 30)
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