TOP GRADE HONOURS TO HUTT
STRENUOUS BATTLE WITH COLLEGE OLD BOYS
For the second time in the history, of die now slroiigly;established I^utt Club, Rugby championship honours go to its first grade team. The final series of matches in !the: first division competition was played on Saturday afternoon, with interest centred- in the contest between Hutt and Wellington College .Old--Boys for the J premiership. Conditions were ..so bad as to make ilie eyent a trying ordeal, iho players foxvone spell having to face wind and ■ driving ■rain. Nevertheless, it was a ding-dong wet-weather tussle, from which the sides emerged with honours easy, though Hutt, requiring only a draw, were a point.lo the good for the championship title. In view of Saturday's result^ the announcement: that the teams, will meet again next Saturday in the contest for the National Mutual Life Challenge Cup will give satisfaction.- Some surprises were sprung in thei other '.niatehes. onj Saturday ' after- " iiobri. Eastbourne had art easy win over JPeton^ ias did Wellington over Poneke. A keen contest between Marist and-Athletic was won narrowly by Marist, and University di4 not have much to spare from St. Patrick's College Old Boys.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 31, 6 August 1934, Page 4
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194TOP GRADE HONOURS TO HUTT Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 31, 6 August 1934, Page 4
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