PETONE'S SUCCESS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 49, 26 August 1935, Page 4

PETONE'S SUCCESS

PRESENTATION OF CUP

"Club football is the foundation, after, school football, of our game in New Zealand, and when you have clubs with traditions like those of Petone it speaks a tremendous amount for the club spirit throughout the country," remarked Mr. S. S. Dean, chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union, at the function at which the senior A grade Rugby championship cup was presented to Petone. The Petone Football Club had had a wonderful record in local | club football, and the winning of the senior championship this year was a fitting achievement in view of fTio fact

that the.club-■ was celebrating its übileei .-Mr..Dean, joined in congratuating the:Petone team;, upon its success, and also- remarked that greal credit was due to the dub management and to-the'junior teamsivhich had^assisted greatly in carrying PetoneTto the °The function' was -presided. .over by Mr J. N, Millard r 'actmg. cliairnjan .of the Wellington; Rugby. Union, who In. handing the cup to the captaui .of the winnina team (E. Reid) and the i>resident of thVPetone Football Club (Mr. J RoTaertson), -Congratulated the winners upon their success, which was doubly pleasing in: that it came m Petone's jubilee; year. . The. .P.etone Club had turned out. some. good.football teams and some great players; and, on the display givei. that day; it-seemed that the grip they- had taken of the cup would not easily be loosened. - Mr. Len McKenzie offered congratulations on behalf of the Wellington College Old Boys' Club and stated that Petone always play a hard game, but it was always clean, which was a very good thing from the Rugby viewpoint. He was convinced, too, that the Wellington Rugby Union had in Petone one of its most loyal crowds. Tributes were paid to the captain (E. Reid) and to- the team's coach (Clem Green), and cheers were given for winners and losers, as well as for the Timners-\ip (Hutt).