SECOND ROUND COMMENCES
JOHNSONVILLE DRAW WITH WELLINGTON
On slightly slippery grounds, but with overhead conditions ideal, the second round of the Wellington Rugby Union's senior first division championship and the' Hardham Memorial Cup competition were commenced on Saturday afternoon. Wellington (the competition leaders) and Johnsonville, two of the six remaining championship contenders, met at Athletic Park, and in a stirring match the teams drew—6 points all. Poneke rather unexpectedly beat Athletic in a fairly high scoring match, and as a result Wellington now have a very useful five points lead on the ladder. Athletic, Johnsonville, and Petone, who beat Marist Bros. Old Boys by a point on Saturday, are equal in second place, Poneke are a point behind, and Marist Bros. Old Boys are a point behind Poneke.
In the Hardham Memorial Cup competition (for the bottom six teams in the first division) Wellington College Old Boys scored an excellent win over Oriental at Kelburn Park, Hutt beat University comfortably, and Eastbourne and St. Patrick's College Old Boys drew. A feature of the second division competition was the defeat of the leaders, Miramar, by Onslow in a close match.
SENIOR A RESULTS AT A GLANCE
FIRST DIVISION. SECOND DIVISION. Wellington 6 Johnsonville .... 6 Onslow 6 Miramar 3 Poneke 16 Athletic 12 Petono 13 Hutt 0 Petone 9 Marist 0.8 S Wellington 12 Pirates ........ 9 HARDHAM MEMORIAL CUP. Marist* Bm.* oIb!, a Athle"C 3 Hutt 13 University 6 bye. Eastbourne 12 St. Pat's 0.8. .... 12 Well. ColL 0.8. . 18 Oriental 6
i iiitji uivioiun. rn. Pts. Cli. W. D. L. P. A. Tts. Wellington 10 1 1 1S7 90 21 Athletic 7 2 3 199 100 10 .Tohnsonville 7 2 3 136 88 16 Petone S — 4. 140 90 16 Poneke 7 1 4 142 IIS 15 Marist Bros. O.B 6 2 4 105 98 14 Miramar Wellington Onslow Athletic Pirates Petone Hutt Marist Bros. O.B Poneke W. JJ. S 1 8 — 7 -— * 5 2 6 — 5 •— 3 1 o 2 Pt*. Ch. L. V. A. Pts. 2 107 44 17 3 ISO 112 10 4 137 9!) 11 4 101 77 12 4 81 103 12 0 113 133 10 7 08 105 7 5 65 107 4 8 51 129 4 HARDHAM MEMORIAL CUP. rts. ch. W. ». L. F. A. Pts. Well. Coll. O.B 6 1 5 153 125 13 Hutt 5 1. 6 121 155 ll University 4 1 7 103 152 9 Oriental 2 2 S 114 160 0 Eastbourne 2 1 9 91 ISO 5 St. Pat's O.B — 2 10 91 217 2
CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 14, 17 July 1939, Page 15
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