RUGBY FOOTBALL
S U JIME R-LIKE CON DITIONS. MANAWATU BEAT WANGANUI. G. AND C. CUT CONTESTS. Summer-like weather prevailed for Rugby matches on Saturday. In a free-scoring game at Johnston Park, Feilding, Manawatu registered their sixth win for the season by defeating Wanganui by 25 points to 11. The inter-club subsidiary series were proceeded with. Feilding upsetting matters by defeating Feilding Old Boys, the 1935 champions, the game being presented as a curtain-raiser to the representative fixture. At the Showgrounds St. Patrick’s, who had played off with Feilding Old Boys for the championship, suffered defeat by Old Boys, who now remain the only ■unbeaten club. They have still to meet Feilding Old Boys. Two finals were also staged in the lower grades. United beating Old Boys, the junior champions, in the final of the Rogers Cup after a hardfought struggle, while High School A beat Kia Toa in the final of the fifth grade.
THE SCORE BOARD. Representative Fixtlire, Manawatu 25 v. Wanganui 11. G. and C. Cup. Feilding 12 v. Feilding 0.8. 9. Old Boys 12 v. St. Patrick’s 3. Rogers Cup. United 9 v. Old Boys 8. Fifth Grade. High School A 11 v. Kia Toa 8.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 247, 16 September 1935, Page 8
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199RUGBY FOOTBALL Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 247, 16 September 1935, Page 8
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