A GOOD YEAR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 255, 25 September 1935, Page 14

A GOOD YEAR.

THE OLD BOYS CLUB. AVhilo the senior fifteen of the Old Bovs Club did not prove capable of winning championship honours, their defeat of Feilding Old Boys on Saturday enabled them to emerge with an unbeaten record in the Goldfinch and Cousins Cup series. Away hack in 1920 the Old Boys Club won the subsidiary competition after Kia Toa had captured the inter-club championship. The positions were directly reversed twelve months later, for it was Old Boys who won the championship with Kia Toa tne G. and C. Cup. In 1927 these same teams met in the play-off and, m a great struggle, the old rivals were on terms after 20 minutes’ extra play* the score being 12-12. A replay was ordered and on this occasion the double blues proved superior, winning by 11 points to 3. It was the last occasion on which Old Boys were to figure so prominently until the present season, and for the second occasion in the 11 years the trophy has been competed for they have won it As the junior team of the club proved capable of winning the junior championship and were runners-up to United in the subsidiary competition, wrnlr tlieir thirds won the championship m their grade, the year must be considered a most successful one for the club. In nil the three grades a high standard of the code has been aimed at and, with such a fund of young material at their command, the officials should not have any fears for the future. The even balance of the club’s representatives played a material part towards the winning of the Abraham Cup, which is allocated to the winners of the club championship. G. AND C. CUP. Winners of the Goldfinch and Cousins Cup during the period it has been played for have been : 1924. —Kia Toa. 1925. —Old Boys. 1926. Kia Toa. 1927. —Kia Toa (after replay). 1928. Feilding. 1929. —Kia Toa. 1930. —Not Played. 1931. —Feilding Old Boys. 1932. —United. 1933. —Feilding Old Boys. 1934. St. Patrick’s. 1935. Old Boys.