JUNIOR RUGBY.
DEFAULT CLAIMED. The home game between the junior Woodville and United football teams did not take place on Saturday, the latter failing to put in an appearance. The match was to have been played in a paddock over a mile distant from the town, the usual ground being occupied by hockey players. The Woodville team and also several spectators assembled on the field, and after waiting for some time members of the home fifteen went in search
of their opponents, thinking thoy may have mistaken the location of the contest. It is stated that no advice wan received either from the United Club or from the Manawatu Rnghy Union that the match was not likely to take place, and consequently tlie ganw has been claimed to the credit of "Woodville.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 205, 31 July 1939, Page 10
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132JUNIOR RUGBY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 205, 31 July 1939, Page 10
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