TO-MORROW’S HOME AND HOME RUGBY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 1 July 1932, Page 4

TO-MORROW’S HOME AND HOME RUGBY

RETURN MATCH WITH MARLBOROUGH PROSPECTS FOR KEENLY CONTESTED GAME At Trafalgar Park to-morrow the return home and home match between the Nelson and Marlborough Rugby representatives will be played, and the prospects are for an evenly-contested game the result of which will be interesting m view of Marlborough’s challenge for the Seddon Shield (Buller holders) later this month.

The weather is>#iow apparently settled and the- ground lias dried well considering its state last week-end. These two factors should ensure a large crowd and fast football. In tile former home and home match played a fortnight ago in Blenheim Nelson won by 19 points to 15 in a game which produced sparkling football. If Marlborough win to-morrow it will even the- number of victories each the two provinces have had since the first match was played between them in 1883.

The Marlborough team, under the management of Mr Costello, will arrive in Nelson to-night- and will stay at tbs Central Hotel. The teams will be as follows: Marlborough Full back: Bartlett. Threequarters: McLaughlin, Fleming, Phillips. Five eighths: Sveuson (capt.) Roberts. Halfback : Robinson. Forwards:- Washington, Tap ley, R. Woolley, Mulloy, Mcßryde, M. Woolley, Botham, and Baker. Nelson . Full back: Watson. Threequarters: Snodgrass, Newman, Beard (captain). Five eighths: S. Stewart, F. Fowler. Halfback: Westley. . Forwards : Sutherland, Ferguson, Austin, Schwass, Max, James, Bird, Drummond. MARLBOROUGH SAYS NO REPLACEMENTS Tlie Nelson Rugby Union has been notified, by the Marlborough Union that the visiting representative team on Saturday for the return home and home match between Marlborough and Nelson will not allow replacements. RECORD OF NELSON=MARL= ' BOROUGH GAMES SINCE 1883

Inter-provincial matches between Marlborough and Nelson commenced as far back as 1883. By this date Rugby had been played in Nelson for about 15 years, and 9 representative matches had been played against Wellington, whereas the game was comparatively new in Marlborough in that year and Nelson won by 3 goals and 7 tries. The second game was not played until 1889 Since that date the provincial teams have met fairly regularly, and in recent year's home and home matches have been played annually in Nelson and Blenheim respectively. The records of the Nelson Union show that Marlborough first beat Nelson in 1892, by 4 points to nil. In all 51 matches have been played, Nelson winning 23, Marlborough “ 22, drawn 4, no record of score 2. It will be noticed that in recent years Marlborough have won a greater proportion of games than Nelson. The records of the matches played are as follows:

1883 —Nelson won, by 3 goals and 7 tries. 1889—Nelson won, 3 to nil. 1890—Nelson won, 6 to nil. 1891—Nelson won, 1 to nil. 1892—Marlborough won, 4 to nil. 1893--Draw, no score. 1893—Marlborough won, 4 to 2. 1893--Nelson won, 8 to 2. 1894--Draw, 3 all. 1896—Nelson won. 6 to nil. 1897--Marlborough won, 20 to nil. 1899--Draw, 6 all. 1900—Nelson won, 3 to nil. 1901—Nelson won, 10 to nil. 1902Marlborough won. 9 to nil. 1903—Nelson won. 10 to 3. , 1904--Nelson won, 12 to 6. 1905—Nelson won. 14 to 7. 1906--Marlborough won, 8 to nil. 1807--Marlborough won (S.S.), 14 to 4. 1909--Marlborough won, 15 to nil. 1910--Marlborough won, 24 to 6. 1911--Marlborough won, 6 to nil. 1916--Nelson won. 24 to nil. 1916--Marlborough won. 1917--No record of score. 1918--Nelson won, 14 to 6. 1919--Marlborough won, 14 to nil. 1.920--Marlborough won, 18 to 3. 1920--Marlborough won, 14 to 3. 19.21--Marlborough won, 24 to nil. 1922--Nelson won S.S.), 16 to 3. 1924--No record o; score. 1995— -Nelson won. 11 to 8_ 1925--Marlborough won. 23 to 21. 1925--Marlborough won (S.S.), 16 to nil. 1926--Nelson won. 13 to 11. 1926—Marlborough won. 1927--Nelson won. 14 to 13. 1927— -Marlborough won, 16 to 11. 1927--Nelson won (S.S.). 12 to 8. 1928--'Marlborough won, 14 to 3. 19.88--Nelson won. 18 to 9. 1928—Drawn game (S.S.), 10 all. 19 5 9— -Marlborough won, 22 to 11. 1929--Marlborough won. 26 to 11. 1930—Nelson won. IT to 8. 18-9--Nelson won. 20 to 9. 1931--Nelson won, 24 to 6. 1931--Marlborough won. 12 to 6. 1932--Nelson won, 19 to 15.