RUGBY FOOTBALL
PETONE CLUB'S JUBILEE REUNION IN WELLINGTON [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] WELLINGTON. Sunday The Petone Rugby Club, established in 1885, opened its jubilee celebrations yesterday when nearly MOO players, past and present, paraded before an attendance of some thousands on the Petono Recreation Ground. Five of the original members of the club were present and nine All Blacks. Sixty Wellington representatives who were members of the club also paraded. Teams of "old-timers" played a match in tho afternoon and a reunion was held in the evening. Tho visitors were entertained at a sight-seeing tour after a visit to the Wellington War Memorial, where a wreath was placed in memory of Major \V. J. Hardham, V.C. A church service was hold in tho afternoon.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22392, 13 April 1936, Page 15
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