ASHBURTON WINS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19119, 14 September 1936, Page 8

ASHBURTON WINS

TEN POINTS TO SIX SOUTH CANTERBURY BEATEN (Per Press Association.) ASHBURTON, this day. Ashburton on Saturday defeated South Canterbury by 10 points to six in a hard-fought Rugby game in which there were few spectacular movements. There was little between, the teams in the first half, but, in the second, South Canterbury, playing with the wind, had the territorial advantage. For Ashburton, Doig and Vessey scored tries, Vessey and McKenzie converting them. For South Canterbury, Ryan scored a try and Morrison lacked a penalty goal.

The addition of Japan to the list of nations with which Now Zealand matches its Rugby strength would be welcomed by the Japanese, in the opinion of Mr. S. Fuse, a Japanese business man who lias been in Taranaki furthering trade in primary produce between the province and Japan, states the Taranaki News. Although baseball was the popular modern sport in Japan in the summer, lie said, Japanese winter weather was much the same as New' Zealand's, and his people were becoming more and more enthusiastic over Rugby football as a winter game as a result of the visit of the New r Zealand University team. If New r Zealand were to suggest a return visit from a Japanese team it would, he thought, be welcomed w'ith gratitude,