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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 65, Issue 5525, 16 September 1942, Page 5

BOYCE CUP TO MATAMATA Matamata juniors won the Boyce Cup on Saturday after a. lapse, of. seven years by defeating Cambridge : juniors at Cambridge .by the ,convincing score of 17 points to 3. The I Mataniafa forwards dominated play for most of. the game, and it . was really their' relentless, hard. tackling of the Cambridge backs in the first. 2.0 minutes which paved the way for victory. The Cambridge backs easily showed they were a first-class, division, but as the .game progressed, they.; passed more wildly and towards the' end wilted under the terrific pressure : of the visiting eight. At half-time the score was 3—3/ but right from the resumption the Matamata pack jumped to their work and confined play to the blue quarters for most of the half. The visiting, backs improved slightly as the. game progressed:but',-o nevery approached Cambridge standai’d. PREVIOUS CUP WINNERS Previous winners of the Boyce Cup are:— Cambridge: 1925, 1931, 1936. Matamata: 1926, 1927, -1929, 1980, 1934, 1935, 1942. Morrinsville: 1932, 1938, 1940, 1941. Waipa: 1928,-1933, 1937, 1939. ■ Matamata - : 7 times, Morrinsville and Waipa 4, Cambridge 3.