FOOTBALL
THE RANFURLY SHIELD VALUE TO HAWKE S BAY [ Per Press Association. * NAPIER, March 22. Reference is madje as follows in the ’annual report of the Hawke’s Bay ] ugby Union to the Banfurly Shield: j “It seems fitting, now that the jj'anfurly Shield has departed from this district, to place on record the imFmeuse value the shield has been to lie Hawke’s Bay province both from 'playing and financial points of view’, i “It has created public interest in •football previously unequalled and our /mly regret is that through the loss of Ithe Shield public interest has, to ft certain extent, waned, although the r ibsequent matches provided were j illy up to Shield standard.” | Last season’s profits, with only one Shield match, totalled £824, bringing tie Union’s accumulated funds to £3722.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20103, 23 March 1928, Page 8
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132FOOTBALL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20103, 23 March 1928, Page 8
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