SANDY'S CORNER
And now for the All Black trials, the job of finding a team that v ill avenge the defeat South Africa inflicted on New Zealand in 1937. (WITH APOLOGIES TO LEWIS CARROLL) ’Twas the voice of Otago, we heard them deciare You have travelled too far-— you should stay North up there Where vict ries come easier on your football field, We’re not going to part with tht Ranfur.y Shield. We've watched your achievement* with gratified pride, We realise fully you’ve brought a . good side. You’ve cleaned up some ‘ good ' uns,” it has been revea ed. ! But you can’t get. away with th» Ranfur.y Shield. Have you noticed the number of games you have won? Just two vo in a row that’s a very good run. Superstitious?—Thirteen! To fate you must, yield. Bad luck when the games for the Ranfur.y Shield. i So now we all know why the game went astray. It \ x n't the weather; it wasn’t bad play. It wasn’t the way the Otago chaps heeled. It was just number thirteen! No Ranfur'y Shield. —Frank. (Saturday’s was the 13th match Wanganui has p.ayed against Otago.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 23 August 1948, Page 4
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190SANDY'S CORNER Wanganui Chronicle, 23 August 1948, Page 4
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