LOCAL MATCHES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12189, 10 June 1907, Page 2

LOCAL MATCH ES.

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KKSULTS OF GAMES. Collar*. 22 v. Waverley n \\.\ i^a>,ui . 18 v. Old Boy« .... X )'i a, t :{ v. Kaierau .... A liciutilul weather prevailed on Saturday iilternoon, when the local Rugby I niriu • Cup matrix-* \>ei# advanced another stage, and Iheir »ai a rery large attendance ot »peilator« to wittiest the three Minor yanien which weie played on tke H?c. lln U'avei ley-College mat( h wa» the hut to occupy attention. WaTeiIcy had a weak team, and could only place 1.5 men in the field, playing with but fire iotw*rd«. Thi« enabled the College to more than hold th«ir own in the scrnins, and the consequent <• wa» that tlieir back» go! |»lenty ol oppoi tunit ie», which they arailed theniielve. ot tully, of showing their dash and (.]<>venie»s, the game endirif in a win tor the boy* by 22 to nil. Th*' W aug.iuui-Old l>nyi match wat phtyrd <m No. 2 ground, tvlucli «hi not roninnTt to gwnt (oothati. The Old Uoy« pill up a Very cmditable h»ht, holding their own in the first -ipoH, but want of condition then tolrl a tale, and when the whittle loimded the red and blacks had IS pom! • to tluii ucdit. as agains A hx < the Old Hoys. The game of the >>cason v*m thwt between the Piiates and the [vaieiaH-., the contest being very p\en and nifeiivly intcre«ting lroni start to finish. The play wa& eonlined principally to the forwa'ds. but it wa« vory fast and willing right through, without bting rough, and the result — a draw — was a fitting termination to tine ol the finest games seen heie for 11 long time.