AUCKLAND RUGBY UNION.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 694, 25 June 1903, Page 7

AUCKLAND RUGBY UNION.

FIRST ROUND COMPLETED. CITY LEADING FOR THE CUP. The first round of the competition for shawihionship honours for 1903 was concluded on Saturday afternoon, when all three first-grade Rugby matches were played at Alexandra Park, the meeting between Grafton and Ponsonby on No. t <mound attracting a large attendance. The game was stubbornly contested, ana ended in a win for Grafton by eight pointe to three. On the No. 2 ground City beat Suburbs by twenty-two pointe to ml, and OB the No. 3 'ground Newton defeated Parnell by thirteen points to nil. City now hold a lead for the Cup, having won five of the six matches played, the remam- . ing pame, that against Newton, played at the opening of the season, resulting m a draw.