COUNTRY MATCHES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 1008, 1 July 1909, Page 12

COUNTRY MATCHES.

At Hamilton, in the senior competition, City defeated Suburbs by 20 points to nil, while in the junior grade City proved victorious over Suburbs by 5 points to nil. At Paeroa a junior match was played between Suburbs and Paeroa, and resulted in a drawn game, each side scoring a try. At Waihi a representative match match was played between Waihi and Paeroa, the latter team winning by 3 points to nil. In the cup matches under the Rotorua Rugby Union, Waikite defeated Kahukura by 12 points to 3. The Wai-

kite team has won the championship this year again, this being the fourth season in succession that they have proved winners of the Rotorua Rugby Union’s senior competition. The junior match between City and Arawa was won by the former fifteen by 6 points to 5.

At Coromandel the cup match between Northern and Southern resulted in a win for the former by 12 points to 3. At the Thames the senior match between Suburbs and County was won by the suburban fifteen by 15 points to nil. The first junior match be tween County A and City resulted in a drawn game.