Junior North To Athletic; Tie In South

Chronicle (Levin), 23 August 1948, Page 4

Junior North To Athletic; Tie In South

, 4 i OLD BOYS A WIN THIRDS Satiirday saw the final games in - the: 1948 ' Horowhenua rugby ■ cliampionships, . the most closelycqrtteSted for many sefesons, and several play-offs- vfll b§ neceSsary ' before the hbnours are decidedv Wanderers and Hui 3\laL in scoriiig over Athietic and Shannon respectively," eaph have 17 : points ahd Will play ' off for the : senidr championship. In the Nash Cup competition. which was 1 piayed over the final round of the ; championship, Wanderers and Athietic vhave tied With six points v and they' Will now ineet in *a decisive game'. Athietic have won the nbrthferri division of the juhior Championship, but in the southern section there' is a draw betwee'n Rahui and Paraparaumu, Who Will hqiW have' to play off to determirie whb is gbing to meet Athietic v in the district final. In the Libensed Vitttiallers' Cup bompetltipn, • de-. cided over the third roimd bf the juhior .championship, P.unahau,' whb were runners-up to Athietic in the. championship, are the sucCessful northern' team and wiil Contest the final against Rahui, Who have . most points in the Southern divisibh. • Old Boys A have eonvincingly Won the third grade . champidnship from Rahui with- a margin of five points/ . • =. ;■ .In the fourth grade competition, althotigh " another • game remains to be' piayed, nbthing can upset' the honours goihg' to College', A, who aref four points ahead of ^Ranxidii. -• .Senior Hui Mai .9) Shannon 5. ■ Wanderers 8, Athietic 6. Northern Junior Wanderers 5, Shannon 0. ' Athietic 12, Tokomaru 9. Southern JfUnior Rahui 13, Hui Mai 0. . Otaki forfeited to Waikanae. Third Grade Rahui 11, Shannon 3. " Old Boys A 11, Athietic 6. Old Boys B forfeited to College. Fourth Grade Manaatuw 14, Horowhenua 6. The ta'bles below vshow how the teams were placed at the cohclu£iOn of ' the championships:—

.NiashVCUp fioints.-.: are-,— -Athietic and.r Wdiider ef k 'Ane]adh, • Hui Ma|-| 4 and Shanrioif^ ^.nd v 6ta^-RahUi'| 2 each. In the Licensed Victuallers' Cup; competition the points are: — Northern: Punahau 8> Athietic 6, Tokomaru ;4, ,-^Vanderers 2 and Shannon 0. Southern: Rahui 7, Paraparaumu 5, Hui Mai 4, Otaki 5 and Waikanae 4.

. • .3 " —i O M 13 , . d . 1 fe . % ' S H g g 8 +2 -5 3 E-i ft ^ Q J ft . ft P Hui Mai 12 8 1 3 124 82 17 Wanderers 12 8 1 3 1M • 8L 17 Athletic* * 12 6- 3 3 104 81 15 Shannon 12 4 1 7 -80 87 9 Otaki-Rahui 12 1 — 11 34 164 2

Senior Championship

Athletic * .12 iu — 'i ivyi 51 zu Punahau 12 9 — 3 172 74 18 Tokorriaru 12 6 — 6 133 80 12 Wanderers - 12 5 — 7 74 121 TO "Shannon ' • 12 — — 13 33 265 —

Junior Championship—North

Pram 12 y l 2 133 db iy Rahui 12 9 1 2 102 52 19 Hui Mai' 12-6 1 5 115 100 13 Otaki 12 2 1 9 53 132 5 YAFa i Ira ncie 19 9 Ifl R7 110 4

Junior Championship—South

O.B.A. 15 14 1 — 254 52 29 Rahui 15 12 — 3 165 72 24 Athletic 15 7 3 4 103 76 17 Shannon . 15 4 2 9 61 163 10 College 15 4 1 10 113 96 .9' O.B.B. 15 1 — 14 43 279 2

Third-Grade Championship

College A 11 9 1 1 118 28 19 Shannon 11 7 1 3 126 64 15 Otdki 11 5 1 5 79 72 11 Rahui. - . 11 .2.2 7 42 98 6 College B 12 2 1 9 49 120 5

Fourth-Grade Championship