RANFURLY SHIELD
AN AUCKLAND CHALLENGE?
Provided the representative team I shows sufficiently promising forp, there has been talk of a special Auckland challenge for the Ranfurly Shield this season, but it looks as though nothing can come of it, as apparently it would be impossible to* fit in a suitable date (states the Auckland "Rugby News"). Otago has Shield matches already booked against Southland (July 31), against Marlborough (September 18), and against Hawke's Bay (September 25). Also, Otago has a northern tour extending from August 14 to 28, both dates inclusive, and embracing matches against ■'- Canterbury, Wairarapa, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, and Wellington. A special challenge match would have to be played on a Saturday, and Auckland has no free Saturday, except too early in the season, on which Otago is not already committed to a fixture. It looks as.if the Shield challenge will have to wait until next year, by which time the Shield may or may not still be in Otago.
The St. Patrick's forwards were outhooked by Johnsonville, and generally failed to reach the'high standard set by the opposition. Todd, Gill, and Wooller, however, were very effective in breaking on to the Johnsonville backline.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 120, 22 May 1937, Page 23
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196RANFURLY SHIELD Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 120, 22 May 1937, Page 23
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