SIX-POINT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Marist Take 1939 Grade Honours DECiSIVE VICTORY TO THE BLUES Old Students Wear Down Cells
rpHE Gisborne Rugby championship issue for 1939 was seldom in doubt on Saturday. Four points ahead before the game started Mansi effectively “closed the gate” by handing Old Bays a trouncing and build-_ mg up an unassailable lead of six c hnmpionship points with two game to go. The blues were on top ot Old Boys throughout and seldom let up. scoring a decisive victory. In this game one Marist player was ordcied oil and a player on each side warned. lISO.B. wore down a good Celtic lead in the second senior game and won by two points. In this match three field goals wore kicked, the men to score by this means being Malone and J. McKm.ey. Celtic, and Newton, H. 5.0.8. Results were as follows: — SENIORS THIRD GRADE Marist 16. Old Boys 9. Marist lli - «.> c H. 5.0.8. 16, Celtic 14. <»•' JUNIORS Marist 18, Celtic 3. Celtic 17, Old Boys A 0. FIFTH GRADE Old Boys B 19, High School 5. Marist 21, High School A 0. H. 5.0.8. 15, Rovers 3. High School B G, Old Boys 0.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20003, 31 July 1939, Page 11
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199SIX-POINT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20003, 31 July 1939, Page 11
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