COMPETITION

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 132, 21 June 1937, Page 9

COMPETITION

■ ■ » MARIST A BYE Napier Old Boys Down to Hastings H.S.O.B. ■ ii ■I w I iilwHASTINGS BEAT PIRATES • ±*or the first tinie this season ht.A.0* assume Sole leadership of the coinbined Hastings-Napier Rugby football club champiouship competition. They hold this position by virtue of the fact that while they were ovefcoming, in quite satisfactory style. the opposition of Celtic, their rivals to the leadership, Marist were having a bye, thtis allowing the Maoria to run two points up the ladder. Saturday's series prov'ided 110 eur-pris-ee apart from the big marglhs of the victories gained by M.A.C. -and Hastings H.S.O.B. The former defeated Celtic by 20 points to eight in a ganie that was very even except in scoring. Old Boys downed their rivals, -Napier H.S.O.B., by the margin of 26 points to 12, after being down 9—3 at half' time. In the main game at Napier; though it was not the mere interesting of the two, Technical O.B. deieated Havelock North 16—5, all' the winner's points coming dn the second spelL The brighter game of the two at McLean Park was that between Hastings and Pirates, the former running out cOmfortable wln*nere by 17 points to 10 after a game itt which there were many interesting movements. The positions of the teams are now as followi—

Games Points uii. W. L. D. For Agt. Pts M.A.O. ...... 9 1 — 189 79 IS Marists ...... 8 1 155 91 16 Technical O.B. 7 2 — 152 49 14 Celtic 5 5 — 106 107 10 Hastings .... B 5 — .72 116- 10 Hastings O.B. 4 6 *— 149 153 S Napier O.B. .. 4 6> — 107 140 S Pirates ...... 1 8 1 103 185 3 Havelock N. — 9 1 ' 91 204 1