MANAWATU WIN.
GOOD MARGIN OVER WAIRARAPA. Though not playing as well as usual, the Manawatu representative team beat Wairarapa at Johnston Park, Feilding. on Saturday by 22 points to 8. The weather was line and the ground hard and fast, but neither team produced football of the speedy, open character in the hacks or the battling intensity in the forwards that was expected in an inter-provincial match. The curtain-raiser was provided by the Manawatu third grade representatives and the Oroua Sub-Union juniors, the home side taking the honours by 14 points to 3. In the Manawatu Union no senior club matches were played.
THE SCORE BOARD. Representatives, Manawatu 22 v. Wairarapa 8. Juniors. (Subsidiary Competition.) United 15 v. Kia Toa 8. Feilding 0.8. Bv. St. Patrick’s 6. Old Roys won by default from Jaekoytown. Thirds. Manawatu 14 v. Oroua Juniors 3. Fifths. Kia Toa 9 v. Feilding H.S. 5.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 9 August 1937, Page 5
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149MANAWATU WIN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 9 August 1937, Page 5
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