RUGBY STATISTICS
HIGHLY POPULAR GAME. TOTAL. <W 20.064, PLAYERS. The popularity of tho Rugby gam® of football with those who Jiko to indulge in , field sports was evidenced at tho annual meeting of the Now Zealand Rugby football Union,* when a return was presented, showing that there are twenty unions, sixty-eight aub-union.s and 20,064 players under the jurisdiction of the union. These totals are comprised as follow: Auckland. 22 sub-unions, 358 clubs or teams, 5180” players; South Auckland, 9. 54, 1026; Hay of Plenty, 5, 21. 600; Poverty Bay 2, 19, 486; Taranaki, 1, 21 959; Wanganui, C, 54, 1304; Alanawatu. 1, fi7, 425; Hawke’s Bay, 5, 31, 1120; Bush District, 1, 20, 360; Wuirarapa, 1, 11, 320; Horowhenua, 0,3, 162; Wellington, 0, 79. 1501; Marlborough, 0,5, 190; Nelson, 2, 14, 319! Buller, 0,7, 396; West Coast. I, 10, 300; Canterbury, 4, 20, 1780; South Canterbury, 0. il, 515; Otago. 6, 117, ' 2420; Southland. 3, 30. 630. Totals, 20 unions, 68 snb-unlbns. 20,064 players. The return excludes primary schools.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10603, 31 May 1920, Page 7
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169RUGBY STATISTICS New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10603, 31 May 1920, Page 7
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