RUGBY BOMBSHELL
Ranfurly Shield to be Returned to Wairarapa
PROTEST UPHELD
THERE was a sensational ending to the Ranfurly Shield dispute over the Barclay case to-day, when the New Zealand Rugby Union decided to uphold Wairarapa’s protest, and ordered that the shield be returned to Wairarapa.
(Special to THE SUN.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. A special meeting of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union was held to-day to consider the protest of the Wairarapa Rugby Union in connection with the playing of W. Barclay by Hawke’s Bay in the recent Ranfurly Shield match between Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa at Masterton. The allegation was that Barclay had
played for the Hawke’s Bay team in this match, in contravention of the rule which stipulates that a player must be resident not less than three weeks in the Union’s dis-
W. Barclay trict, which he is representing. Barclay, it was contended, was in Auckland for several days within the three weeks’ limit, having played there in the early part of the season for the College Rifles Club.
After going fully into the case, the meeting decided to uphold Wairarapa’s protest, and directed that the Shield be returned to Wairarapa.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 105, 25 July 1927, Page 7
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197RUGBY BOMBSHELL Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 105, 25 July 1927, Page 7
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