WAIKATO RUGBY
A SUCCESSFUL SEASON (From Uur Oivn Correspondent) HAMILTON, Thursday. The 1927 football season, according to the annual report of the Waikato Rugby Union, was a most successful! one, the five representative games played being won by a comfortable margin. The results of the games were: Against Auckland, won by 11 to 5; King Country, won by 30 to 6; Manawhenua, won by 19 to 9; Thames Valley, won by 17 to 3; Wairarapa, won by 14 to 8. Points; For, 91; against, : 31. In the All Slack trial match at Auckland, the union was represented by seven members in the combined team, which put up such a fine display against the Auckland representatives in a game which ended 8-all. During the season a new* plan was devised of playing representative games ; away from Hamilton, the idea being to encourage the Rugby game in other centres. As the result of a conference with l the Hamilton sub-union, their constitution had been recast to meet the growing needs of the town.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 11
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171WAIKATO RUGBY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 11
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