MARRIED FOOTBALLERS WIN DRINKING HORN CONTEST
There was a carefree picnic air about the Married v. Single Rugby match last week-end, won by the bachelors 16>— 12, and spectators found the proceedings pleasantly entertaining. Despite suggestions that he showed some tendency to overweight Owen Delaney "went like a train" throughout. Another Married player, Kori Rameka, took a, power of stopping, and a tendency showed by other players to hang back when he made contact with his son Denis, playing for the bachelors, so that father and son could fight it out, increased the gaiety of the game. . Ross Douglas and Alec Grey were also prominent for the senior team, the latter scoring two tries. A successful social gathering was held later, when the defeated team showed their superiority over their erstwhile conquerors in a slightly less athletic pursuit, a Drinking Horn Contest. No small part in the success of the occasion was played by Mr B. J. Baumberg, who energetically took up a collection on the field to defray expenses.
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Taupo Times, Volume IV, Issue 190, 16 September 1955, Page 5
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170MARRIED FOOTBALLERS WIN DRINKING HORN CONTEST Taupo Times, Volume IV, Issue 190, 16 September 1955, Page 5
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