IN OTHER CENTRES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1939, Page 3

IN OTHER CENTRES

Wellington:—Wellington 18. Petonc 17; Athletic 29, Johnsonville 3; Marist Bros., Old Boys 27, Poneke 6. By beating Petone in one of the most exciting club games witnessed at Athletic Park for years, Wellington carried off the senior championship for 1939. The club’s previous successes were in 1914 and 1901. Wanganui:—Wanganui and Old Boys won the senior championship by beating Kaierau by 13 to 9. Pirates beat Technical Old Boys, 18-15.

Manawatu: Kia Toa 7, St Patrick’s 0; United 14, Feilding 10; Old Boys 8, Feilding Old Boys 4. Auckland: —By beating North Shore at Eden Park on Saturday by 29 points to 17, Marist won the Auckland Rugby Union’s 1939 senior championship, with 23 points, Otahuhu gaining second position with 22, Grafton (20) third, and Suburbs (19), fourth. The Marist full-back, W. Hare, secured his 100 points for the season by scoring 11 of his side’s points, his total for the seaI son being 106. Otahuhu 16, Grammar ' 0.8. 9; Grafton 16, Suburbs 13; Training College 13, Ponsonby 6. HAWKE’S BAY BEATEN. TARANAKI SCORES EASY WIN. NEW PLYMOUTH. August 6. Taranaki scored a decisive win against Hawke's Bay in a Rugby match on Saturday by 18 to 3. The Hawke’s Bay pack was outplayed and the Taranaki backs followed up the good work of their forwards with slashing movements. Though Hawke’s Bay was without Bowman, Reid and Jackson., the forwards substantially outweighed Taranaki, but a virile performance was given by the home pack in the loose and the line-out. The only aspect in which Hawke's Bay had the advantage was in the sot scrums. With Killeen and Sullivan in brilliant form, the Taranaki backs gradually established superiority, which became more marked as the game progressed. Scorers.—Taranaki: Maclean. Sullivan (two tries each), Johns (three conversions); Hawke’s Bay, Lockwood (try).