IN THE MANAWATU.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 2 August 1937, Page 9

IN THE MANAWATU.

CHAMPIONSHIP DECIDED. KIA TOA’S SUCCESS. Through their defeat of Old Boys at the Showgrounds on Saturday, by 6 points to 3, Kia Toa won the Manawatu Rugby Union’s senior championship competition for the current season. Old Boys held a three-point lead at the interval, but Kia Toa equalised, and then a sensational try by Simpson gave them the points which secured for them the championship. Kia Toa, having won both rounds of the competitions, took the honours without having to nlay off. They finished the second round one point ahead of St. Patrick’s who, however, had beaten them at each meeting, only to go under in other matches. Had Old Boys won the match on Saturday they would have been required to meet St. Patrick’s to determine the winner of the round, the team emerging successfully having the right to contest the championship issue with Kia Toa, winners of the first round. However, this eventuality did not occur. Playing the first game of the subsidiary competition, Feilding eliminated St. Patrick’s in the only other senior match. There were no junior matches, the Manawatu representatives in this division being engaged in a match with Te Kawau at Awahuri. but the lower grade fixtures were continued.

THE SCORE BOARD. SENIORS. Kia Toa 6 v. Old Boys 3. Feilding 16 v. St. Patrick’s 3. JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVES. Manawatu 22 v. Te Kawau 3. THIRD GRADE. St. Patrick’s 5 v. Old Boys 3. United 26 v. Feilding 0.8. 0. P.N. High School 14 v. Feilding 7. Feilding H.S. 6 v. Kia Toa 6. FOURTH GRADE. Kia Toa 15 v. Technical 0. High School defaulted to United. FIFTH GRADE. P.N. High School B 14 v. Kia Toa 3. P.N. High School A 18 v. Feilding H.S. 3. MIDGETS. Terrace End A 16 v. West End 0.

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES. Championship points for the senior and' third grades are as follow, the figures being the final ones for the former:— SENIORS.

Second P. W. Round. D. L. Points. For Agst. Ch. Pts Kia Toa 6 5 0 1 63 28 10 St. Patrick’s . 6 4 1 1 88 37 9 Feilding 6 4 0 2 73 45 8 Old Boys 6 3 1 2 107 26 7 Feilding O.B. 6 2 1 3 40 75 5 Massey Col. . 6 1 1 4 40 69 5 Woodville 6 0 o. 6 16 149 0 THIRDS. P. \V. ]). I,. Points For Ch Pts P.N.B.H.S. .. 11 9 0 2 193 39 18 St. Patrick’s . 13 8 2 3 109 89 18 Feilding 13 7 0 6 91 100 14 Old Boys ...... 13 6 2 5 72 76 14 United 12 5 2 5 134 101 12 Kia Toa 13 4 1 8 84 146 9 Podding JI.S. 12 3 2 8 58 128 8 Feilding O.B. 13 3 1 9 52 148 7