1950 Two easy wins

Two Rugby football matches were played on the Coromandel domain on Saturday last when the two visiting teams were well and truly beaten by the footballers of the peninsula.

In the first match a combined team from Whangapoua and Kennedy Bay defeated the Martha club’s senior team from Waihi by 22 points to 0.

Mr V. T. Rout was referee.

In the second game the Coromandel club defeated Te Aroha by 20 points to 5.

Mr N. Rivers refereed the game.

HAURAKI PLAINS GAZETTE, VOLUME 60, ISSUE 4324, 30 AUGUST 1950, PAGE 12
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