Rugby History – Page 37

Hutt Old Boys Marist versus Petone for the McBain Shield

by clubrugby - April 24, 2019

This coming Saturday, Hutt Old Boys Marist hosts Petone for the famous McBain Shield. The McBain Shield has been contested every year since 1934, and commemorates Alexander McBain who was the first headmaster of Eastern Hutt School when it opened in 1915. He was a Life Member of the Hutt Club

This week in history: 22-28 April

by clubrugby - April 23, 2019

Some of what happened in Wellington club rugby in the past below, in association with the Bond Sports Bar 22 April 1950: Joint defending champions St Pat’s Old Boys open the new season with a come-from-behind 14-10 win over Wellington College Old Boys, while Marist Brothers Old Boys, fielding their heaviest pack in

Wellington’s Ghost Clubs: The Community Rugby Club

by clubrugby - April 23, 2019

“FOR HEARTH & HOME” – THE COMMUNITY RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB In the years following the Boer War (and in the long shadow cast by the Russian invasion scare of the 1880’s), a national movement gathered momentum in New Zealand to encourage young men to become members of the National Defence League,

Wellington’s Ghost Clubs: Stop-Out Rugby Football Club – (1919-1925)

by clubrugby - April 18, 2019

In March 1922, attempts were made by the Wellington Rugby Football Union to stamp out another new “mushroom club”, this time connected with St. Peter's Mission on Taranaki Street. It was felt by the Union’s Management Committee that a better policy would be for this “young new Club” to join

This Week in History 15-21 April

by clubrugby - April 16, 2019

Some of what happened in Wellington club rugby in the past below, in association with the Bond Sports Bar. 15 April 1967: Defending champions University and runners-up Petone both open the new season with impressive wins. University beats Wellington 20-6 and Petone defeats St Pat’s Old Boys 26-3. Elsewhere, Marist’s Maori All Black