Spillane Tournament

This year the annual Spillane Rugby football tournament of the N.Z. Marist Brothers Old Boys Rugby Football Association was held at Gisborne, and voted a great success by all standards. Teams were present from Auckland, Hamilton, Hutt, Masterton, Napier, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Te Awamutu, Wanganui, and Wellington. The home team, Marist A, gave Auckland a close run for the cup, in an exciting game which ended 20-18 in Auckland's favour.

A view of the grand parade at the Oval.

Gisborne players: Front row: John Leahy, Reece Jones, Trevor Riley, Brian Johnson, Bruce Garlick, Tom Donovan, Geoff Raggett, Bill Stewart, Don Reardon, John Penny. Back row: F. Raggett, R. Nikora, Henry Maxwell, Jim Clough, William Rogers, Alan Rowlands, Bernie Donovan, Terry Gardiner, Bernie Storey, Peter Stairmand, Jerry Muir, Paul Cowan.

An incident in the game between Gisborne Marist senior A and Hamilton on Easter Saturday.

Further incidents from the Hamilton-Gisborne game.

Bernie Donovan secures the ball close to the line.

The Gisborne Marist B team which entered the tourney to eliminate byes.
Front row: Arthur Bartlett, Hugh Fleming, Jim McGachie, Ray Sharp, Brian Penny, Tom Grogan.
Back row:Dave Murray, John Carroll, Barry Law, Jim Fogden, Ernie Smith, Ray McCreedy, John Barrett.
Absent: Kevin Hurray, Massey Leach and Michael Coupe.

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 22 : May 3, 1956

Spillane Tournament