More Info →"Rugby Manawatu vs. Wellington"

Description

This image was taken by a Manawatu Evening Standard photographer and is held in the Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection, but appears not to have run in the newspaper itself.

The game was played on June 5th, 1961 (Queens Birthday weekend). The result was a win to Wellington by 27-19. In this photo Nev McEwan leads out Wellington, followed by Brian Frederikson, while Bevan Jones leads out Manawatū.

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2017-20

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Date

June 1961

Digitisation ID

2017N_2017-20_016374

Format

B&W negative