Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 22 May 1936Vol. VI, No. 10

Levien Trophy

p. 58 · Read in the full issue

Page 5858

Salamaua and Wau Battle For Levien Trophy

From Our Own Correspondent WAIT, April 21.

OVER the Easter holidays the annual contest for the Levien Cup between Salamaua Sports Club and Wau Club took place at Wau. A social event as well as a sporting one, the best of feeling pre vailing throughout, and as a result the town was enlivened considerably. Wau retained the trophy, but Salamaua merited much sympathy with their defeat.

The contest consisted of tennis, cricket, billiards and snooker. Wau were victor ious at tennis and cricket, but Salamaua won the two other events. Individually, the honours went to Jack Ireland, play ing cricket for Wau, with a century, and to Murray Edwards (Salamaua) in the tennis.

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