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Results

Sat 13 Jul	2:30 pm	A	Ranfurly Shield	Auckland	21 - 00	Match Center
Sat 20 Jul	2:30 pm	A	Representative Match	Whanganui	41 - 06	Match Center
Sat 27 Jul	2:30 pm	A	Seddon Shield	Marlborough	06 - 06	Match Center
Sat 10 Aug	2:30 pm	H	Representative Match	Canterbury	09 - 28	Match Center
Sat 17 Aug	2:30 pm	H	Molloy Cup	West Coast	05 - 03	Match Center

THE 1907 SEASON:
This was a most interesting year for Buller, with matches both for the Ranfurly Shield and for the Seddon Shield. The match at Auckland meant the Union’s second visit to the North Island, on which Wanganui was also an opponent. The Ranfurly Shield evaded capture by the Buller men, and a draw was their lot in the Seddon Shield challenge.

A visitor to Westport for the first time was Canterbury.

Matches were:-

v. Auckland At Auckland Lost 0 to 21 {Ranfurly Shield}
v. Wanganui At Wanganui Lost 6 to 41
v. Marlborough At Blenheim Drew 6 to 6 {Seddon Shield}
v. Canterbury At Westport Lost 9 to 28
v. West Coast At Westport Won 5 to 3

The XV to play in Buller’s first Ranfurly Shield challenge was:

• R. Hall (Granity Rover)
• Robt. A. Colvin (Westport White Star)
• W. D. McPike (Westport)
• R. Hansby (Westport White Star)
• J. McNally (Westport)
• W. Brown (Granity Rover)
• W. Gibbs (Granity Rover)
• C. Wood (Granity Rover)
• T. King (Granity Rover)
• R. Elliot (Westport White Star)
• V. Marshall (Westport)
• H. Ferguson (Westport)
• E. Hogg (Granity Rover)
• J. Richards (Granity Rover)
• F. Doncliff (Westport)

Sixty years were to elapse before Wanganui and Buller were once more opponents, Buller journeying to Wanganui again in 1967.

Buller’s next appearance in Auckland was in 1957, fifty years later.