The NSWRL forced Group 9 to play its 20 July match against the English (under the Riverina banner) at Wagga, when they wanted the venue to be Cootamundra, Young, Temora, or Murrumburrah – anywhere but Wagga. The Group were told that they had to both…
Ilma Maynard with her 3 daughters, from left, Rhonda,(Winnett) Carlie,(Ferguson) and Val (Kynoch) sitting in the gutter in Wagga waiting for the Queen to drive past during the Royal Tour in 1954.