MAORIS V FIFTEEN OF MELBOURNE.
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Mblbottbnb, August 11. Warbrlck's Native football team played a matoh this afternoon against a Melbourne fifteen under Rugby Union rules. The weather was floe, and it is estimated that fully ten thousand epeotators were present. In the first apell the Native team had the best of the play, and had the looal team pressed m their twenty -five most of the time. There was no score this spell, but the Natives were foroed down on one occasion.
In the aeoond spell the visitors played with great dash, P. Keogh, ' • Smiler," and H. Lee each obtained a try, none of which were, however, converted, and the game resulted In a win for the Native team by three tries to nil.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1917, 13 August 1888, Page 2
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128MAORIS V FIFTEEN OF MELBOURNE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1917, 13 August 1888, Page 2
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