ALL BLACKS.
THEY MEET A, TOUGH. NUT.AT LEIGH. BEATEN BY SIX POINTS. BT TELEGRAPH—PRE6s'' ASSOCIATION-COPrRIGnT. London, November 20. The New Zealand football team played tho thirteenth match of their tou rto-day, when they met the L</igh (Lancashire) thirteen, at Leigh, and were beaten by threo goals and. throe tries to thrco goals and ono try; The visitors found that they had a difficult nut to crack, tho homo men more than holding their own throughout the gamoi At half-timo,. Leigh led by soven points to four (two goals), and, playing in winning vein,-held a big advantage until tho last minute, when the Now Zealanders scored a try, which was converted, tho game ending: Leigh ... 15 New Zealand ... ... ... 9 Leigh occupied tho 15th position in the Northern Union League's competition during the season 190G-7, with tho following record'— Matches played 28, won 12, lost 15, drawn 1scores for 15 goals, 76 trios; total points, 318: scores agayist,-58 goals G5 tries, total points 311: percentage in competition 44.64.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 50, 22 November 1907, Page 7
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