RUGBY FOOTBALL
MATCH BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND' ' . TEAMS. i ' London,. January 18. A Now Zealand trench team beat a team o£ New Zealanders from the various camps in. England by five points to three at Richmond Park. There was an attendance of eight thousand. Theground was- heavy and the hall greasy. The game was characteristically -vigorous,. ;but there was -frequent offside, play. Within ten niiinites of. the start Billis scored for the trench team and Stoke converted. "Ranji" Wilson ran across, wide out, for the other side, and Sellers attempted the goal, but the ball struck the post. There were no scores in the eecond half.—Aus.-N.Z , . Cable Assn. . AUSTRALIANSMFBAT A FRENCH. TEAM. Paris, January/20.' Twenty thousand people-. attended the Rugby football match between Australian and French teams on Sunday. The Australian fifteen, picked after ten trial games: at the' front, played with excellent combination, and out-cl'aesed the French team in forward play! Tlie French team was one of the best that ever represented France.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.*
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 101, 23 January 1919, Page 5
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165RUGBY FOOTBALL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 101, 23 January 1919, Page 5
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