INTERPROVINCIAL GAMES
DEFEAT OF WANGANUI.
NEW PLYMOUTH, sth September
Before an attendance of upwards of 5006 spectators the Wanganui representatives made a valiant attempt to avenge the overwhelming defeat by Taranaki earlier in the season. The only difference between the teams on the day's play was a penalty goal in a fast scoring match that never attained any particular brilliance. Taranaki emerged the winners by 24 points to 21. Up to half-time Taranaki dominated the game, the score then being 14 to 0. But in the second spell the reorganisation of the Taranaki backs, combined with the facing of the dazzling sun, gave Wanganui a chance to show their worth. The visitors dragged the score up_ to 14-13, but Taranaki broke away again to add two more converted tries. The scores con-
sisted of five tries each, three of which were converted for each side, Taranaki s extra points being a penalty goal.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 58, 6 September 1926, Page 14
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153INTERPROVINCIAL GAMES Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 58, 6 September 1926, Page 14
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