WELLINGTON BEATS NEW SOUTH WALES.
(PerPtessA^sdciafidnY * v * v> ,-■'■ - Wmxingtok* September**. Wellington beat New South Wales by 9 points to 51 A slight drizzle' made the ground very slippery, and the game was mostly a forward one/ 7 the backs having little .chance of shining. The Sydney forwards showed excellent "form, and out played the local scrummere. Wellington scored a J Surprise try in the first three minutes, and their opponeuts responded with another, 77 from which a goal was kicked. In. the second half Wellington got two more tries through good dribbling and following up, the Sydney backs being unable to stop the greasy ball/ Onrthe whole, the game was fairly even, the ball being as often at one end as the other. There were about 4000 spectators present, including His Excellency the Governor. ' * :>"•*,, Wklington, This Day. The team to play for New Zealand against- New South Wales will.be finally picked to-night.' Six Taranald vmen, two Bayleys, two Goods, Hughes^and Lambie, will be chosen, and also Butland (West Coast). D'Arcy (Wairaraj*) will be full-back. • '
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 64, 10 September 1894, Page 2
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174WELLINGTON BEATS NEW SOUTH WALES. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 64, 10 September 1894, Page 2
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