FOOTBALL.
A meeting of the Referees’ Association was held at tlie Royal Hotel last evening; Routine business was transacted. ,-JVIr. 4Y. was appointed to take charge of Saturday’s match, and Mr. AA r . Hay to referee for the thirds.
A BRITISH TEAM FOR N.Z
United Press Association—Copyright Received 9.20 p.m. LONDON, September 4. A stub-committee of tlio Rugby Union recommends the acceptance of New Zealand’s invitation to send a team. It is understood that 49 players are willing to go if required. AUCKLAND (10) BEATS SOUTHLAND (0). Press Association. INVERCARGILL. September 4. The football match Southland v. Auckland to-day was won by Auckland bv 10 points to nil. The game was mostly a forward one, and play was not of a very high _ standard, though fast and interesting. Against a slight breeze in the first spell Auckland got the lead with a penalty goal by Magee. With the wind in the second spell Auckland had all the best of tlio game. Twiname potted a goal early in the spell, and just before call of time Cook scored a soft try. . , Auckland was superior throughout, but neither side showed scoring aibilitv, and seven points would have been a better gauge of the relative merits of tlie teams.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2177, 5 September 1907, Page 1
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