TEST RUGBY
N.Z.'s UNLUCKY GROUND. FOUR LOSSES AT CHRISTCHURCH All Black teams have played six matches in Christchurch. They lost four and won two, and one of the victories was after the opposing Britisli scrum-half had left the field with a major injury early in the gaine and could not be replacod. Results:-— 1894— Lost to N.S.W., 6—8. 1918 — Lost to Australia, 5 — 16. 1921— Lost to N.S.W., 0—17. *1923— Beat N.S.W., 34—6. 1928— Lost to N.S.W., 8—11. 1930 — Beat Great Britain, 13 — 10. *The weakest side ever sent across the Tasman. No lesS than 38 men played for New Zealand in the three Tests, the selectors really utilising the games as "trials" for 1924 tour of the United Kingdom. Tlie so-called A1 Blacks won at Dunedin (19 — ; 9) and at Wellington (38—11) ...
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 196, 4 September 1937, Page 18
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133TEST RUGBY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 196, 4 September 1937, Page 18
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