FOOTBALL.
Professionals on Tour. Another Victory. London, October 10. The N.Z. team of professional Rugby footballers played the second match of their tour in England j'esterday, when they defeated the representatives of Huddersfield —a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, with a population of about a hundred thousand —by 25 points to 11. The New Zealand team’s score consisted of seven tries, two of which were converted, Huddersfield crossed the visitors’ line three times, one try being converted. Huddersfield had the upper hand until half-time, when the score was eight to three, but in the second half the New Zealanders put up twenty-two points to their opponents’ three.
[The first match against Braraley, was won by New Zealand by 40 points to ,six. The third match on Wednesday next, will be against Widnes.]
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 15 October 1907, Page 3
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134FOOTBALL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 15 October 1907, Page 3
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