FOOTBALL MATCH.
WELLINGTON COLLEGE V. NELSON COLLEGE. The return match between the two Col T lege teams was played this afternoon. We have not time to-day to do more than give the result in the briefest possible manner. The match was played in four bouts of 20 minutes each. : Inthe first Nelson scored a goal, equal to six points, by a goal kicked by Vickerman, off a touch ' down by Halliday In the second neither could score, both sides playing very evenly and remarkably well. In the third Wellington got three force downs, equal to 1£ points. In the fourth Wellington scored one force down and Nelson two, equal to one point. Total, Nelson, 7; Wellington, 2. To-night the two teams will be entertained at dinner by Mr Mackay at the College.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 219, 6 September 1876, Page 2
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132FOOTBALL MATCH. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 219, 6 September 1876, Page 2
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