FOOTBALL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 89, 16 August 1915, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

WELLINGTON BEATS AUCKLAND.

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Auckland, August 13

The Welling ton-Auckland representative Rugby football match was played here to-day, and resulted in a win for Wellington by 9 points to 5. Phe sky was overcast at the start, and a strong easterly wind was blowing. About half-way through the first spell vain commenced to fall, and the game was finished on slippery ground, and with a wet hall.

: Wellington, playing with the wind, scored its nine points in the first spell. Capper kicked a penalty goal, and Blackmore and Wilson scored tries. In the second spell the Auckland team had the game won, but failed to make use of easy opportunities, Hanlon scored a try, which Clark converted. The hall was hardly out of Wellington’s half in the second spell, and for most of the time play was in the visiting team’s twenty-five. The work of the visiting forwards in the loose was favorably commented on.