THE CURTAIN-RAISER
JUNIORS’ CLOSE GAME As No. 1 area at Eden Park was rather sodden, the curtain-raiser to. the inter-provincial match was played on No. 3 ground. Over-eagerness spoilt many promising movements. This was directly responsible for each side losing three points. In one case, Otahuhu had been awarded a free-kick and the shot succeeded, but one player was in front of the ball. A Ponsonby player, on the other hand, trying to score in a better position than he was then in, passed forward when a few feet from the line. Ponsonby’s three points came from a score by Johnson, while Piper scored an unconverted try for Otahuhu. The final scores were: Ponsonby 3, Otahuhu 3.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 135, 29 August 1927, Page 10
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