THE ALL BLACKS’ DEFEAT
Many are the causes which are claimed to have contributed to the All Blacks’ defeat by South Africa. There was an argument over the matter at a well-known club, and a theory put forth by one member was that the All Blacks' reverse was largely due to lack of condition. When footballers smoke, they want to smoke a tobacco like Edgeworth, which because of the purity of its leaf and careful natural process of curing will not in the slightest degree affect the wind. Many football players of note have smoked Edgeworth heavily and never felt the slightest ill effects from a training point of view. —1
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 412, 21 July 1928, Page 6
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111THE ALL BLACKS’ DEFEAT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 412, 21 July 1928, Page 6
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