OUR MOUNTEDS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

Taihape Daily Times, 8 May 1919, Page 7

OUR MOUNTEDS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

New Zealand football tvanis in the Egyptian and Palestine areas;, arc upholding the reputation of the .Dominion, according to the news brought back by the men on the transport Kaikoura on Saturday (says an exchange). When the vessel left Egypt a tournament to decide which team should go to England to take part in the interregimental games there was just concluded, and there was little or no doubt that; the successful team would b e one from the Auckland Mounted Pities. This team had met and defeated various Australian. South African,, and Eno-lish fifteens, and had also had a very close tussle with the team from the Wellington Mounted Eifles. winning only by three points to nil. The men also stated that there had been keen competition for supremacy among the teams at the base. The New Zealand Details' team, however, had defeated all-comers, and had won a massive silver cup valued at about £70.. This cup is to be brought bach to the Dominion and presented t«, the New Zealand Rugby Union for competition among the secondary schools and colleges.