FOOTBALL IN AUSTRALIA.
♦ NORTHERN UNION GaME. MAORIS DEFEAT NEW SOUTH WALES. Received July 25, 5.5 p.m. SYDNEY, July 25. There were about 20,000 present at the Northern Union match between New South Wales and the Maori team The visitors were too heavy for their opponents. Wharepapa, time after time hurdled over the backs' head to reach the line. The Maoris were outclassed in passing, but the game was a hard one throughout. The most prominent were Wharepapa, H. Pakere, P. Pakere and Ratete. At half-time New South Wales had 13 points to their credit, and the Maoris 9. In the second half the Maoris' forwards got moving and rapidly altered the complexion of the game, the final score being:— Maoris 24 points New South Wales 21 points
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9551, 26 July 1909, Page 5
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127FOOTBALL IN AUSTRALIA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9551, 26 July 1909, Page 5
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