MAORI FOOTBALLERS.
THEIR FIRST WIN. SYDNEY, June 17* The Maoris met and'defeated a Metro- j politan team to-day. The match was' | attended by about 5000 people. The Maoris showed a decided advancement in playing the new game, a feature iof which was the improved play of the I threequarters —Asher, . __bko, Pouwhiuwhiu, and H° ne Tula,. Among the forwards Pita Tapihana waa the most prominent-.;- The game was very even throughout, the local side attacking strongly at the close. 1 Messenger's goals included a remarkably fine one. from'half-way. Asher, evading a tackle,' jumped clean over a player early "in the game. One of. the men sustained,a fractured jaw. Tries were scored by Pakere (3), Asher, Pouwhiuwhiu, Tulri, and Aretanga. Asher also kicked a penalty goal. The final"result 'was:, Maoris, 23 points j Metropolitan, 20.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 145, 18 June 1908, Page 5
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