THE BRITISH FOOTBALLERS.
PLAY Hf 3TEW. ZEAXAJTD. "WH.XIWG, wot bottgb^. SYfiNTST, July 31. The Rugby Union wel&omed the ' lish team, which arrired to-day. j llr. Harding r _ln_an interview, said.tlie team had been royally treated tfrrotfglloct jSTew Zealand, aanJ-iad. &eerr:grfsp._» really good time, bat they bad. been dogged by bad luefc He attributed , "th« loss of several of tte mr h» to ai-lTicsi Then, too, the men had sustained a. remarkable number of iEJiiries, limiting tb* i selection, particularly -as regards the test ; matches. In ■ the- first- ami third England had been badly beateny-having been undoubtedly--oatplayed-and--CTit- ] generalled-- The Sew Zealkndera -were ;' magnificent fcotbaHeTSy and ac- would like ;I to "dispel any.impresaion that the-. 'EBg- ;]. llshmen's casualties Vere , Sue to . jness. ... -- ■ "-. J "The New Zealanders play a. very will- '' ing game," "he concluded, "but tfiey axm ; ; not rough. The idea that their rougnneaa ■ i was responsible for the Britishers*. ia» j juries i 3 certainly a wrong one."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 183, 1 August 1908, Page 5
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157THE BRITISH FOOTBALLERS. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 183, 1 August 1908, Page 5
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