TO-DAY'S HOCKEY MATCH.
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The touring army hockey ;to- ;;•■ :■-'_ more playing here,\iid Si'ubad a-- these lines be 'write*, melhinka can liear thecheer; as Dian Chanel -the crowd 'delight 3 with doings swift and queer. In Kipling's books of verse you read talcs of Gunga Din. whom Kipling ihougl" the better man ihe sort hN praise t.' win; but ttunga, pim-e the "iVrt< bega"» has rubbed the lesson in. And thoiiaU it is Xew Zealand'- pride in shine at.' every sport, we get. from 111 i-- great* hockey side consideration short; fo r .j ne'er our barks can eicni iht- ti«le p l *--! goalie hold the fort. To-,lay they ]>la?'i the second Tes-t, ami here iiir scene i* ' laid; Xew Zealand rami- i.lf *"Ci>nd best the last time that lliry |.i:tyed. But yet our hopes li:i\i> not' gune' west, "°r downcast are we nind.-.' And a? tlit* j afternoon the crack* of Ixith the teams, cross sticks, let's hope, with forward* | and -\vitli backg, our team irs foemcnij licks, although the; influence tt lacki.t* , Hindu magic tricks. -'T-i
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 162, 10 July 1926, Page 8
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180TO-DAY'S HOCKEY MATCH. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 162, 10 July 1926, Page 8
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