AN ENGLISH VISITOR.
OLD RUGBY INTERNATIONAL. PRAISES ALL BLACKS AND MAORIS. An interesting visitor to New Zealand by the Franconia is Mr. H. Slazenger, a member of the well-known firm of English sports goods manufacturers. Mr. Slazenger is an old English Rugby international, and played against the first Maori team which visited England in the eighties.
"I remember that some of them would sooner play in bare feet than wear boots," recalled Mr. Slazenger. "Like their successors of last year, they were good players and fine fellows. I also saw the All Black?, who, I think, were the finest team that ever stepped on to a football ground.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 11
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108AN ENGLISH VISITOR. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 11
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