OVERSEAS SPORT.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. Wigan Wins Final Against Dewsbury At London. PLAY OF NEW ZEALANDERS. (Australian Press Assn. —United Service.) LONDON, May 5. In the final of the Rugby League Cup competition at Wembley yesterday Wigan defeated Dewsbury by 13 points to 2. The weather was cold and dull. There were 40,000 spectators. The game failed to realise the expectations of a close and exciting contest, for Wigan, with five players recruited at considerable expense from England, Wales, New Zealand and South Africa, had little difficulty in beating their opponents, whose team, with one exception, were all born within a few m'Jes of Dewsbury.
L. Mason,
L. Brown
Prominent in Wigan's thirteen were Sullivan, lling and Bennett, who all toured New Zealand and Australia. The two New Zealanders had a large share in winning the game, L. Brown scoring a brilliant try and L. Mason, the giant Maori, doing splendid work, both in attack and defence. Wigan scored two goals and three tries. j
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 105, 6 May 1929, Page 7
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