SECOND PATCH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 189, 11 August 1937, Page 8

SECOND PATCH.

THE KANGAROOS.

CONTEST WITH MAORI TEAM.

CAJEtLAW PABX FIXTURE.

The Australian Rugby League representative team played the second match of their New Zealand tour at Carlaw Park this afternoon when they met a strong New Zealand Maori team which included in its ranks George Nepia, the well-known representative player, who ■came to Auckland to take part .in the fixture. - The weather wae fine and there was a good attendance for a, mid-week match. The Australians changed their team considerably from the one which defeated New Zealand .last Saturday by 12 points to 8 in the opening match of the tour, with the object of giving eome of their other players a chance to have a game. The visiting team wore black' arm bands out of respect to A. Norval, one of their colleagues, whose mother hae died in Sydney. ' " ; The teams were ae follows:— ,i^.,.-- ' Nep"ia. .Hf *' ;; Three-quarters.—W. Broughton, ' J. Hemi, J. Rata. Fiv*-eighthg.—R s Ghaee, T. Chase. Half-back.— l MahhnaY Forwards,— J. Cootee, G. McLeod, L. Cootee, R. Brodrick, G. Mitchell, S. Watenev :*■ ■ --■, '. ' ."' ■ .

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Full-back.—Beaton. Three-quartere.— Robison, McKinnon, Reardon, Dawson. Five-eighth.— Prigg. Half-back.—rThompeon. Forwards.-MSriffithe, Fairall, Heidke, Collins, McLennan, Curran.

Mr. P. Rogers, of Auckland, wae referee and Messrs. T. Evans and 0. Chalmers linesmen.