THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY TEAM'S TOUR.
MANAGER EN PRESSES HIS SATISFACTION".
(SrECL&I. TO " THS rr.ES?.")
AUCKLAND, September i!G
Mr Morgan, ot the Australian liujjoy iooiuau team is wen fciuisnvd wiiii the p.rloriiiauces oi Jiu« men, and to an into! vio.vcr ic-uay saiu that he was positive ttiat it tiu> grouiKi.. iiiid been more liko tho grounds tn-.-y wore .accustomed to p<ay on in Australia, their lvord would have Oven n-.uoii better, and lie was doubtiul ii liu-y would have lost, a matcii. Laneasier i'aik, on v.iiifii they won UK< imui test niaich, was reauy the only j>luying area in the i>oiiuinon tiiiit ap;jio"aeiicd the Sydney giounds, and their lorm iv iaat batur.iays 14:111:0 was tht truest indication of ihe i.T-rits of tht; learn on their own grounds. In all they had piayed niue matches, of which four wcro won —those agamsx Taranaki. - New Zealand (third test), buutii Cantoriji'.ry, and .Mvi iborouph— tliv> team scoring 118 points,
ivere rcgisicivd »ig;iiii>v UH-m. that they had defeated the Raniurly Siiield proviuco and a New Zealand loam, tiiey were very well satisSeci.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14782, 27 September 1913, Page 15
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177THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY TEAM'S TOUR. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14782, 27 September 1913, Page 15
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