ALL BLACKS.
BEATEN BY A WLSH COMBINATION. BY IBT/EGIUrH~MES3 ASSOCIATION—COrTMOnT, > London, January 1. ■■■'l'he New Zealand footballers met a team of . Welsh footballers to-day at Merthyrlydfil, defeat after, a very close contcstl Tlio final scoro was■ , : Wale 3 '■ ... / ... . .... 9 . • : New Zealand : ...v ...• 8 ; : - 1 New; Zealand led at half-time, by 8 points to :3.c There was an exciting strugglo. for supremacy iri the - second moioty. ' Wales scored ..two tries, but .the winning one-.was only notched just on the call of time. ; Wales scored , three triea. New Zealand scored two -trios-and one goal. .-■■■■" The record of the New Zealand team to date is -.—Matches played 25, won It, lost 0, drawn 2.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 85, 3 January 1908, Page 5
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