RUGBY AMATEURS.
; THE AUSTRALIANS DEFEAT DEVON; (01 IELEOIUrH—rBKS ASSOCIATION—COriRIOBT.) (Re'o. September 28, 1.10 a.m.): London, September 27. The 1 Wallabies (the/Australian amateur Rugby team) 'played their first match in Great Britain, on Saturday, when they beat Devon by 3' goals and 3 tries (24 points) to ono try (3 points).; , The game was-played in the presence of about 14,000 spectators.. The "ground was rather soft. ' At .the end of the first half .tho Wallabieß scored three-tries in eight minutes. Burge, the well-known New South Wales forward,broke .his ( legj.', , . r
»fiwP'-feoip".tKi t * , Ne^*"ZealaH3 , "itea'4it«ur' All Blacks met' was Devon,'whom they defeated by 55 points to 4 (a potted goal.)
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 313, 28 September 1908, Page 7
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108RUGBY AMATEURS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 313, 28 September 1908, Page 7
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