N.Z. LEAGUE TEAM
STRENUOUS TRAVELLING AND A HOSTILE REFEREE.
(UNITED FRBSS ASSOCIATION—COPIMGHT.) (Received 20th August, 2 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The New Zealand League team played the match against Cootamundra, which they lost, after travelling all night. They then had another all-night journey, returning to Sydney this morning. The I match ivas strenuous throughout,, the 'visitors being'in the lead till just before the last whistle, when a free kick put the local team one point ahead. At half-time the score was, New Zealand 15, Cootamundra 10. It had previously been 15 points to 2. Free kicks were a feature of the game, twenty-eight being awarded to Cootamundra, against three for New Zealand. Tries were scored for New Zealand by Kirwan (2), Brown, Webb, and Ellis, Mouatt converting them all. Cootamundra's score consisted of four tries and seven goals. The visitors express strong dissatisfaction with the referee's rulings.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 44, 20 August 1925, Page 6
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147N.Z. LEAGUE TEAM Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 44, 20 August 1925, Page 6
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