GAME WITH MAORIS
LEAGUE TOURISTS' WISH
A FIXTURE POSSIBLE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
NEW PLYMOUTH, August 5. The high opinion of Maori footballers gained by the English Rugby League team on its New Zealand tour has resulted in the wish of the members of the party to meet a full Maori side representative of New Zealand before they leave on their return to England. In spite of the fact that no fixture has been arranged, the business manager of the team, Mr. R. Anderton, has cabled English Rugby League headquarters at Leeds for permission to delay the sailing a week in order to arrange a match on August 22, and sail by the Mariposa for England via the United States. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 23
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GAME WITH MAORIS
Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 23
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