NORTH V. SOUTH
TODAY'S RUGBY
RECORD OF MATCHES
After threatening weather yesterday, today was beautifully firie in Wellington for the main Rugby match of the New Zealand season —the inter-island fixture.V: interest in this game is. always, keen, and invariably it attracts Rugby enthusiasts from long distances. Today there was an added attraction, the first of the New Zealand trial matches^ -which was^the early game. Although' at present it appears extremely doubtful whether a New Zealand team will be sent to South Africa because of international events, the New Zealand Rugby Union has decided to carry on in the meantime, and yesterday, after consulting players who had been brought to Wellington, it was decided to adhere to the original programme of trial matches. This means that there will be further trials on Wednesday and Saturday next. Today's match was the thirty-fourth to be played between teams representing the North and South Islands. The previous matches have resulted as follows:—-
Year." 1897 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907. 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 ■ 1914 1919 1920 . 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1933 19£4 1935 1936 1937 1938 Where played. Wellington Wellington Auckland Dunedin Wellington ,, Wellington Christchurcb Wellington Wellington • . Christchurelv Wif&lington Napier Christchurch Wellington Wellington Wellington Christchuroh Auckland Wellington Wellington Invercargill Wellington Wellington Christchurch Wellington Wellington Christchurch Wellington - 1 Dunedin Wellington • Christchurch Wellington Wellington Won by ., North 16-J? South 20-14 South 12-5 Drawn 3-3 North 26-0 , North 9-5 ' North 11-0 North 12-5 South 19-11 South 14-10 North 19-9 North 12-8 South 25-0. South 8-0 "North 28-11 North 12-3 " North 28-13 South 9-8 Drawn 6-6 North 39-8 North- 16-5 North 4i-9 South 31-30 South 15-14 North 29-20 Drawn 20-20 North 28-10 North 27-18 South 27-20 North 15-9 North 17-6 South 30-21 South 23-3
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1939, Page 15
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297NORTH V. SOUTH Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1939, Page 15
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