FOOTBALL.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, last night. The takings at Saturday’s match were over_ .£4OO. Costello will not be able to go North, and remains here until he can return to Sydney. Duncan also received an injury on Saturday which obliged hini to remain in bed after the game. It is now generally conceded that his first try should have been disallowed, but nevertheless it was a capital piece of play. New Zealand’s first try in the second spell was secured by Udy, not Purdue, as mentioned by mistake. Throughout the game the New Zealanders were very much off-side —more so than picked men should be and they repeatedly nullified the splendid rushes by their over-eagerness in this respect. Of the team as a whole, the forwards were a splendid lot, and, with one or two changes in tho backs, practice would make it a very formidable combination for any team to meet. Speaking at a dinner on Saturday night, Mr Henderson, the New South Wales manager, said the best of the local fifteens they had met was is. Southland,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 203, 3 September 1901, Page 2
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