LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
ENGLISH TEAM ARRIVES IN
AUCKLAND
AUCKLAND. July 19
The English Northern Union football team arrived from Australia by the Malieno to-day. The team will he accorded a civic reception to-morrow. The first match of tlie ! New Zealand tour will he against Auckland on Saturday. The manager of the team, Mr S. Foster, in an interview, said he considered the team was the fastest that had ever left England Tie did not think they had produced their best form, yet England should have won the first match in Australia, hut played much below their true form. For their loss of the second test there was no excuse, and the best team won. —P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5537, 20 July 1920, Page 7
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114LEAGUE FOOTBALL. Gisborne Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5537, 20 July 1920, Page 7
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