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English Tourists' Easy Win OVER OTAGO-SOUTHLAND TEAM(Per Press Association). INVERCARGILL, Mune 2. Association football at its best, fast, clever, and scientific, was provided for over 2000 people at Rugby Park this afternoon in a malt ch in which the visiting English team beat the combined Otavo-Southland side by nine, goals ito nilThe game was rathen drab in _ the opening stages, but afiter the visitors became accustomed to the bumpy surface of the ground 1 , they played football which. delighted ithe crowd- Their footwork and positional play were a revelation to (those who had seen little first class footballGoals for England were scored by Davis. Mathews, Eastham (2), Lewis (2), Riley (2), and LeekP. & T. MATCH. Post and Telegraph team to play Reefton Post and Telegraph on Sun. day are: —Perrin, Docherty, Mclntyre, Thompson, Manttan, Smith, McLauch. lan, Dixon, Heaton, Hogg and Haglund. Emergencies: Lewis;, Doyle, Fager. hind and McGrath. ’Bus leaves P. 0., at 12 noon. “
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Grey River Argus, 3 June 1937, Page 5
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