INTER-ISLAND GAME

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 218, 15 August 1931, Page 1 (Supplement)

INTER-ISLAND GAME

PAST RECORDS. NORTH ISLAND LEADS. The annual inter-island matches wer* apparently introduced in 1897 and in the intervening period the contest has been-staged annually with the exception of two breaks—the War peiiod of 1915-1918, and last year when the early arrival of the British team resulted in the fixture being deleted from the season’s activities. Prior to today’s game the representatives of the two islands had met 25 times, the North winning on 14 occasions and the South nine, while two games have been drawn. The scoring points registered have been: North 599, South 261. The complete record is as under :

1897 —North 16 to 3. 1902—South 20 to 14. 1903 —South 12 to o. 1904 —Draw, three all 190-1 —North 26 to 01906 —North 9 to -3. 1907 —North 11 to 0. 1908 —North 12 to 5. 1909 —South 19 to 11. 1910—South 14 to 10. 1911—North 19 to 9. 1912—North 12 to 8. 1913—South 2o to 0. 1914—South 8 to 0. 1919—North 28 to 11. 1920 —North 12 to 3. 1921 —North 28 to 13. 1922 —South 9 to 8. 1923 —Draw, six all. 1924 —North 39 to 8. 192.3 —North 16 to 5. 1925 —North 41 to 9. 1927 —South 31 to 30. 1928 —South lo to 14. 1929 —North 29 to 20.