SOCCER TEAM ARRIVES.
FOR AUSTRALIAN TOUR. SYDNEY, Aug. 23. The New Zealand soccer boys arrived to-day and were dferdially welcomed by Mr R. Hastie (secretary *of the New South Wales Soccer Association). The boys were motored round the city which was seen under wet weather conditions.
The boys are all fit and well, except one who contracted measles on the voyage, resulting in his three cabin mates being temporarily quarantined, thus reducing the team to 11 players. The boys play their first match on Thursday against the Commercial and Junior Technical Schools team. All are billeted comfortably at local schoolboys’ homes. The managers • (Messrs Martin and Wells) expressed surprise that their boys have to face nine games in three weeks and expressed regret that the itinerary had not been sent to New Zealand before the team’s departure.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 227, 24 August 1938, Page 9
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137SOCCER TEAM ARRIVES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 227, 24 August 1938, Page 9
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