MAORI TEAM BEATEN.
SECOND TEST MATCH. SUVA, Aug. 24. In a game which was fast and open despite the greasy ground, - Fiji beat the touring Maori Rugby football team in the second Test by 11-5 (two tries and a converted ' try to a converted try). Steele played a fine
game and scored riom a passing movement in which all the backs handled. The Maoris showed improved form. They repeatedly attempted to open up the game, but deadly tackling nullified most of the movements. The;jforwards were very even, but the Fijians were much faster in the loose.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 228, 25 August 1938, Page 9
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96MAORI TEAM BEATEN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 228, 25 August 1938, Page 9
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