KNOWN IN TENNIS WORLD
A VISITOR WHO ALSO PLAYED FOOTBALL. [“Hines” Special.] AUCKLAND, Saturday Night; An interesting visitor to New Zealand on the “Franconia” is Mr. H. Slazenger ,a member of the wellknown Arm of English sports goods’ manufacturers. Mr. Slazenger Is old English Rugby International and played against the first Maori team which visited England in the eighties. “I remember that some of them would aooner play In bare feet than wear boots,"' recalled Mr. Slazenger. “Like their successors of last year theyl were good players and fine fellows. I also saw the All-Blacks who I think were the finest team that ever stepped on to a football ground.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3538, 21 February 1927, Page 6
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110KNOWN IN TENNIS WORLD Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3538, 21 February 1927, Page 6
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