The Match of The Century
B Keeping in step with the pipes. J • Whangarei on Saturday—Orphan- ' » aDay—will march to Rugby I i Paik, where the season’s most at- g | tractive and novel hill of football J ® fi re will be offered in the best ■ B of causes. g fi Five pipers and two drum- i I mers of the recently re-formed j j County Pipe Band will form up J I at the Bank corner at 2 p.m. and I I will play en route to the Park. b b Unprecedented interest is be- b i ing taken in the clash between g ■ the old-time teams, in which a J a large proportion of the players a ■ taking part will be internation- g I a^s * a I Some of the leading town play- J J ers have been noticed in strict J a training for the event, while the I I husky country fifteen is finding g j enough exercise on the farms. * J It will be the match of the cen- j J tury. J
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Northern Advocate, 26 May 1938, Page 7
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