THE NORTHERN UNION GAME. AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 September 1908, Page 2

THE NORTHERN UNION GAME. AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON.

I WELLINGTON, Saturday. The contest under the Northern Union i rules betweeii teams from Auckland and ' Wellington was played at Petone, alld i ended m a draw, each side scoring 13 points. Tho outstanding feature of tho game was its openness. Both teams were -. spoken of as being well trained, but bet fore the match ended the majority of t the players were quite wearied. Asher - was the most noticeable oxample. He • was almost brilliant in the first spell, and was scarcely once prominent in the sei crmd. His "hurdling" trick was twice \ I atempted, but it availed but little. George , Spencer stood up and waited for him, > and when he jumped he was upset without • trouble. The crowd showed enthusiasm ou two occasions during the match, but for the most part they were stolid. There : seemed to be none of the continuous en- ■ thusiasm and bitter rivalry that charac- '■ tcrises the two sections of the crowd ■ which witnessed the Auckland v. Weli lington fixture under the Rugby rules in - Wellington every second year. There was, however, plenty of vim put into the game by the players, and on at least I three occasions there were blows struck, • but the contest was too keen to permit f of any long continuance of these misun- ; derstandings, and no apparent harm resulted from the blows.