WELLINGTON’S NARROW WIN
MATCH WITH CANTERBURY Wellington, Aug. 3. One or the strongest teams that has ! represented Wellington for many sea- , oils, including some of the country’s i leading players now stationed at Trent - > ham Camp, had no easy task in beat - j ing an enterprising Canterbury side 1 17-12 at Athletic Park on Saturday! afternoon before about 12.000 spectators. The visitors paid the Wellington side j the compliment of recognising their j strength by setting out to bustle them ; into errors and in making very sure; that each player got his opponent. So 1 successful were these tactics that, j though Wellington always appeared to' have the game in hand, they were sorely pressed on occasions in the second ■ iH'i:
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 7
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121WELLINGTON’S NARROW WIN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 7
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