HOW KIA OR A WON ITS MATCH AGAINST WELLINGTON 11. The matth u<ib being played at the Loner Hutt a tea ueehb back But the Seiond Wellingtonianb had no notion that their antagonists had a te^ene lull-back in the pe) '■on of John Bull. 'They auohe uith a Uait to that fact juU as a speedy Welltngtonian was Ureaking for the goal-line to s<o/e a certain try. A rout jrom the goal-posts, and theie btood Kia Oia's 1 eserve foi ce, tvith tail in the ah, and quite teady for the action. That speedy thiee-quarte) dropped the ball like a hot potato, and neiei made Jabter time in hib life that when he started for the uthei end of the Jield. Never before was biuh a panic seen on a football Jield. The bull won the match as he iiked.
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Free Lance, Volume I, Issue 50, 15 June 1901, Page 12
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140HOW KIA OR A WON ITS MATCH AGAINST WELLINGTON II. The matth u<ib being played at the Loner Hutt a tea ueehb back But the Seiond Wellingtonianb had no notion that their antagonists had a te^ene lull-back in the pe)'■on of John Bull. 'They auohe uith a Uait to that fact juU as a speedy Welltngtonian was Ureaking for the goal-line to s<o/e a certain try. A rout jrom the goal-posts, and theie btood Kia Oia's 1 eserve foice, tvith tail in the ah, and quite teady for the action. That speedy thiee-quarte) dropped the ball like a hot potato, and neiei made Jabter time in hib life that when he started for the uthei end of the Jield. Never before was biuh a panic seen on a football Jield. The bull won the match as he iiked. Free Lance, Volume I, Issue 50, 15 June 1901, Page 12
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