"ALL BLACK" MATCHES.

NZ Truth, Issue 133, 17 August 1907, Page 3

"ALL BLACK" MATCHES.

PROBABLE OPPONENTS, The following clubs constitute the Northern Rugby League, and the "All Black professors" will, m all probability, meet each of them m turn :— Leigh, Hunslet. Leeds, Qldham, Keighley, Wigan. Hull Kingston Rovers, Brougfoton Rovers, Halifax, Runcorn, Huddersfield. Swinton, St. Helens, Warring-ton, Wake-field Trinity, Hull, Salford, Pontefract, Batley. Widnes, Dewsbury, Bromley., York, Barrow-in-Furness, Nprmanton, Millom, Castieford. Rochdale Hornets, Morecam'be, Brighouse Rangers. Total.. 30. So that even m the first flight o? clubs the numbers are greater than the figures -quoted by the truthful George. As regards gates, the largest gate the "All Blacks" drew was 42,000, whilst m the Soccer game at Manchester and Liverpool, m club, not representative, matches, 69,000 neople have naid for admittance, and as the Northern Rugby Union's headauarters are at Manchester, it is quite probable that. | with a drawing team like the ."All Black professors," this record will be beaten. George may brine himself up-to-date by reading "Whittaker," when he may be forcibly impressed with the populations of the centres named. The population of the two counties. Lancashire and Yorkshire, will be found, to he about fifteen million — quite sufficient to provide "gates" for our representatives, at anvrate. Whilst on the matter of the Northern Union, it may interest the executive of the N.Z. Union to learn that an Otaejo player not so very long a«go visited! his native heath and play eel" several matches with the Keighlev (Northern Rugby Union)' Club. In these matches "Otago" distinguished himself, and clippings from the 1 "Athletic News" and "Yorkshire Post" were sent out and reprinted m the Otago papers, but on "Otago" returning home, Galbraith find Co. did rot fire him out of the New Zealand Union as a professional.