NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL FIELD GAMES

NZ Truth, Issue 860, 13 May 1922, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL FIELD GAMES

SEASON IN FULL SWING Football's firm grip on the great army of lovers of clean, healthy sport m New Zealand is a matter of world-know-ledge. Thousands are revelling m the manly game throughout the country to-day, still more thousands have had their day, and are getting their excitement ."on the bahk," where ■the budding players join them m their idol worship —worship almost as fervent as that of the great army of the fair sex —as keen as any male football fan. Rugby continues to maintain its supremacy, but the Soccer code has its thousands of devotees, and they are steadily increasing. There is plenty of room for both. The League game looked, like making headway at one time; it has flourished more m Auckland than elsewhere, and its progress there has at times caused some consternation to the controllers of Rugby and directed close attention to Northern Union rules. But Rugby Reigns.