PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
NEW ZEALANDi-RS WELCOMED IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, April 14. The Rugby League tendered the New Zealand footballers a reception m the Town Hall. Wright, the captain, m replying for the visitors, said they had -earned many lessons on the tour. One was that the old amateur -Rugby game was not the only game m the world. He felt sure that the public would flock to ccc the new League game. He did p. 0% think tliere
was a player m England who could kick goals like Messenger. April 16. Tlie New Zealand football team play at Newcastle on the 22nd and 25t'h ; meet New South Wales at Sydney on May 2, 6, and 9; Queensland at Brisbane on the 16fch, 2Cth, and 23rd ; ard Australia at Sydney on Jnne 6.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2823, 22 April 1908, Page 61
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