RUGBY CODE
UNIVERSAL ADOPTION. FAILURE OF DOMINIONS REGRETTED. (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) London, April 5. “It has always been a matter for regret that the Rugby code was not universally adopted throughout the Dominions,” said Colonel Alfred St. George Hamersley, writing in the Evening News. He participated in first Anglo-Scottish international match, and was originator of Rugby in Canterbury and Vancouver. He says that all who have seen the All Blacks, realise Australia’s and Canada’s loss in not adopting Rugby. He recalls the first New Zealand match in 1874, played at Ashburton between North and South Canterbury, the players travelling fifty miles, fording rivers in coaches and returning that evening.
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Southland Times, Issue 20148, 7 April 1927, Page 7
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109RUGBY CODE Southland Times, Issue 20148, 7 April 1927, Page 7
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