SUNDRY SPORTS.
FOOTBALL. i i THE TEAM FOR CALIFORNIA. [Per Press Association.] Wellington, July 30. The following team has been selected to visit California : Backs—O’Leary (Auckland), Cuthill (Dunedin), McGregor (Auckland), Lynch (South Canterbury), Stohr (Taranaki), R. Roberts (Taranaki), Gray (Christchurch), Geddes (Auckland), E. Roberts (Wellington), Taylor (Christchurch), McKenzie (Wellington). Forwards.—Murray (Christchurch), Sellars (Auckland), Williams (Otago), Cain (Taranaki), Atkinson (West Coast), Downing (Auckland), Dewar (Taranaki), Wylie and Bruce (Auckland), McDonald (Otago), Graham (Otago), Douglas (Otago). The members of the team are to notify the Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union by August 9 whetehcr they can make the trip. They are to assemble in Wellington on September 5, where they will be medically examined by Dr. McEvedy.
BOXING. THE MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. Masterton, July 30. Denny Murphy, of Wellington, defeated Barney Island, of Waipawa, tonight in a fifteen-round contest for the professional middleweight championship of New Zealand and a purse of £SO. The decision was given on points, and was received with loud cheering.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 73, 31 July 1913, Page 8
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