NORTHERN UNION GAME,

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13751, 14 September 1908, Page 5

NORTHERN UNION GAME,

WELLINGTON ANJ) AUCKLAND DRAW. WELLINGTON, Sept. 13. Tho contest under Northern Union rules between teams from Auckland and Wellington was played at Petone yesterday. The result was a draw, each side scoring 13 points. The outstanding feature of the game was its openness. Both teams were spoken of as being well trained, but before the match ended the majority of the players were quite wearied. AsJher was t^he mont notable example. He was almost brilliant in the first spell, and was 1 scarcely once prominent in the second. His ''•hurdling" trick was twice attempted, hut availed but little. George Spencer stood up and waited for him, and

when he jumped he was upset without trouble. The crowd showed enthusiasm on two occasions during^the match, but for the most part they, were stolid. There seemed none of the continuous enthusiasm an*h bitter rivalry that characterises the two sections of the crowd which witnesses' iliekA.ucklandv. Wellington fixture under Rugby rules in Wellington every second year. There was* however, .plenty of vim put into the game by the players, >nd on at least three occasions there Jirere blows struck, „but,t he contest was 100 keen to per'nut 6( any V>»g continuance of these misuriderßtapdings, and no;; apparent harm resulted from ihe Wows. 7