BRILLIANT PLAY.
South island Maoris Beaten in Even Game. Per Press Association. GISBORNE. June 22. Scintillating Rugby was provided today when the Tairawhiti (Poverty Bay, East Coast, Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay) and Waipounamu (South Island) to decide the holders of the Prince of Wales Cup and the Jack Ruru Memorial Cup. Though Tairawhiti won by 13 to 3, the game was much more even than the scores indiSpecial interest attached to the appearance of the full-backs, Nepia and H. Phillips (Marlborough). Nepia gave a brilliant exhibition, his kicking being deadly accurate and his tackling even more decisive. Phillips played a great garhe, practically up to All Black standard and was little inferior to Nepia, whose exclusion from the All 'Blacks caused a great surpnse locally. The best of the Taira whiti side were Nepia, C. McKinley, E. Howell, J. Reedy, Harllson. jflataira, Whiteley, Reed. K. Reedy and Kershaw. For Waipounamu the best were Phillips, J. McDonald, Watson, Mason. Tom Robinson. Purdue, B. Ward, T. Witere. and Parata.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20648, 24 June 1935, Page 11
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169BRILLIANT PLAY. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20648, 24 June 1935, Page 11
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