FOOTBALL.
The players who took part, in the Kopuaranna-Rangitumau match, on Saturday, at Kopuaranga, were entertained at afternoon tea in the Public Hall hy the ladies., Against Otaco on Saturday, Wellington were without the services ot Roberts and Wallace, who were unable to play owing to injuries received in the Northern tour. Otago were even more severely handioapped, being without the services of Booth (fullback, injured at Manawatu), Maopherson (threequarter), Gilray (three,quarter), Adams (threequarter), and King (half). The Welling; ton pack averaged over a stone heavier than the Otago scrum, and had it not been for the plucky play of Green and Mitchiusou in particular Otago would have put up a big soore.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8239, 18 September 1906, Page 6
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113FOOTBALL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8239, 18 September 1906, Page 6
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