FOOTBALL.
ENGLISH TEAM FOR NEW
ZEALAND,
BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION
Received February 24, 8.26 a.m
LONDON, February 23. The English Rugby Union's team of footballers will sail for New Zealand by the Athenic. It is expected that their names will be announced in the course of a fe n days.
TOUR OF THE "PRO-BLACKS."
MATCH AGAINST LANCASHIRE. Received February 24, 7.53 p.m. SYDNEY, February 24. ■ The London "Daily Telegraph" says that the New Zealanders in their fifth representative match at Oldham, against Lancashire, were opposed by a strong team, and at all points the home team proved superior. Indeed, the colonials gave a disappointing display sustaining the heaviest reverse of their tour—one goal and six tries to two goals. They not only lacked the pace of the Home players, but the forwards failed to hold their own, and the game from beginning to end left no doubt as to the superiority of the Lancashire team. The points gained by the colonials were from two penalty goals which Messenger scored.
The "Daily News" described the "All Blacks'" play as disappointing.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 903, 25 February 1908, Page 6
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178FOOTBALL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 903, 25 February 1908, Page 6
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