FOOTBALL
Reputations were made and lost during Saturday’s torrid North and South Island match, won by North Island by 27 points to 18, states the “Christchurch Star.” It -was a game of pace all through, with the real battle between the South forwards and the North backs. The North backs Avon. Nepia failed to “come-back,” but three new players flashed across the firmament as potential All Blacks. They Avere the mercurial Wellington’ back, Brian Killeen; the' stocky front-rorv Northerner, Leeson; and the tireless and speedy AndreAvs. Had a NeA\ r Zealand team been picked after the game they Avould have been certainties. An outstanding feature of the match Avas the dominant part played by the South forwards in the second spell, after a stage in Avhich their side had appeared certain of heavy defeat.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 26 September 1933, Page 4
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