RUGBY FOOTBALL.
MAORIS' TEAM. SECOND TEST LOST. , United Press Association. SYDNEY, June 23. In the presence of 10,000 people New South Wales decisively defeated the Maori Rugby team. | New South Wales forced the game from the kick-off, the ball being mostly in the visitors' territory. Play up to half time was very patchy, the home team all the time having command. The scores at half-time were: • New South Wales ..■ 13 Maoris 5 The Maoris livened up after the resumption, and good work by the forwards enabled them to equalise thescore, but the combination of the home team was too good, and enabled them to win by 21 points to 16. Scorers for New South Wales were: Raymond, Sheehan, Crossman, one try each; Bowlers, two tries; Stanley, three tries converted. For the Maoris,, Gemmell scored two tries, Walker and Peina one each, and Fureai converted two ■ tries. |
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15273, 25 June 1923, Page 5
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