TOURING FOOTBALLERS
FIJIAN TEAM ARRIVES FIRST MATCH ON WEDNESDAY (By Telegraph.—Press Association) AUCKLAND, Monday The first native Rugby football team ever to leave Fiji, comprising 22 players, arrived by the Monowai today to play a series of matches in New Zealand, the first at Rotorua on Wednesday against a Bay of Plenty Maori team. The itinerary includes a test match against the Maoris on September 16 in Hamilton. The co-managers, Messrs J. B. K. Taylor, and J. H. F. Wiley, said the team, [which is comprised of solid young players, expected to give a good account of themselves. Weather conditions are not 'expected to make as much difference as might be thought, as the players had had experience of playing on wet ground in Fiji. They will sail on their return on September IS toy the Mariposa. The members of the Fijian team passed through Hamilton this afternoon on their way to Rotorua.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20888, 21 August 1939, Page 8
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