NOTES

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 693, 18 June 1903, Page 8

NOTES

The teams were very evenly matched. The Grafton men, if anything, were more clever with their feet . The game was fast throughout, and hardly fought. McKenzie, the Grafton centre three-quar-ter, was in splendid form, and received ; reat applause for his clever play, especially for the try he scored, which was got by a brilliant dodgy run. Dick McGregor played his usual sound game, and was of great use to his team in both attack and defence work. Lewis was conspicuous for his work among the Newton forwards. The game was, however, to a large extent marred by the amount of off-side play which both teams indulged in. Perhaps the worst offender in this respect was Kelly, but several others were nearly as bad. The number of free kicks awarded by Mr Campbell for this breach of the rules must have been almost a record.