JUNIOR REPS. V. WAIUKU.
Prior to the Auckland-Taranaki match a “ curtain raiser ” was "played between the Auckland junior representatives and a team fr.om,Waiuku. ; In previous years the contest between’ these two teams has. always formed a keenly-fought-out struggle, and/ Saturday’s game proved no exception to the rule. The match was not. one , t calculated to arouse a, great deal, of excitement, but both teams, however,-, were very evenly matphed. In, the. first spell Fricker scored;a.try. for the.” junior reps., while Middietpn got over for Waiuku, and neither of,the tries . being converted . half-time was • sounded with the score equal—three points each. In the second half the only score obtained was a try for the junior reps, by Smith, making thehome team winners by 6 points to 3.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 965, 3 September 1908, Page 10
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126JUNIOR REPS. V. WAIUKU. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 965, 3 September 1908, Page 10
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