Australia vs New Zealand

Campbell, two-goal hero Ted Cook - a Southland banker and cash sprinter - and Wellington jeweller Charlie Ballard tormented the Australian defence in a 3-1 win ...

A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. “I think it is not too much to say that Cook was ever in the limelight,’’ Ruddiman wrote. The Otago Daily Times declared the crowd of 10,000 was “probably a record for a soccer match in New Zealand’’ while Dunedin’s Evening Star noted “another 2000 took advantage of the natural grandstand … You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. A talented cricketer, he also competed on the athletics circuit. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. Australia wore sky blue with maroon trim – the respective colours of New South Wales and Queensland. A photograph showed the Southland flyer had clearly finished first, yet he was only awarded third place. that New Zealand allowed players to be charged by their opponents when they did not have the ball’’. But, barging bleats aside, the 1922 tour was a true groundbreaker. It wouldn’t be the last time Australian football folk squawked about Kiwi muscularity. The two arch rivals have clashed 64 times since 1922.