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Back Issues: When a Chinese Universities soccer team came to Palmerston North
- Description
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 1924, the first sports team from Asia toured New Zealand. The team proved popular, played twenty two matches and attracted large crowds. Among the legacies of the Chinese Universities soccer team's tour was the Chinese Cup, a trophy donated by the local Chinese community to coincide with the visit to Palmerston North. The trophy is still contested to the present day by Manawatū football teams (2024).
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Content type
- Born digital
- Relation
- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- November 2, 2024
- Digitisation ID
- 2025Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_042998
- Format
- Born Digital
- Held In
- "IMCA Digital Archive"
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