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On 21 June 1930 Alfred Canter commentated on the first live rugby test broadcast in New Zealand. Although the cartoon suggests that the game was between England and New Zealand, the winning team was actually the British Lions. The match was at Carisbrook in Dunedin. Listen to an excerpt from Canter's commentary.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: A-315-2-190
by Trevor Lloyd
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