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69:List of New Zealand Kiwis matches
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527:20 November
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364:New Zealand
277:, F Wells,
271:R MacDonald
202:played for
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178:Ernie Asher
102:Harold Rowe
78:New Zealand
1721:Categories
993:West Coast
983:Wellington
873:Canterbury
832:Wellington
609:rl1908.com
501:References
468:Bill Tyler
413:, captain
411:Bill Tyler
359:Bill Tyler
313:Wellington
295:Bill Tyler
279:B Mackrell
265:, captain
259:F Woodward
251:T Houghton
244:Lance Moir
228:Lance Todd
200:Peter Moko
67:See also:
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913:Northland
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366:in 1930.
325:Tom Cross
315:defeated
287:J Griffen
283:C Dunning
275:A Jackson
267:D Wynyard
255:A Chorley
232:Adam Lile
146:Bert King
94:Adam Lile
953:Taranaki
903:Manawatu
853:Auckland
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263:A Carlaw
236:Taranaki
234:was the
220:Taranaki
190:Auckland
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791:Matches
786:Coaches
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347:Rotorua
206:in the
44: →
35:←
29:Seasons
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755:Junior
658:, 1998
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333:George
291:Seagar
174:Albert
106:George
84:while
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800:Zones
760:Māori
483:Ernie
204:Glebe
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