PROFESSIONAL ALL BLACKS.
I TWO JOIN HOME TEAMS.
ROUGE' apiiA'sr •xn cjeefxtenham:
(Received 9,8 a.m.)
LONDON. February 17. The New Zealand professional football team -will play St. Helens on Saturday. It is understood that each player will receive f 150 for the tour, in addition to hotel expenses and the allowance of £1 a. week. George W. Smith, the representative threequarter, has joined the Oldham Glub, and S- B. Todd, the Auckland five;ighths, has joined Wigan. : Comments in the newspapers condemn roughness on both sides during the match at Cheltenham. •'The Daily Express" says that for OTital tactics it was a disgrace to pro- I fessional football. The referee ordered j mc of the New Zealanders off the field [ :or fighting, and separated another New ; Sealander from his opponent while fight-
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 42, 18 February 1908, Page 5
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