"FOOTBALL AS SHE IS SPORE"
The ieani to, which the ulayer beloitg'e'd WaS a fairlv "hard" oiie. It was not unusual to hear its members calling out "bash him, sibsh him,- prunch him and btfwl him" during the course of . a gafhe. . This exeuse for the behaviour of a footballer at a recent game Was brbffered hv a ihehifeet Of the Horowhenua Rugby Union management comMitteg/ at d Meeting llst night, when the ulayer was broujSfht before it for striking an opposihg team member. The committee member said he thought there Was a degree of provocation. The nian was in His first vear. and was nrobably incited hy his teaM Mates.
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 June 1947, Page 4
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