FOOTBALLER DISQUALIFIED FOR LIFE
WELLINGTON, June 24. . The management committee of the Wellington Rugby Union tonight suspended a junior Maori footballer for life foflowing a charge of assault'ing a referee on the field. This is belieYed ^to be.tlib'' first sentence of its kind inflicted by the Union. This was the sequel to a match on May 31. Three persons, the Maori boy, the coach who called the team off the field during the progress of the game, and a player who was ordered off for objeeting to the referee 's ruling, were notified to appear before the Union. Only the latter.two did so. The coach was suspended- for the" remainder of the season and it w|ts decided to caution the player ordered;' off for objeeting to the referee 's ruling. »
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 June 1947, Page 2
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