FOOTBALL AND WAR
RUGBY UNIT OF DEFENCE CORPS. ■ ay Telegraph -I'ri'-P Chrlstchuroh, June 11. A large meeting of Rugby footballers last evening decided to form a Rugby unit of the Citizens' Defence Corps. It is believed that 200 members will be enrolled. Major Murphy, speaking of the valuo of sport as an aid to efficiency, said that neither he nor anyone connected with the Defence Department wished to see football dropped. It- was a fact that trained footballers at the Dardanelles had often led the charge.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2486, 12 June 1915, Page 14
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86FOOTBALL AND WAR Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2486, 12 June 1915, Page 14
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