SOUTHBRIDGE v. VETERANS.
Sati&rdtsf wss'trfe J letter any inn the annals of tbe*Botstbbridge < football club. A team of veterans challenged them and succumbed after/ a i hard' struggle. It is difficult to give~tl»e exact scores, inasmuch ''as all ' fcdrts^bf- points'*' '-we're 1 scored after the match' was 'finished, and the referee was too busy-playing on both Bidoß»tx once' td 'keep 5 tally. ; "MrAB. McMillan^ captained 'the fluffs, 11 sodiß sijcfcecrf ; ifcbe'cWb,: orMiic^ahout ten members turne-1 out, ,was u^tier the command '^or the Muffs. Mfe^rfi fail mour, C. Lee, Langeflhwardt, Myers. Winter, ami the referee, (Mr 0. H. Will!*) playeJ *up ; 'granlly. Mr A. Lowe succoe'ded m getting a try by a briliiantt|Mo Y f % f <$'■'$**'}' ff half > and Mr C*. %cc converted It into tjie v major^om't: 1 v For 1 'ttitf c'l'ui)' tries ' Ml 1 goals and things^Wero Mslaitn^d ii "by most of the players, but tb«i"ief«ree was too basjr to, c.npsUcfli th,e'"« f r^he . game ; was played; wxdenßugby; Association : l^nion JL'uHrandJ-gO'Kiles^ with intervals for refreshntehts'and; music oti rofere9 T s' vrhisrtle, ahd ■"< Was ! cbnducted on purely; temperance lines. A return match '; is^- , ;* t VjrT 1"1 ; •' ' - ■■■■ ■■ .'•.' ■ ' ■■■ " ;i ■• '. ■■ being arrange J . : :
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 915, 3 June 1891, Page 3
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191SOUTHBRIDGE v. VETERANS. Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 915, 3 June 1891, Page 3
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