A CLEAN MATCH
COMMENT BY BROUGH
(By Telegrapli.— Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, August 6. yJ;;Brough, captain of the English team, expressed surprise that there had been comment-on rough play in the game. He said that the match was one of the cleanest of the tour. It was unfortunate that injuries were suffered' by English players, but that was liable to happen in any game of football. ♦ ' V :
With regard to the ordering-off of Hodgson, nobody, was more surprised than the. opposing players. He asked the referee why Hodgson was sent off and the .referee replied that he saw Hodgson strike a player. When questioned; as to who was the player Hodgson, struck nobody seemed to know.
;"I asked the referee to reverse his decision," said Brough. "We are here to give a good display of football and we already then had two players off the field-irijured. We are here to play football, win or lose."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 33, 7 August 1936, Page 6
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154A CLEAN MATCH Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 33, 7 August 1936, Page 6
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