FOOTBALL IN BRUSSELS.
The English colony in Brussels has lately established a .football club, and one of the papers gives the : following account of-a; recent. ; matdft "•ii^'TJie' arena was indicated t>y a row °f flags. *fne ball was soiemnly placed between the tw« camp*. A vigproiis kick announces the" beginning «f the game. A number of young nien are' at once seen rolling.pn the ground, entangled «ne with anotlier and bustling each other about- As soon, as one .bf the players, bruised ani| "seizes the balta mob p^ursueis' hijk, i&adf* him oW, ntm 1 beneath ajpile of arms jMijpegftj an& seizes by^oree the prj^oui-f . pr^y r >yhich the , brave Mow, .flWfsei tq> §fc.)hsarfc ; j A'eurious effect is the .'gpavS silence during/the battle ;'. Jhese young -^eiiSemen are careful , not to^ftok «wif jttey 1 were there fin^^lay- /T^*W*? d #$ brutal s^afe'l&fed; $&j&gejti^ ; an, hour. * ' i MMky p^ersr by, ' no^cing, the pitiable condition, or "th> players, in- ; quired if there nad ibeen an accident. ■' No ; it is <raly thei English amusing ihemaelveV ** . i ,: ' -, • ■■'■ - rii ''.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 21, 31 July 1886, Page 3
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171FOOTBALL IN BRUSSELS. Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 21, 31 July 1886, Page 3
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