Football Incident.
■'.:' [Wellington paper.] '/'During the -progress of one of the ■' '*. football games at the Newtown Park i dm Saturday afternoon, one of the plajreis was disrobed m a manner more Corciblje than poliie. The hall hail -jnßt teen, thrown out of " Jtoucb," and ' * ffahP scrinjiMage. rcsnlted: One of ;, the forwards, in^^pacUing m," cWsped' the player m fi*ont VounJ his lower limbs to facilitate drivingOn, when the -i a. individual -so , clasped wast .. horror- ■■ •* stricken to find his nether clothing tovn ''.piecemeal from his body.l Of courte, - hi« companions immediately surrounded ■■i him to hide his uncomfortable position from the onlookers, and m this way -r^ccyjered Jbis,. retreat, .to the dressingroom, where he was reclothed. Prothe effect of making : iJJlbptDailers viptiiise' more; pare m the , jjeleetion of their cloth foy cpstHnJes. Incidents' of this kind are of, vather frequent occurrence; we noticed one -; • |ach a few weeks 'back. ■■';''■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 128, 29 April 1884, Page 3
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148Football Incident. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 128, 29 April 1884, Page 3
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