COTTER CAUGHT.

NZ Truth, Issue 132, 28 December 1907, Page 4

COTTER CAUGHT.

'Albert Cotter, Australia's fast bowler, • has long posed m the limelight as one Of the "flannelled fools" sung of by Bloodyard Kipling. But m the ..early hours of Sunday morning, the "bowler must have broken out m a iiew place, for on Monday mornina; ht stood m the police court limelight,' charged with assaulting • tw»' policemen and generally putting a head on 'em. ; . ■ -* Albert, m quite a gentlemanly manner, pleaded guilty. -P.M. Ranking wanted to know the reason why. Sub-Inspector Broderick said he was one of the visitors from New South Wales, and they had been naving abanquet or something, and Cotier had taken a few glasses too much, and. was inclined *, .to be rowdy, * and "\ when spoken to r by the police. •: .HAD ASSAULTED THEM.. P.M. (Ranking ":' That's right •aeugii, but are the police . injured ? Sub-Inspector Broderick : No, y«ur Worship, as a matter of fact, they, are not injured. . P.M. Ranking : Very well. You are fined £2 or- one month. Stop the £2 out of his bail money. And this is how Australia's champions are going to recover the ashes. In the.middle of an important match their chief bowler gets full up to the neck, and goes roaring round the street looking for lash, and bumps into two. 1 !•• policemen: ;And on a Sunday morning of all mornings" m the week. If there are many more of the same j sort m the Australian Eleven the ashes are. pretty safe to go back over the sea.— Brisbane "Truth." ' "*