FOOTBALL ON MOTOR CYCLES
Londoners are showing great interest in motor cycle football. The game is in many ways similar to polo. It is one of the fastest of games, and is becoming increasingly popular. A motor cycle football team consists of 6 mem-bers-—three forwards, two half-backs and a goal-keeper. For the kick-off the ball is placed in the centre of the ground, and the opposing forwards line up 25 yards from the ball. When the whistle goes engines are opened up, and the forwards let in their clutches and mak e a dash for it. The ball may not be kicked Dy a rider when his machine is stationary; neither may the rider carry the ball along with him by wedging it against his machine. A player may ride another off the ball, but may not ride across another player or ride in any other way dangerously. Spare machines are not allowed, and damage to a machine is therefore a serious matter to a side.
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Shannon News, 5 August 1927, Page 4
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166FOOTBALL ON MOTOR CYCLES Shannon News, 5 August 1927, Page 4
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