THE PRICE OF LOYALTY
WETHERILL still retains much of his old artistry, but the constant battering the City XIII. has had to face from superior forward opposition has taken the polish off his game. At times on Saturday, a player who was once ranked as th.e most brilliant five-eighth in Maoriland was little more than a mediocre club performer. Harassed incessantly by fastbreaking forwards, as he has been this season, Wetherill has got into a lot of bad habits, including the fatal one of giving ground in attack. Association with better teams in the bigger games of this season may bring back the little veteran’s former speed and cleverness, but it is going to be a stiff task for Wet her ill to get back to his old place in New Zealand League. It is just the price a champion has to pay for sticking loyally to a club which has not got the players capable of playing up to his level. Still, City’s day will come again.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 401, 9 July 1928, Page 6
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168THE PRICE OF LOYALTY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 401, 9 July 1928, Page 6
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