FOOTBALL 0R FIGHT?
ROUGH PLAY AT GISBORNE Press Association GISBORNE, Today. As a consequence of keen rivalry between teams engaged in the country match on Saturday, a free fight developed which the emergency referee was unable to stop. The regularly appointed referee did not turn up and a spectator volunteered to carry the whistle, but al;most immediately the match went to pieces and very rough play was fea‘ ’tured, blows being struck. Many players were marked in rough and tumble scrums. “It is enough to ruin country football,” declared Mr. Parker, chairman of the Rugby Union, when the scene was described last night. It was decided to replay the match in town under proper control and to demand explanations from the captains of the respective teams.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 722, 23 July 1929, Page 1
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