GREATEST FOOTBALL MATCH ON RECORD.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 187, 17 April 1915, Page 3

GREATEST FOOTBALL MATCH ON RECORD.

i*£: -i'V w V rTT- f ' : 3XaTISIT JffLfe BOGS 7. BERLIN i ViW . - ■ •. ;;v, ?■' ‘yiK * ' >\ '■ *, • ; for the. World ’a Championship commenced •• at •Fro n t ic.rjjjj -■ Ajcgu?t ■ 26th, .1914. Thes that . the Tie must be- irrespective of, time "• Tly*-following .teams •lined •Bull Grey and Churchill-, Kitchehgr, .French, and Jcl.lie,oep Sword, Gu/i, ?and*BayOnet. jy.y v. •; •■• . ■ • ButchersTT-.Vlllialm; Krupp-ture • and Kluck, Yon Glass, otie. Pint j Ferocity and Atrocity, oßxnb Lootj .and* Plirpdey-•* v; KefCree“r;Gcneral. Public., ' Linesman—-King*, of Italy and President ; -:'■■■ The BuH Dogs won the toss, -and the Butchers chicked,.: off.,' The , Batchers, •commenced. operations , through a raid on the Amiens .;epd; by Feroicty and Atrofelty. ■ The tactics - adopted rhme..being against tbe-laws of the game, they were severely censured by the Referee. It -was-here.-that-Tommy, in conjunction with- the •left wing Gun and Bayonet, came into the picture,, a great run: of theirs ending in- the temporary retirement off-Ygn Kluck, Vilhelm was now heard' Bhoiiti.ng~to‘ his forwards, and it was evident jto ijm spectators .that he had placed, the wrong team in the field. Jv~ •.' r,:

■:s The Butchers,- - acting on the -advice of their captain, advanced in full force towards the Paris end. This move could easily been stopped by Tommy, but on- the advice of Kitchener it.;wds allowed to go on. Jellicoeiso far had not been playing to reputation, but he now came into the game with ,a vengeance. , A dating raid made by him arid Jack resulted in the first goal being serired amid v,trcmendous excitement. Vilhelm was, nor secn-.-.alppeaKngssto one of the linpsmen (President Wilson) that the Bull Dogs’

forwards were.' off-side, but the -Rej ! | , i , ~ ee turned-a:,dea-f ear to all-his appeals. Bomb, after the kick-off, came -|r|to the scene for the Butchers, but his aim was scandalous, a,nd though breaksrng through many times, noneof his shots' took effeeL - ■'The ■ Bull Dogs’ specials were now ,arriving, and a pass from Kitchener to-French was speedily sent forward to Sword. The centre forward, by combining his wings well, carried all before-him, and a complete rout of the Butchers ended in the sec-ond-goal being-scored. The Butchers now sbemed thoroughly demoralised and Vilhelm was now constantly appealing to Wilson-for off-side, but in vriin. Half-time arrived with the Bull Dogs pressing.-Score: — Bull Dogs . ....... Two Goals. Butchers ........;. Nothing. During the interval Vilhelm proposed to Kitchener (through Wilson, of course) to call the game a draw and finish up, but Kitchener said the game must be to' a finish. Vilhelm returned to his men disconsolate. .Little need be said of the second portion. Excepting’ a few murderous raids by Bomb, Ferocity, and Atrocity, the Butchers were never in it: The Bull Dogs’ half-backs

and forwards, backed op by Grey, and Churchill, -■sVept. all beferfe them, and the game ended in Berlin bytli© absolute rout of the Butchers, tht final freora beihg:~ .....Bull Doge .... .Twenty Goah|, .|? f‘ VBniehers Nothing bnt^disgjra^e' t , sr u After the puttch^a’ 'mgietfng;""©£■ thb -Foul" Play -Committeg', ■ whe& ' the following resolution were pawed: t —Vilhelm to be suspended (by the neck), ‘sine die’ for coaching hisright wing, and Atrocity, to' foul deeds. Von Kluck was ordered leave Europe Bomb was ordered to referee the Clip' Tie between Backgreen Head-smashers, and The Village Fire-eater*; SS\ * i :Oi ? K The Bull DogsAwere awarded the Championship, and given the map (tf‘ Europe to alter as they'th'Ougbt fit;’ , We ar,e . indebted, to Mr. William McLennan, Football Arms, Edinburgh, for" this amusing effusion.' .*