THE LATE FOOTBALL MATCH AT HUNTLY.
TO r.HK KDILOIt. Sir,— The report uf the football match, Hamilton \. hLunt!y, in ynur i^xue of the fith itiNt., is vei\ partial to the former club, and not in accordance with fact-*. Injustice to tli.' Hunt'.y Cbib, allow* me to correct a, few ini^tatetnent«i. In the hr-ifc place the match ihoiild have been reported a draw, a> 'he try obtained by Ralph wa> <t fair one. The ball \\a> not ordered back by the umpire :i-< *t ited, and it \\iin not until after the tiy \v.i> oht-iint-d that the Hamilton men found then* had been off «idu play. The tinipue, however, stitod he did not -cc nff >idf play, ,iii(l consequently had to allow the tiy. which lie did. i'tmr correspondent aNo omit'- to mention that Huntly forced Hamilton down tunes apain«t three obtained by Hamilton, so that it 1-. e\ident Huntly l)-id the be~t <>f the game. — I aw, jour* obediently, I Hustlt.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2211, 9 September 1886, Page 2
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161THE LATE FOOTBALL MATCH AT HUNTLY. Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2211, 9 September 1886, Page 2
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