‘WINNING COUNTS’
LEAGUE GAME IN ENGLAND FORMER AUCKLANDER’S VISIT “YOU HAVE TO BE TOUGH" (By Telegraph.—Press Association) AUCKLAND, Tuesday “ They're killing the game. It's the win that counts and you have to win at any cost.” These were the com ments on English League football by two former Auckland players, C. Blacklaws and M. L. Stephens, who arrived on the Wanganella to-day on a brief visit. For four seasons they ■Mi., with Lancashire club teams and expect to play several seasons more. *' Play is a lot harder in England.” said Blacklaws. “ The game is a business and training is very strict. In the Gup ties orders ere to win at any price. The more wins a club gets the more it attracts the public. It is very rough and you have to i»o very ’ough.” They mentioned several Maori players, including G. Smith, Charlie Harrison and McDonald, who were doing well.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20506, 24 May 1938, Page 8
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151‘WINNING COUNTS’ Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20506, 24 May 1938, Page 8
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