DR MORAN'S APPEAL.
FOOTBALL CAPTAIN GIVES THE
CALL,
'YOU MUST ALL GOME. 1'
\ll(>er-ivet.l Novombev 19, 5.25 a.m.)
SYDNEY, November 19.
The of fcho Rugby Union has received a letter from Dr Moran wlio retained the Wallaby team who tourc! Britain. Tie is now convalescent after service at Gallipoli. His' letter has a characteristic footballer's ap-
peal—" You all must come if yon want to win the war—every man Jack. Slackens and shirkers merit 5, only the noose of a rope. It is the only game worth playing now. They are in our twenty-live and yon. must send men, men, men, and more men. "It is the best game in history. There arc no rules and the only referee, posterity, has the whistle and cannot bo heard. Yes, they're in our twenty-five at present, but whoa we heel out our ammunition more clearly, wo shall move, forward, but meanwhile we want men of the Anzae breed."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8300, 19 November 1915, Page 5
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156DR MORAN'S APPEAL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8300, 19 November 1915, Page 5
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