FOOTBALL.
THE TEN YARDS LIMIT,
(By Telegraph —Own Correspondent)
WELLINGTON, this day.
At a meeting of the Wellington Referees' Association it was decided tihat referees should strictly adhere to rule 8, regarding the ten yards limit.
Rule 8 reads: An off-side player shall not play the ball, nor during the time an opponent has the ball, run, tackle, or actively or passively obstruct; nor may he approach within ten yards of any player waiting for the ball; on any breach of this law the opposite side shall be awarded, at their option —(c). A free kick, the place of such breach being taken as the mark; (f) a scrummage, at the spot where the ball was last played by the offending side before such.breach occurred. [Except in the case of unintentional off-side, when a scrummage shall be formed Where such breach occurred.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 145, 21 June 1899, Page 5
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