DESERTING THE COLOURS.
RUGBYITES WANT LEAGUE GAME. (By ToicsrraTih. Press Association. 1 CKraSTCHURCH, Friday. ! A public meeting of footballers "and j those interested in football was. held to-night. An address was delivered by Mr. D. W. McLean, president of the New Zealand Rugby League. There was a fair sprinkling of senior Rugby players, but the majority consisted of' those taking ! their football from the back of the stand! j The following motion was agreed to: I "That this meeting is of opinion that the I tin*' is now opportune for a material change in the game and the control of Rngbiy football; -and further, that we are, : •convinced that the adoption of the League game would be a step in the direction of jSncJi a change." Only a comparatively f *- "
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 179, 27 July 1912, Page 8
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