FOOTBALLERS SHOULD LEAVE ORNAMENTS IN THE HOME
Apart from an accidental kick, there are several ways of receiving injury during a goine of football. It was reported at a meeting of a North Island Rugby union last week that a member of a junior side had suffered a painful rut over his forehead through coming in contact with a ring on the hand of an opposing player. In a game at Lancaster Park about a fortnight back. Chi istchurc-h spectators were surprised to see one player wearing a neat-looking wristlet watch through one spell at least. To stand up to so much rough usage it must have been a stoutly-built piece of machinery. Had the glass broken, serious injury might have bec-n inflicted on someone. Referees already examine the stutls on a footballer's boots to see that they are. reasonably short and blunted. Surely, in future, referees will not have to look over the hands and wrists of players to ensure that they are not ornamented with rings or watches.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 205, 30 August 1941, Page 1 (Supplement)
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