WELLINGTON MATCHES.
(SPECIAT. TO ''THE IRESS.") C WELLINGTON, May 19. £ An unexpected development hac oo- k curred in the Senior football contest. C Petono objected to Hunter as refereo & oarly in tho week on the grounds that £ ho had stated that if he ever rofeiood £ in a match in which Petone was playing £ ho would put half a dozen players eff tho j field. Tho Referees' Asrociation refused g to Listen to tho protest, and insisted J that Hunter should control the gamo 3 Accordingly to-day Petono refused to g takD the fi'ld against Wellington. The 3 probability is that tho suburban team, 9 ■which was fairly euro of tho champion- 9 ship, will bo disqualified for tho re- 9 mainder of the eeaeon. Tho matches 9 resulted: —Mcl rose 8 beat Oriental 6, J Athletic 16 beat Victoria College 3j 3 Poneko 37 beat Southern nil. Welling- 5 ton won by default from Petono. %
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19060521.2.26
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12507, 21 May 1906, Page 5
Word Count
155WELLINGTON MATCHES. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12507, 21 May 1906, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.