Controversial referee
51 ? j 5 The leading referee in ? { New Zealand, Mr J. Per- t J rival (Auckland) wiU J 5 control the Rugby League ? J Cup match between Can- J { terbury and West Coast at $ 5 the Show Grounds on i 5 Saturday. « 5 Mr Percival made a J 5 lasting imprearion on Aus- J t tralian spectators and : J British players, in pan J i titular, during last sea- > ; son’s world championship J J series when he awarded : * double penalties against } J any players disputing his J j decisions. The second ? b penalty was awarded 10 J ' yards further down field J 5 from the original mark. J J Apart from his tert'S * experience in the world , b series, during which he S : b officiated In the grand final J b between Australia and 5 b France and shared the $ } other games with Mr C. J b Pearce (Australia), Mr 5 b Perdval has refereed tests J J between New Zealand and } b France (1964), Australia 5 b (1965) and Great Britain b J (1966). J
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19690507.2.98
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31981, 7 May 1969, Page 15
Word Count
178Controversial referee Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31981, 7 May 1969, Page 15
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.
Log in