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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 256, 13 July 1926, Page 15

An extraordinary incident is recorded from Waihi. In the course of a Rugby first grade match, East v. Railways, a plaver named Smith was about to ’take a kick at goal from a try scored by East, when a collie dog trotted on the field and began sniffing at the ball. The dog’s action prevented Smith from taking the kick at the moment, and one of the opposing forwards seeing that the ball had been grounded, immediately charged ine dog promptly cleared, and the forward booted the ball down the field. The spectators were dumbfounded when the referee allowed the charge, and would not permit the ball to be replaced and a shot at goal taken. There may b. no rule to meet the circumstances (tonlarks an exchange), bui the referee might have exercised common-sense and allowed a kick at goal.