"PROTECT THE REFEREE."'
When. the W.R.U. Management Committee- was dealing with the report regarding the recent disturbance at a lower grade match, the chairman (Mr. J. Prendeville) gave some advice, which might well be kept in mind. "There are times and places to interview the referee," lie remarked. "Spectators must remember that the referee is an .honorary gentleman. He is essential to the game, and just as essential aa the ball is: He gives up his afternoons [for the players, and not only for them, but also for the spectators. It is our duty to see that the referee is. not .molested, but protected." The action of a spectator in going up to the referee and interfering with him, even with the best of intentions, might easily lead up to a serious demonstration, the chairman pointed out, particularly if, as in the case under notice, some of the spectators were inclined to be unruly. In view of the nature of the report, and following, as it did, the Shannon incident, the committee felt it. proper that they should Etate definitely their views' on the matter at once. They -had done so, for that reason, before calling" the parties concerned before the committee. 1
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 129, 3 June 1922, Page 12
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