GENERAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 115, 16 May 1936, Page 23

GENERAL ITEMS

A notable absentee from the ranks of active Rugby referees in Wellington this season is Mr.- A. R. Morice. As, an old member of the Pirates Club in1 Hawke's Bay, he took part in the club"s [ celebrations at Easter, and, playing in the old-timers' match, he.met with a 1 severe injury. He is well on the mend j now,' and 'it should not be long before he is refereeing again. In their first two senior champion-1 ship, matches of the season Mavist Brothers Old Boys in Wellington have met defeat. Their play is open to considerable improvement, arid X is to be expected- of them that thay will be among the teams to upset calculations as the season progresses. ■ Did you see the young r>layer with the ; apple? At half-time (in a Rugby I match) the lads partook of the quick, : juicy, and rejuvenating-orange. Noticed that among the players was a lad I who, while his mates drank bottled | sunshine from the citrus, was. well stuck into an apple—an unusual refreshment during spells because it has , to be masticated—and chewing takes time. A noticer just wondered what! •the. lad would do with his appla whenl the second spell started, and" went \ away wondering. ("The Man About Town" writes in the "Auckland Star"). The play began. There was a scrum, and the boy with the apple was in, it. It was noted that he was head down trying to 'finish, that, hard friiit in pre-' ference to carrying the remnant in his , jersey or parked in his stocking, or otherwise carried outside and not in-1 side his person.1 The referee intervened —the lad couldn't swallow the core, and so his remaining refreshment was ' thrown down "and the game.proceeded. The imaginative observer wondered if it would be possible to serve roast beef and three vegetables, soup, and sweets in a scrum. The best authorities differ. The New.Zealand full-back,-G. Gilbert, distinguished himself as a threequarter in a club match on the West Coast last Saturday. Two -field goals from his boot made all the difference to the result of the match. ,