ALL BLACKS’ TOUR
DISPUTE OVER RULES Interpretation by Referees MANAGER EXPLAINS POSITION (By Telegraph—Press Assn,—Copyright.) (Received 15, 11.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 15. The New South Wales Rugby Union has received u letter from Mr. A. J. Geddes, manager of tho 1931 All Blacks, explaining the reported attack on the Australian referees. Mr. Geddes says: “Upon arrival in Wellington we were rushed by reporters. I told them of tho difficulties wc had had in early games in regard to the various interpretations, which were puzzling to us in connection with tho off-side and front-row rule, more particularly in tho first Test. I wanted them strictly to understand that wo wore not making any complaint or excuses for our defeat, as we were well and truly beaten by a better side.” Mr. Geddes concludes; “I sincerely trust that I have cleared the air and the good opinion that the people of Australia had of the All Blacks will still be retained.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19340915.2.51
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 234, 15 September 1934, Page 5
Word Count
159ALL BLACKS’ TOUR Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 234, 15 September 1934, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in