ROUGH LEAGUE TEST.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 August 1928, Page 5

ROUGH LEAGUE TEST.

ENGLISH MANAGER SPEAKS POINTEDLY. WAS THE GAME WORTH WHILE? (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, This Day.

In view of Saturday's rough play-in the League test, it was inevitable that, some comment should be voiced at the smoke concert given in the evening to the visitors. Most of the straight talking was done by the English managers (Messrs Hutchins and Osborne), both of whom laid on the cane.

Mr Hutchins, who was especially straightforward, deplored the fact that such a game should have been staged in a centre where there was such strong opposition to the code, and he wondered if Saturday's game had been worth while. After exhorting players always to consider seriously the question "Is the game worth while?", he made it clear that, unless the game was played in its real spirit, he would step out", and be glad to do so. He believed, however, that the second Test was only a "fly in the ointment." The utmost friendliness prevailed at the function, but it was a pity that the same spirit' could not have been taken on to the held of play.