RUGBY RUFFIANISM.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 136, 9 June 1905, Page 1

RUGBY RUFFIANISM.

LENGTHY SUSPENSIONS BY THE WELLINGTON UNION. A REFEREE KICKED AND SWORN AT. . Prtstx Atsodation. SUetrlr. TtUgraph Copyright. Wellington, Jane 8. ' The Rugby Union spent some hours to-night in enquiring into charges of using foul language and foul play made against players, and of demonstrations by spectators against a referee. One player, who had used particularly vile language during a match, was suspended for fire years. A proposal to impose life suspension was lost by one vote. . ' - The referee in this match, who afc tended the meeting, said that, he had been kicked and sworn at by the spectators along the touch-line. He charged one person, with having used b*d language. The offender was y warned off all the grounds under the jurisdiction of the Union for three years. .