Football.
A member of the team writes to a Wellington friend that the Scotchmen were directly responsible for some dirty play at Glasgow, and their tactics were strongly objected to by the colonials, who quickly gave their opponents to understand that they could play the same game if necessary. The Scotchmen were very sore over losing the match in the last five minutes, says the writer, hence their anxiety to find a peg on which to hang some paltry excuse in extenuation thereof. The writer denies that any serious bickerings have broken out between members of the team. A few trivial quarrels, inseparable from all tours of this nature, had occurred, but the differences were soon patched up, the diplomatic manager being the medium for restoring the general harmony. "If the Welsh gates pan out well," continues the writer, "the New Zealand Rugby Union ought to clear several thousands from this tour."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8198, 26 January 1906, Page 2
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152Football. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8198, 26 January 1906, Page 2
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