A FOOTBALL DISCRACE.
Sir, —-The New Ze.ila.nd League team ia England is proving a poor advertisement for tlris country and it is- safe to siy that there will be no civic receptions! or'flagwaving when tho players return home. This cables to-night record another strike on the part of some of the members of the touring team, a further indication of their unwoirthinass to represent their country abroad. A regrettable feature of this tour —which will doubtless bo the Inst for many years to come as far as tho League code is concerned—is the fact that the tourists have had the effrontery to style themselves All Blacks, What an insult to the real; All Blacks of-1905 and later! The question of rival football 'codes was before the Education Board .yesterday. Surely the members of that body can find an answer to the representations of the three headmasters who waited upon it in the present Leaguo team's conduct. As to the number of matches lost this ia immaterial—it was a poor side anyway. New : Zealand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19513, 17 December 1926, Page 10
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173A FOOTBALL DISCRACE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19513, 17 December 1926, Page 10
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