RUGBY MATCH SCENE
STRONG FEELING SHOWN CROWD SURROUNDS PLAYERS [by TELEGRAPH —rKESS association] WELLINGTON, Monday Feeling aroused during a Rugby football match on Saturday between Marist and Miramar was carried to unusual lengths. At the conclusion of the game healed exclamations were heard and an excited section of the crowd followed the Marist players to the sheds. It was somo time before the crowd was dispersed. Toward the close of the. game, which was played on the polo ground at Miramar, a Miramar forward was ordered off by the referee. When the final whistle sounded the man who had been ordered off returned to the field and mixed with the players. An altercation then developed between two players, who were soon separated by members of the crowd, the supporters of both teams surged round. There was a good deal of wild talk. A small section of the crowd waited outside tho Marist dressing sheds. The players were allowed to leave quietly. For a time the referee was the centre ot attraction. Some of the crowd appeared to resent the ordering off of the Miramar player and gave expression to their feelings. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21250, 2 August 1932, Page 11
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191RUGBY MATCH SCENE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21250, 2 August 1932, Page 11
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