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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12217, 15 August 1925, Page 17

Mr Wally Rothwell, the popular manager of the Australian hockey team, was called on to play in all the matches in, the North Island. Although he is well into veteran stage, he still is able to wie*d a useful stick. "Well, that certainly is a queer uniform. No hip pads, no head gear, no shoulder straps. Sure a guy would be sore who ventured our game ir that kit.* That was the first impression of the Australian rules game of football offered by an officer of, the American Fleet. Later. . **V\\ call that a game, and I want to see more of it. X want those kick artists for our side, and there are fast men that would please the coldest of coaches. Why isn’t this play on the international map?” "If there had been another Test to play, I think the result would have been even more disastrous to England than the other games.” "Demon” Spofforth, on his return to Engl&nd. The Brown Shield game had not been in progress half an hour when the Wellington boys—who looked so spick and span when they went on the field—were the same colour as the mud —all except McGirr. The Auckland men were in no better state, and there was McGirr, except for h’s boots, as clean as when he went on. Dacre, Auckland’s inside right and an- old oal of most of the Wellington chaps, almost made a vow that MoGirr should not leave the field like that. But he did, and survived the second spell without netting more than a splash or tiro. McGirr is one of the hardest Soccer •nlayers in New Zealand to get down, and Dacre knows it. If he could just have sat "Snowy” well in the mud he would have been happy.