SAY SO FROM HAWKES BAY

NZ Truth, Issue 1128, 14 July 1927, Page 14

SAY SO FROM HAWKES BAY

[ An}' stranger' listening-in' on the _ return train to Hawkes Bay from Mas- [ -terton last Saturday would have thought that a far. higher honor had r been attained than the mere recaptur- . ing of a football trophy. ■ It must be admitted that the Bay is . building up another strong team. Huxtable, Edwards, Te Ngaio and Conrad are yet m their infancy, so with a little more experience must go further. . . Barclay, undoubtedly the star back, has made a big difference to the Bay by his return. 1. ■

Naturally the Brownlie— Donald incident is tho chief topic and great rfegret is felt. Both on and off the field Maurice Brownlie has always been and always will be. a gentleman. It was unfortunate that he should be penalised. Sympathy, too, is 'due to the referee, for the game was extending m such a way that something concrete had to be done to prevent the "keenness" becoming too great. The general opinion here is that this game was the best that H.B. has participated m.