THE TREATMENT OF VISITING FOOTBALL TEAMS.
TO tm BDIIOR. Sin,—lt .is to bo hoped that future visiting teams to Dunedin will have a. better recoption from the spcctatore, than that accorded to Auckland on Saturday. From tho beginning tliore was dccidod hostility towards tlx> visitors, and it was enough to disgust any fair-minded bariickcr to hear Cheers from all parts of the ground, crar.d stand included, when an Auckland plaver was injured. I have seen football crowds ui all the centres, but never sucli an unsportsmanlike one as was present at tho Ualedonian Ground on Saturday. Jeers and hooting such a 6 were indulged in, instead of helping to keep the game free from roughness, only servo to .spur the players on to'sterner measures and increase tho difficulties of the referee.
The mcro fact of the Aucklauders being' visitors ought, to have gained for theni a. fairer hearing than that given them by the majority of Ihe spectators. In spite of the fact that • the -greater number of tho spectators considered that all the rough play was on tho part of the Aucklandcrs, it is significant, that ihose who had to retire from the game owing to injuries were Auckland playci-s.— I am, ef ?;> • . 'A- ADAMS, JJniversity, September 2.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13998, 3 September 1907, Page 81
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