ASSAULT ON REFEREE.
PLAYER DISQUALIFIED FOR LIFE. TARANAKI UNION DISSATISFIED. (Pea United Pbess Association.) WELLINGTON, October 1. “To debar Roebuck for all time from holding any office in the Rugby organisation is merely an hysterical, gesture,” is an extract from a letter received from the Tananaki Rughy Union at this evening’s meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union dealing with the latter body’s decision to disqualify for life Roebuck who struck the referee in a match played in Taranaki during the past season. The Taranaki Union considered that the New Zealand Union’s decision was too harsh, and pointed out that its own decision—disqualification for a period of five years—-had not been made hurriedly, and also it had been made with a better knowledge of the facts. The punishment or ordering Roebuck off all Rugby grounds for life, the Taranaki Union considered to be .no punishment at all, because in the Taranaki province at anyrate nearly- all the grounds were public reserves. ' There was little discussion on the letter; and the union decided to adhere to its previous decision.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21146, 2 October 1930, Page 10
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