SUBSTITUTE’S ERROR
Rugby In the mud produced a curious situation in the third and last match of the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union’s sub-union tournament at Napier recently. Conditions were atrocious and the ground was an ankle-deep quagmire after the previous games. Towards the end of the. game a player retired and a replacement was made. So unrecognisable were his team-mates under thick layers of mud that he played against them until he was sharply reminded by the referee.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26479, 5 June 1947, Page 2
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