RUGBY LEAGUE.
PLAYER ORDERED OFF.
REFUSAL TO LEAVE FIELD. AUCKLAND, October 5.
The refusal of a player to leave the field when ordered off by the referee created a sensation in a League football match yesterday. J. Moore, a Ponsonby player, was ordered off for allegedly kicking an opponent, but he refused to leave the field until the club secretary walked on and persuaded him to do so. There was great excitement among the crowd during the incident, and spectators urged that the police should be called. There w'as an argument between the player and the referee for some minutes and then the referee walked off the field. After the intervention of the club secretary the game proceeded.
THACKER SHIELD MATCH. CHRISTCHURCH, October 4. In the final League football game for the Thacker Shield to-day, Addington beat Jfarist by 25 points to 5. SYDNEY PREMIERSHIP. WON BY WESTERN SUBURBS. SYDNEY, October 5. In a Rugby League match Western Suburbs, by defeating St. George by 27 points to 2. won the premiership. There were 12,000 spectators. A WIN FOR ENGLAND. LONDON, October 1. In the Northern Union match England beat Other Nationalities by 31 points to 18.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3995, 7 October 1930, Page 56
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