SOMETHING FREE.

Patea Mail, Volume L, 4 November 1929, Page 3

SOMETHING FREE.

WHY .SCOTSMEN LIKE RUGBY. When the All Blacks toured Great Britain complaints were frequently made that the playing grounds were too small and tho crowds of spectators too large. Police and officials were at times given rough handling, and enthusiasts encroached on the touchlines, making the dead-ball areas hard to define, while the corner flags were often entirely obscured.

But it was in Bonnie Scotland that the trouble was worst. Thousands who did not know a football from a fountain pen crowded in to see the .Now Zealanders play, and their knowledge of the rules of Rugby were about the standard of the second primer.

At one place the game had been in action only about 10 minutes when the referee blew his whistle and shouted “Free kick!” Then followed a wild scramble, grandstands and enclosures being quickly emptied, and hundreds of spectators invaded the playing area, thinking , that there was something “free” to be got! After that the referee had to call “Penalty kick,” otherwise the game might have been prolonged indefinitely! ,