FOOTBALL.
(Per Press Association.)
' ' CI^RISTCHTJIRCH, last night. • A. publjc^meeting, of footballers- arid those interested m football wos held" to-night to h'.-ar un» address by Mr D." D. McLean, president of the New Zealand Rugby League. Sevt rai; of - those presont attended out of curiosity,' though there was a fair sprinkling . of senior Rugby players. *£l\e majority consisted of those taking their "football from the bank. The following motion was agreed' to: "That this meeting is., of the. opinion that the time is now opportune for a material change iv the game and the control of Rugby football, j.hd is further convinced that the adoption of , lie League game would be a step m the direction of such o change." Only a comparatively small section of those present voted.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12826, 27 July 1912, Page 7
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128FOOTBALL. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12826, 27 July 1912, Page 7
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