ROUGH FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1934, Page 9

ROUGH FOOTBALL

ITALY VERSUS ENGLAND. “BATTLE OF HIGHBURY.* London, Nov. 15. Yesterday afternoon’s Soccer game at Highbury, when England beat Italy by three goals to two, was so rough that the News Chronicle says, it is understood that at the next meeting of the Football Association a motion that no more international matches be played will be moved. The Daily Sketch says England’s dressing rbom after the match resembled a first-aid dressing station. Some critics accuse the Italians of deliberate fouling. “These international matches should not be played until there is a better understanding of the methods which may and may not be employed,” says the Daily Mail. “Nearly all the members of the English team were hurt This match shows how dangerous such games may be.” “I thought I knew every conceivable' foul in football, but I learned at least a dozen more,” says Charles Buchan, an English international player and former Arsenal captain, writing in the News Chronicle. “The Italians are past masters in the art of obstructions! tactics.” Sporting Life says that some cf the methods of the Italian players were a blot on the game. Brook, the English outside left,- went to hospital after the match. Drake, another English player, was suffering badly from a bruised shoulder. Olssen, the Swedish referee, said that undoubtedly England had the better ride. “The Italians were most excitable,” he said, “but they will be a great team when they learn to control themselves, I repeatedly warned two of their defenders,' but do not. know whether' they understood me. I hope they did.” Commendatore Pozzo, manager of the' Italian team, does not agree that the game was a rough one. “It was a hard fight, and we lost fighting,” he said. With the half-back in a bath-chair and three others limping the Italian team left for home after the “battle of Highbury.” • '