FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19958, 16 November 1934, Page 10

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RUGBY AND SOCCER MATCHES United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph- Copyright LONDON, November 14. The Rugby game—Middlesex versus Hampshire, 16-8. Surrey versus Kent, 5-9. Sussex versus Eastern Counties, 9-16. SOCCER. In international soccer, England defeated Italy, 3-2. LIVELY FOOTBALL IN ITALY

ROUGH HANDLING OF ENGLISH TEAM United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received November 15, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 14. | Newspapers in Continental capitals, Paris to Belgrade, to-night published long interviews with local footballers acclaiming Italy’s holding of England to a goal on a foreign ground, while Rome itself, now that the fever heat has died down, characterises the result as a defeat with honour. The match was more of a battle than a game. The Italians frequently induged in fistcufis, England’s captain, Hapgood, resuming after his nose was broken, while the Italian centrehalf, Monti, was crippled and retired a few minutes after the start. Nevertheless, despite the knocks the teams cheered each other at the finish. Signor Mussolini received regular reports of the state of the game. “Perhaps a little rough on both sides. If England’s team is limping, ours is mostly abed,” said the manager, Commendator Pozzo. AMERICA’S GREATEST KICKER RETURNS TO RECEIVE HONOURS OP THE GAME United Press Assoc!atlon-~By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received November 15, 7.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 14. A message from Madison (Wisconsin) says that Pat O’Dea, the man who came from Australia 30 years ago to write the greatest chapter in Wisconsin’s football history and then disappeared to escape the tumult and shouting, will come back to Madison on Saturday as an honoured guest of the homecoming game between University of Wisconsin Badgers and Illinois. O’Dea is regarded as the greatest kicker who ever wore a cleated shoe in the United States. For sixteen years he was given up as dead, a victim of the Great War, having dropped out of sight under the name of Charles Mitchell, feeling that his football fame was a handicap to him in business. Only a few weeks ago did he reveal his identity, when he was recognised working in a lumber camp at Westwood (California).