Rowdy Footballers
& Player Suspend
By Telegraph.—Press ABsooiation. WitiiNKorr, tiiis d*y< Tp Rugby Union spent some, hours, on Thursday iuquiting into .chargjs of up. ing foul language and foul play made against players, and demonstrations by spectators against a referee, Ono of . tho players,, who, it is alleged, hud used particularly vi]o liinguaf»o during the match was suspended for five years.. A proposal to imposo a life suspension was lost by onu vote. The referee in the match attended the meeting and stated that ha had boon 'kicked and swrn at by' spectators along the touchine. He charged one person with, having'used bad language. The 'offender was warned off all grounds under tho jurisdiction of the union for . throe years.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1349, 10 June 1905, Page 3
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119Rowdy Footballers Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1349, 10 June 1905, Page 3
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