Made a Mistake.
A few years ago a certain football club acquired a reputation for rough play, and in a match they played with one team this feature so developed itself that, before the game was many minutes old. three of the home side were hors de combat.
Finding that expostulation was useless, retaliation was indulged in. While a. fierce-looking* scrimmage was in progress, the loud, clear voice of one of the home men was heard as he thus rebuked a comrade: “I say, Tom. do look out! It was the ball you kicked that time!”
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXX, Issue VII, 14 February 1903, Page 476
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96Made a Mistake. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXX, Issue VII, 14 February 1903, Page 476
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