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WAZSRRXCK AS A FOOTBALLER. )
; Mention of Joe Warbrick brine's mo
back (sa/s “To Whero" in the Sydney
Mail ) to the question of individual
bnllrancy in this team, After seeing
numy.footballers, I am convinced that j
rTe ne7cr ®eon here bis superior. I
afA 1 question if his superior has been 1
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wtti more tfcm the >
Hash and clirsivenci«. of Asher, and more
brilliant collaring- than that of Whito.
A Imvo seen iiim throw four men in fluc
^easion clo*e> to his- own Coal lino to etop
a passing rush, and then snatch the ball
hid'send it out to touch at the centre
Hug. Those who remember the 1881
tt.iiii trill recollect that Warbrick uad
Ryan dmp-kickod goals in about every
nutch, and if they got the ball nny
wllere from the centre-on they all went
upi " Spoil lira kick," for if that kick
gotsin it was an even chance that the
goal was scored, and if not probably
Waromek was flashing through to touch
dow^. Where are the goal-kickers of
to-day ? Abbott, had he been playing
in the recent matches, would probably
have dropped more than one goal, Joe
Warbrick, now a prosperous New Zea
land farmer, or Francis, the once-noted
Canterbury (N.Z.) repreesntativo, would
certainly have had several goals to his
credit.x Those men kicked the ball round
opponents or under their arms with the
quickne*** add precision of a Mauser rifle.
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