A FOOTBALLER’S VAGARIES

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2299, 18 September 1908, Page 2

A FOOTBALLER’S VAGARIES

AN ANGLOsWELSHER’S RETURN. THE STRANGE HAPPENINGS OF JACKSON. [Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Sept. 17.

Olio of the original members of the Anglo-Welsh Rugby team which recently toured tho Dominion aiid Australia was F. Jackson, a big Cornish forward. His stay in Now Zealand, however, was short, as when the team was in Wellington for the second test after the tour of the South Island, a cable was sent by tho committee of the English Union recalling Jackson, against whom allegations of professionalism had been laid. The cable was .received on Thursday, July 25th, and the next day Jackson sailed for Sydney by the s.s. Maiitai. On his way Home nothing more was heard of him until he made a rather noteworthy return to Wellington yesterday, having come back from Sydney again on the s.s. Maitai. At present there is considerable doubt as to the real facts of the case, but it has been gathered that on the trip over from Sydney trouble arose amongst the passengers. A man named "William Lewis is alleged to hive obtained from a fellow-passenger the sum of £ls by means of some card game, and the young man being under the opinion that he had been swindled, complained td his fellow-passengers. When the vessel reached "Wellington, the sum of £5 was returned to the young man by Lewis who, it is said, bad an idea that lie was likely to get into trouble oven ithe .affair. After the passengers had come ashore, Jackson met Lewis in front of the Post Office, and, it is alleged, with a view to seeing justice done to the young man, grabbed Lewis by the vest and demanded that he should refund the £lO. Sergeant Dale and Constable Fleming, who were .in the vicinity, came up and asked the two men to go along to the police station. They did so, and there Lewis had a warrant issued for Jackson’s arrest on a charge of assault. Tho warrant was executed, and Jackson was immediately brought before Dr. A. McArthur, S.M., and charged with the offence .alleged, agiinst him. He was remanded until to-morrow morning, and in tho meantime has been allowed his freedom, having laid down a cash deposit of £5 as a bond for his appearance before the Magistrate tomorrow.