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The Rugby League
Fix this textNews.
Fix this textA Journal devoted to the interests of Rugby League Football, and containing gfe
Fix this textonly authorised List of Names , Numbers, Colors end Positions of Players*
Fix this textftaMtehed fey the H.S.W. Bagby Jooibsll League ae their O&ee, 161 Phillip Street, Sydasy, M.&W,
Fix this textVol. 3 - No. 17
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Fix this textSYDNEY, AUGUST sth, 1922
Fix this textPrice— Tii re epe«»e»
Fix this textTom McMahon
Fix this textWhen the League first separated
Fix this textFrom the Union Rugger game,
Fix this textAnd embraced the "thirteen” system
Fix this textAnd thereby made a name,
Fix this textA sort of happy feeling
Fix this textExisted in our ranks—
Fix this textIt introduced “our” Tom McMahon —
Fix this textFor which we tend our thanks.
Fix this textNow Tom is not a player,
Fix this textUnless it’s on the whistle;
Fix this textHis country isn’t England,
Fix this textNor his native flower the thistle;
Fix this textHe's just a big, tall wonder,
Fix this textAn Australian, if you please,
Fix this textThe very latest word of all
Fix this textIn Rugby Referees.
Fix this textHe's smart, and very active,
Fix this textAnd would have graced the pack
Fix this textIf he’d have only dropped the “white”
Fix this textAnd donned the Westerns’ “black.”
Fix this textBut. if we lose a “forward,”
Fix this textWe gain a Referee,
Fix this textAnd so, you see, we’re better off
Fix this text(So it appears to me).
Fix this textFor Tom has repel, in every game
Fix this textOf note for many years;
Fix this textHis appearance on. the playing ground
Fix this textIs a signal for loud’ cheers;
Fix this textThe small boys all know “Tommy,”
Fix this textAnd respect his every word;
Fix this textThe players also know him—
Fix this text(This remark is not absurd).
Fix this textStill the players all adore him
Fix this textAs the man who knows the game.
Fix this textAnd carries out with rigor
Fix this textThe rules about the same;
Fix this textHe’s hard on those who trifle
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Fix this textBut' a very humble servant
Fix this textTo those who do the right.
Fix this textHe’s Refereed for every team
Fix this textThat’s visited our shore —
Fix this textThe "Englishmen” and “Maoris,”
Fix this text“All Blacks,” and many more.
Fix this textHe’s still the top-notch in the game,
Fix this textAnd will be till he dies
Fix this textA walking encyclopoedia,
Fix this textAnd compendium likewise.
Fix this textHe’s up to every trick and turn
Fix this textAnd stops the “dodgers,” quick;
Fix this textA player has to rise betimes
Fix this textTo show our Mac a trick.
Fix this textA man of deeds, not w'ords, is he.
Fix this textOne seldom hears him talk,
Fix this textAnd players who forget themselves
Fix this textAre like to take a walk.
Fix this textSo when you go to “footy”
Fix this textAnd wish to see the best,
Fix this textFirst find out who is Referee,
Fix this textAnd let that be the test,
Fix this textFor Rugger, like a lot of things,
Fix this textMay easily be marred —
Fix this textYou will not find this happen
Fix this textWhen Tom’s name is on the card.
Fix this textSo we leave him with his whistle,
Fix this textAnd his white, from head to toe,
Fix this textSure of sterling football,
Fix this textBecause he makes it so.
Fix this textEast, or West, North or South,
Fix this textIn big games or in sma*l,
Fix this textOf all the Referees we know,
Fix this text“Our Tom’s” the best of all!
Fix this text“Wilcha.”
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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