[Ads-l] Rafferty's rules antedated to 1911

[Stephen Goranson]

OED has 1918; ads-l archive 1913.

Independent (Footscray, Victoria) 15 July 1911 p. 3 col. 4

The umpire lost all control of the game, and it became a case of Rafferty's rules with the players.


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Stephen Goranson

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