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Dolphin, a debutant hailing from Nuneaton, played an important part at outside right
Instead of taking firm action, the referee contented himself with penalising individual players, and when at length Dolphin wilfully kicked Jones on the calf, the Burnley man lost his temper, turned round, and deliberately kicked Dolphin. He made the mistake of letting the referee see his offence, but, as often happens, the original offender escaped scot free whilst the retaliator was punished.
An unpleasant scene took place late in the second half. Dolphin, in his endeavour to beat the Burnley defender, Jones, seemingly kicked him by accident, whereupon Jones kicked Dolphin. The referee sent Jones off, and several Burnley spectators rushed on the ground, where a kind of free fight ensued among the players and a few spectators.
In retaliating as he did against the home right winger, Dolphin, he left Mr. Forshaw no alternative but to adopt extreme measures, although the Turf Moor man was strong in his appeal as to provocation, and a fact the ensuing free kick was awarded the visitors. Under the circumstances a firm hand was required, especially when the players, who were joined by two spectators, clustered round the referee for quite three minutes, a scene being thus presented that was not at all conducive to the best interests of the game.
