Early in the second half, Arthur told the referee he was
busting for a leak, but the referee -
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Bob O'Reilly ex Parramatta
legend - tells of Artie taking short at Odsal Stadium
- home of Bradford - 1973 Tour.....
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courtesy of Tony Adams great book
The Hitmen - A tribute to League's tough guys.
The call of nature became too much for Artie.
"One night we were playing Bradford Northern at Odsal Stadium,"
O'Reilly tells, "The field was down a massive set of stairs
from the dressing room and it was a real climb. At halftime,
you didn't even go back up - it was that far - they had a little
hut for us to rest in.
"Early in the second half, Arthur told the referee he was
busting for a leak, but the referee said he couldn't hold up
the game for Arthur to climb up all those steps to the dressing
room and come back. The big fella had a solution. 'Don't worry
about that,' he told the referee. 'Just give me a few of my
boys around me for protection and I'll do it right here. 'So
we formed a ring around Arthur so the crowd couldn't see anything
and he did it right there in the middle of the field. Luckily
for him it was a foggy night and the crowd couldn't see too
much at the best of times. But the poor Pommy ref couldn't believe
it; he just stood there and shook his head.
Appears in the following pages ....P32_Arthur BEETSON
Date of posting ... 09-Jun-2006
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