OUTSTANDING PLAYERS.
I J. FORD AND ROSS. 1 i i (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, January 30. j Summing up the Waratalis' tour the "Morning Post" says that everybody will be sorry to say good-bye to them. The brilliant opportunism of our old friends Lawton and Wallace; and the allround good work of the forwards, especially the hooking and line-outs, will be remembered by historians of Rugby football. The Waratahs have added two pictures to our portrait gallery of truly outstanding players. J. Ford is as great in all departments of forward play as Maurice Brownlie and the unerring and infinitely resourceful Iloss ■ is in the same class as George Nepia and • Marshell Gamlin. The Waratahs played the game for its own sake with a cheery zest which was somehow lacking in the . austere and implacable New Zealand : teams. Perhaps the woman spectator , who said that they were such a human 3 lot summed up their characteristic merits. — —-
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19280131.2.75
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 25, 31 January 1928, Page 7
Word Count
157OUTSTANDING PLAYERS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 25, 31 January 1928, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.