WHO'S WHO.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 141, 17 June 1935, Page 9

WHO'S WHO.

SOME OF THE CHOSEN. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. G. Gilbert, the full-back, played in Auckland last vear at Eden Park in the All Blacks' trial match when his vis-a-vis was Collins of Taranaki. Gilbert is six.feet in height, weighs 13 stone, and has all the qualifications for the last line position. C. J. Oliver has been in representative football since 1920, and is regai#d as one of the best all-round three-quarters in the Dominion. He has also won Dominion honburs as a cricketer, being a member of the New Zealand cricket teams which toured Australia in 1920 and England in 1927. H. M. Brown has been the outstanding wing three-quarter in Auckland Rugby this season, his dashing displays on the wing for Otahuhu winning him a place in the Auckland representative teams. He learned his 'football at New Plymouth High School, and is a brother of H. W. Brown, the centre three-quarter of theT924 All BlackV team. •J. R. Page started to play Rugby at Southland Boys' High School. Winning a military scholarship he went to England and played in English club football. He was picked as a reserve for the Scottish international team. Return-, ing to New Zealand he gained a place in the Wellington representative team in 1930, and in the same year represented New Zealand against the touring British team. He is equally at home as a five-eighth or centre three-quarter. Solomon's Rise. D. Solomon is the example of a young player who has seized every opportunity to gain recognition. Last year he represented Waikato and obtained a place in the North Island team. Tins season he has been playing for Ponsonby. ' E. Tindill is an all-round athlete, and has' represented Wellington at both cricket and "football. He has shown unusual ability in Wellington club football during the past two seasons, and but for the fact that Kilby was on deck would have, had more opportunities m big football-. * • B S Sadler went straight from college' foothall into the Wellington representative team of last year, and His lively play behind the pack made him from-the outset a strong contender for a place. His best years of football are vet to come, and it is possible that the tour will make him one of New Zealand s outstanding half-backs. R R King hails from the West Coast, and'with 14 stone weight and over six feet in height has good qualifications tor All Black play. He has represented the South Island, and is regarded as one of the best men in the south. Giant Maori Forward. S T Reid is a Maori player from Hawke's Bay! With height and weight (15 stone) as two of his qualifications, he stood out in the trial matches for the ruggedness of his play, and his selection from the outset was assured. C Pepper plavs for Manukau and has been on the fringe of big football for three seasons. He has ..fine physique, and is one of the most honest scrum workers that Auckland football has known. The trial matches gave lum his big chance, and his showing was. so good that he won his place in the touring team on his merits. '