PEOPLE IN THE PLAY

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28222, 9 March 1957, Page 5

PEOPLE IN THE PLAY

; The coach of last year’s vic- !' torious University senior Rugby !; team. Mr R. C. Stuart, will not ; fill the posi- >! tion this sca- !; son. Mr ;; Stuart, who ! was also coach ![ of the All Black forwards • last season, is H having a com- ;; plete rest from ! coaching this i year and will not be available as coach -- lU -“ IIUI " 1 - 1 ; for the New Zealand team to visit Australia. He will, how- ! ever, maintain his association <! with the University club by !; co-operating with the coaches ;• of the club’s junior teams throughout the season. : ☆ Some cricketers spend a life- !; time without achieving the ;• distinction of a century, but a i 13-year-old Wellington boy, Colin Palmer, scored two lasi Saturday. In the morning he ■ made 104 for Eastern against Taita in a schoolboys’ match, ; and in the afternoon 108 not out for a Hutt Valley High '! School team against Taita College. ;; The name of R. A. Jarden, well known to Rugby enthuI siasts in New Zealand and !; overseas, is now featuring in ? minor golf events at the Hutt n Golf Club. Jarden announced ' i his retirement from interna- ! [ tional matches last year but is ;; likely to continue playing in u club football this season. The innings of 58 by the New Zealand captain, J. R. Reid, !! against Australia at Lancaster <: Park last !; Saturday was ;; one of his ]; finest, and it ;; brought him ;; further statis- ; • tical distinc- ; ! tion. His ag- <! gregate in !; first class cric- ;; ket is now ; 7020, and he is '! the fifth New ! Zealander to ; pass 7000. The others are B. Sutcliffe (11.454), R. C. Blunt (7769), W. M. Wallace (7501), ; and W. A. Hadlee (7421).

The new president of the ; Australian Rugby Union. Mr ; T. McCormack, of Brisbane, is ! well known to New Zealand :; rugby administrators. Mr Me- ; Cormack visited this country last winter, and saw several of < the matches played by the ! Springboks. He was elected to ; the position unopposed, replacing Mr Wiley Beckinbridge. ☆ The Australian Olympic ! 1 light-heavy-weight boxer. Tony ! Madigan, will play Rugby this ; year for the Eastern Suburbs n Club. While he was in Europe !; before the 1956 Olympic Games, ! Madigan played for the famous ;; Harlequin Club. ☆ The Canterbury and Marist !; three-quarter C. A. McDonald, !; was married to Miss Judith Laing last 1 Saturday. Me- ' Donald is the ; • fourth Canterbury represen- i ta ti ve to n marry in re- ' cent months. ! His two club- ]; mates. K. C. I Stuart and K. ; F. Meates, have married since < the end of last season. Meates ! as recently as a month ago. ; and N. Teague (Technical) also ; married last month. Like the ! other three. McDonald intends ! to play football this season. ; ☆ The former Australian light- ; weight champion boxer, Colin ; Clarke, and a middle-weight. Harry Grogan. have been ! barred from the Sydney Sta- ] dium until they clear up their ; contracts with their managers. ! Both boxers have had more ! than one manager and their ; original managers claim that they still hold contracts with ! Clarke and Grogan. ☆ The High School Old Boys’ !; Rugby Club’s senior team ; coach. Mr W. A. Hearn, will not coach the team this season for business reasons Mr Hearn first took over the coaching of the ; team in 1955, ! the year in which the team won the senior championship for the third year —— ’ in succession, and wag coach ; ’ ! again last year. Mr Hearn n ’ was a Canterbury represents- ‘; ; tive between 1936 and 1939. : He will be succeeded by Mr D. ! Whitham. coach of the club’s !; ; senior second division team last ; year.