PEOPLE IN THE PLAY

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29952, 13 October 1962, Page 9

PEOPLE IN THE PLAY

■ The new secretary of ! the English Rugby union, ■ Mr R. E. Prescott, has a ■ family background for the ■ job. His father, Mr E. J Prescott, was president of ■ the Union for two years ■ shortly after the First ■ World War. The son. a 48j year-old company director ■ and only the fifth secre- ■ tary of the Union, won ■ six caps for England and ■ was later an English selec- ■ tor.

J¥ ¥ • I The well-known Wel- ■ lington all-rounder, E. J. J Sigley, has been trans- ■ (erred to Oamaru. Sigley ■ played two Plunket Shield ■ matches for Wellington in ! 1959-60, and two in 1960- ■ 61. J¥ » ¥ ■ T. ML Stoat, a Wellington ■ representative golfer, is to J leave New Zealand on Oc- ■ tober 20 to take up the post ■ of assistant accountant with

■ the Bank of New Zealand ■ at Suva. Fiji. Stout's home J is in Invercargill, where he ■ made his mark in golf at ■an early age. He later ■ played in Christchurch for J two seasons. His clubs will ■ be in his luggage when he ■ leaves for Fiji.

Table tennis administra- a tion in the province has 0 lost much by the recent J resignation of Mr P. A. J Williamson from the Can- a terbury Table Tennis As- ■ sociation's management J committee. A committee- a member for many years, ■ and formerly vice-presi- ■ dent and selector, Mr Wil- J liamson is well known for a his coaching ability. His ■ son snd daughter have ■ been among the best J players Canterbury ha* a ever produced. Jwo names well *kno wn • to New Zealanders, those ! of K. Hough and K. Me-a Mullen, are among those ■ selected for this yesr** J New South Wale* ericket a squads. Hough, the formers New Zealand cricket and ■ soccer representative, is a ■ fast bowler in the senior J squad and McMullen, who a was recently here with the ■ Australian Rugby side,.is! a left-handed batsman a from Wagga, in the colts’ a squad. M* T. Lucking. of*Eng- ! land, became the second a in the Empire to put the a shot more than 00ft when ■ he threw 61ft l%in re-! cently.