Kiwi decision not in Deacon’s favour
The three domestic fixtures to be played by the 1971 Kiwi Rugby league team m June wifi not be regarded as official appearances for New Zealand.
P. Kriletich (45 appearances) win pass til? 50 mark if selected for the short tour of Australia and the World Cup series in France. The New Zealand record-is held by J. R. Butterfield, who played 99 times for his country be-tween-1954 and 1963.
This decision, made recently by the league s national council, will particularly affect the Waikato second-row forward, W. G. Deacon, who has represented New Zealand 49 times. . Deacon failed narrowly to emulate his captain, F. R. Christian, who. took his total of matches to 65, and R. I. Orchard (53) in exceeding the half-century milestone during the tour of Britain and France last year. The New Zealand Rugby League secretary (Mr W. K. Blow) said that the council had followed past policy in ranking the games against South Island at Christchurch, North Island at Wellington, and the Rest of New Zealand at Auckland as unofficial. However, Deacon and A.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32860, 8 March 1972, Page 30
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