FORMER ALL BLACK
Visit To New Zealand
By Telegraph— Pi-csh Association. Auckland, July 19.
After an absence of 25 years from New Zealand, Mr. R. J. (“Ru”) Cooke, a former A.ll Black, arrived from Sydney by the Wanganella, “just to see some of the old sports and have a look around generally.” Since 1913 he ha.s been in business in Melbourne. He was a member of the All Blacks who visited Australia in 1903, when he was a Christchurch resident. He was prominent in ail sports and refereed several amateur boxing championships in Christchurch, Timaru, and Dunedin, and was also a successful racing cyclist.
“I have a host of friends to visit,” he said. “We can spend many happy hours lighting old battles over again. Then I want, to see Rotorua, the new Napier, and Wellington, and I may go to Christchurch, but I want to leave for Australia about the beginning of August.” He said the popularity of Rugby was increasing in Melbourne, and it drew splendid crowds. His brother, Alf. Cooke, was also an All Black in 1904.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19380720.2.26
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 251, 20 July 1938, Page 5
Word Count
180FORMER ALL BLACK Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 251, 20 July 1938, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. 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.
Log in