THE WING-FORWARD

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 30 May 1930, Page 11

THE WING-FORWARD

AN ENGLISH EXAMPLE

(By Telegraph.)

(Special to "The Evening Post.")

DUNEDIN, This Day. A .writer in the ;"Star" says:— "Having regard to Mr.'. Baxter's scathing comment on the style of wing-forward play adopted m New Zealand,' I was astonished upon casually looking through an English illustrated paper- (the 'Daily Mirror' of 21st January, 1929) to see depicted there a photograph of H. Wilkinson^ a member of the British Rugby team at present in New Zealand ,and described as the 'ever ready wing-forward', in the-act of scoring one of two tries, he got/which helped to give victory to England in .this, an "international, match against.Wales. .-.An extract from "the same paper headed 'A Real Find,' states: 'It is clear that in H. Wilkinson England has discovered a magnificent winging forward of great possibilities. His speed is amazing.' "This action of an English international side in playing the much malinged wingforward is not quite in keeping with the views expressed by Mr. Baxter regarding the same: If England thought-fitto ■■adopt this our New.Zealarid team formation, and in such an important fixture, such a course must have been held to be advantageous to the working of the team. This action, I think, to some ' extent offsets Mr. Baxter's outburst, and leads one to, believe that more than we in New Zea- ! land look upon our present style of team formation with favourable eyes."