FIRST RUGBY CLUB
VETERAN RECALLS EARLY DAYS [Pin United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, September 23. The formation of the first Rugby club in New Zealand was recalled in a letter read at a meeting of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union. The letter was from Mr K. C. Tennent, of Woodville, who wrote: “I was 87 last birthday. In 1868 I assisted in' calling a meeting in Nelson, when we formed the first Rugby club in New Zealand. I was elected first secretary, and treasurer. I played in the first match between Nelson and Wellington at Petone in 1870, and in 1874 captained the Nelson team against Wellington on the Basin Reserve. The result was a draw. The Bank of New South Wales, of which I am the oldest pensioner, appointed me to open their Patea branch in 1874. I formed a Rugby football club there, and was captain for five years, when I retired from the game.” Mr Tennent is the father of Dr Alan Tennent, of Wellington,
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Evening Star, Issue 22451, 23 September 1936, Page 12
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171FIRST RUGBY CLUB Evening Star, Issue 22451, 23 September 1936, Page 12
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