RUGBY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12603, 12 July 1935, Page 6

RUGBY

: ALL BLACKS LEADERS. EXPERIENCED FORWARD AS -.'captain:' - DEPTJTY-OAPTATN’S QUALTP.rCATIONR. ONE OF THE REST ALL-ROUND athletes in n.z. J. F. Mniiclioslc r \vhn lifts Leon sp ~ leclctl to lead the 193"> All Blacks, is 20 yeans of ago. He stands ,fi£t 2d 1 tin-, height, and scales List sib, Ho ro- ' presented New. Zeal apt! in l'ft32- and .1934, and is a typical ■stamp of forward who lias mo dp the 'Dominion ’ famous on iheß.ugby field, possessing height, weight, pace, and stamina. Strangely enough, lie has never been called upon to lead ilie Canterbury fif- ; teen. Th 0 fact that Manchester is an able after-dinner speaker will air! bim on the trip ocerseas. C. J. Oliver. the doputv-eaptain. has been on 0 Of New Zealand’s best all-round' athletes for th P past, .seven years, having represented the Dominion both at cricket and football. .He represented New Zealand at Rugby in 1928, 1920 and 1934, and at cricket in Australia and in England. H fi can play equally well at five-eighths or oentrc-threequarl or, and 1 was consider orl the most brilliant back in the All Blacks ou tb e last Australian tour, He is a bridge-builder for the Railways Department, and is the oldest member of the team, being 29 years of age. IT 0 is oft lOin in height, and scales 12st lib. In appointing a forward to captain the 1930 i All Blacks, the management committee of the N.Z. Rushy Union have followed tradition, as the 190-j, 1924. and 1928 All Blacks were all led by forwards. Tf is a significant. I act that, most of th e English teams that . have played against New Zealand, both in this country and at Home, were led bv forwards, ns also wore the 1924 Springboks in New Zealand. Tt is perhaps a happy augury thn + the 193 d Ail Blacks will als o . follow history by sailing from New Zealand on July 31, the identical date/ nn which the 1905 and 1921 All Blacks left for Great Britain. GAMES IN GISBORNE PROPOSAL BY 31. tJ.. CHAIRMAN Notice of his intention to move, at Monday's meeting of the executive of the Poverty Bay Rugby Union, h,as been given by the chairman (Mr G. 11. Scents) as follows: — “That the senior competition he closed after the games on July 27 and the third and final round in the junior competition he played between the four leading junior teams, i.e., Old Roys, Marist, High School, and 1T.5.0.8. That on. August 10 the senior competition ho commenced in two divisions, the two leading teams in the present senior competition—Celtic, and Y.M.P.—to bring in their junior teams and form A and B senior teams. The two senior competitions then to be formed as follows: Senior A—Celtic A, Y.M.A. A, H. 5.0.8. and. Old Boys. Senior B: M.arist, Wiaikohu, Celtic B, and Y.M.B; (B). At the end of the two divisional competitions the lending team in each division will play off for the Premier Cup. The chairman say, 5, that the suggestion is made on the assumption that Celtic and Y.M.P. clubs would meet the position by making their A and B teams as even as possible.