FORMER ALL BLACK.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 71, 21 February 1939, Page 9

FORMER ALL BLACK.

LATE MR F. T. GLASGOW. Mr Francis Turnbull Glasgow, manager of the Te Aro branch of the Bank of New Zealand, whose death occurred in Wellington yesterday, was born in Dunedin in 18S0. He joined the service of the Bank of New Zealand at Te Aro in May, 1896, and subsequently was transferred to Hawera in 1901. and to Eltham in 19075.

A prominent Rugby footballer, Mr Glasgow was selected in 1905 as a member of the first New Zealand Rugby football team to tour Great Britain, and was granted nine months’ leave of absence to make the trip. Upon returning to New Zealand in 1906, he was transferred to the Waipawa branch of the Bank of New Zealand, and later to Invercargill, where he remained for four years. In 1911 he was appointed manager in Kaikobe, and in 1915 was appointed manager in Ohura. In 1922 ho was transferred to Raetihi as manager and the following year he joined the relieving staff. He was appointed manager at Te Aro in 1931, and held this position till his death yesterday.

Mr Glasgow was one of the best front row forwards the Dominion has produced, and he apt.cd as one of the hookers for the All Blacks in Britain in 1905. He maintained his connection with Rugby In every centre in which he resided, and did signal service for the game both as player and administrator. At various times he represented Wellington, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay and Southland, and besides being one of the best forwards in the 1905 All Blacks in Britain, he represented New Zealand against the Anglo-Welsh team in New Zealand in 1908. He always took a keen interest in the management of the game, and was a life member of the King Country Rugby Union. In 1931 he was elected to a scat on the New Zealand Rugby Union and held his seat till his death. His wide knowledge of the game and of finance made him a valuable member of the executive. Wien the Springboks visited New Zealand in 1937, Mr Glasgow was appointed by the New Zealand Union to pilot them on their tour of the North Island. The many letters which he received Trom members of the team testified to the high regard in which they held him.