NO COLOUR BAR.
HAWKE’S BAY RUGBY. Per Press Association. HASTINGS, July 31. “Quite clearly Mr Cullen’s remarks regarding the colour bar in Rugby cannot bo applied to Hawke’s Bay, for the provincial sides for many years have had a very good representation of Maori players in them,” said Mr N. A. McKenzie, sole selector of the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union, this morning, when asked to comment on the statements of Mr E. L. Cullen, M.P. Mr McKenzie pointed out that in the King’s Birthday representative fixture at Napier against the Wairarapa there were seven Natives or descendants of Natives in the Hawke’s Bay team, and then, in the return match at Masterton, the Hawke’s Bay fifteen included six Maoris. “I think these figures clearly indicate that the Maoris are given representation that is considerably more than they would get proportionately,” said Mr McKenzie. “The Hawke’s Bay Union is noted for its encouragement to Native players, and certainly it cannot be said that the colour bar applies to Hawke’s Bay Rugby. Would Mr Cullen like to include Maoris in the team to go to South Africa?”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 206, 1 August 1939, Page 8
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185NO COLOUR BAR. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 206, 1 August 1939, Page 8
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