J. BAXTER. no other county had done so. For, the second time within a month the Yorkshire Lnion had urged cluhs in the county to adhere to the “first up, first down” principle. Very few of the clubs in the county liked the idea, and outside of Yorkshire and Somerset, it was stated not a club of any standing had taken it up. It had been suggested that the schools, at least, would benefit in their Rugby football by abolishing fixed places, and that their forwards would get a. better grounding in general play from it. But the schools did not view the board’s proposals with much more favour than did the clubs. Some schools, while giving it a little attention, treated it as an unwelcome stranger; others turned it down without any compunction. Then came an authoritative statement that bewildered the people who had taken Ihc board’s circular at its facevalue. The statement was virtually that the board had not meant what it had said!

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7031, 15 December 1932, Page 10

J. BAXTER. no other county had done so. For, the second time within a month the Yorkshire Lnion had urged cluhs in the county to adhere to the “first up, first down” principle. Very few of the clubs in the county liked the idea, and outside of Yorkshire and Somerset, it was stated not a club of any standing had taken it up. It had been suggested that the schools, at least, would benefit in their Rugby football by abolishing fixed places, and that their forwards would get a. better grounding in general play from it. But the schools did not view the board’s proposals with much more favour than did the clubs. Some schools, while giving it a little attention, treated it as an unwelcome stranger; others turned it down without any compunction. Then came an authoritative statement that bewildered the people who had taken Ihc board’s circular at its facevalue. The statement was virtually that the board had not meant what it had said!