RUGBY IN ENGLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18297, 13 January 1923, Page 12

RUGBY IN ENGLAND.

AITKEN'S GT3OD FORM. [imOM OCR OWN COH&ESJPONDSNT.] LONDON. Nov. 30. A London paper gives some interesting comments on football topics, •written by ''Old Public Schoolboy," who, after doscribing H. H. Forsayth as the greatest fullback in England, and T. Lawton as "ono of the great players who would not bo a failure in any position," proceeds: —"Then let us not forget 0. G. Aitken, the New Zealander, up at Oxford. We are prone to regard C. N. Lowe' as the greatest thing ever in wingthreequarters. We may he justiiad in this when we remember that for 21 consecutive occasions the Old AUeynian has served his country with distinction. "But after witnessing several gjamea in which Aitken has participated, one rather imagines that our wonderful little international is at last challenged for supremacy by another. In his career Aitken has captained New Zealand in international frays. He has had a unique experience for a mere boy, and he is destined to play an important part in the Rugby game of this country while at Oxford. He is fleet of foot. In fact, he is probably several yards faster with th& ball than is C. N. Lowe or 0. L. Steyn, the Guy's sprinter. He accepts and gives passes with accuracy, and he realises the value of cutting-in when he has drawn the defence."