WALLACE'S DOUGHTY DEEDS.

NZ Truth, Issue 160, 11 July 1908, Page 3

WALLACE'S DOUGHTY DEEDS.

Now that Wy Wallace has made up his mind to quit the playing arena for all time, it will be intprestingito ''Tcuth's" readers/throughc)ut<the pominion to l?rief T ly" summarise .the brilliant sichie.ve;meiits • of tte famous All. Black reptesen^atiye. At a later stage of the. season I propose to exhaustiyely. review • the. performances pf this grejit player. Vfalfece, who .first saw the light of day m the" Dominionls; capjlal city:, startetl hi? Rugby at, tho Mount' Cook puiilic school" m 1891,. an.d : took part m all its matches up to; Wd, :.: „.•.■.•■■'■:<■■■- ;/ "". ■ :.-■ • - : ', : fie was chosen to represent the Pyplic ,Sbhools against foreign cdrnbioatipns m 189.2 and 189? gn# subsQq.u;etttly, eniistecj ifi the rank's of the Pt,^-ie "Ohib m 1805, playinp; m -the Red and' Blacks' third-class team's m . 189.5,-6^ His senior honors first came m 189Y, and from thence he hasB&tfi xifce toY 'the Dominibnl's brightest fitars m her Ilugijy constellation. In'' the matter of : scc^inie points the uhdermenr tioned xepovd speaks for "itself |r-

Wallace was also selected to represent the North Island' m 1903^4-6. but owing to injuries his services were-: not available on these occasioDs. ' / That he has had more than his fair share of injuries on the football field may be gathered from the following list-. — Broken leg, 1898, Petone y. Poneke; cracked shoulder, ,18^9, Wairarapa,. v, Wellington ; sprained ankle, 1900, Alhambra v. University ; broken nose, 1901, Wairarapa v. Wellington; broken • jaw, 1903, last match of Nevsr Zealand team m Sydr ney ; two broken ribs, 1906, Taranaki y. Wellington ; not to mention innumerable minor casualties.

AS A NEW ZEALAND BEPJiESEN^ATiyfi; With the *All Blacks'^ 30 75 2 3 0 257 In.A^ustralia ...' ... : 8 37 0 5 2 121 In New Zealand ... 1 2 0 10 10. : 36 112 2 9 2 388 As A WELLINGTON REPRESENTATIVE. 1897 ' ... ... ' 0 0 1 Or 8 1899 <• „. ... 0 1 0 0 0 2; 1901 i.i- ... 4 7 1 2 0 36 1902 ... ... 1, ■ 0 00 0 3 1904 ... / ... 9 4 0\ 1 0. 38--1906 r -"."Si ... 4 6 1 1 0 31 1907 .„■ ... 0 0 0 10 3 1908 ;., '■ ... 0. 1 0 0 0; 2 18 19 3 5 1 123 As a North; island Bepbes'entatiVe. 1902 ... ... '0 10 0 0 2 19.05 b. • ' ... 0 4 0 0 0 8. 1907 \ ... ... 0 0 0 10 3, 0 ' 5.6 1 6 13 AS AN QTAGO BEPEESENTATIVE. 1900 ... ... 2 2 Oil 17 AS A PONEKE OliUB PIiAYBR. 1897 ■■■'■...'■■■■...^r'Vo'V.i 19 1898 . ... ... 1 0 0 0. 0 8 1899 0 0 12 0 10 1901 ... ... 2 12 0 2 1 40 ,1902 ... ... 8 6 0. 0 1 40' 1903 ... ... 1 7 0-1- 0 20 1904 ... ... 4 6 0 0 0 24 1905 ... ... 3 6 0 0 0 21 1906 3 11 011 1 67 1907 7 7 0v 0 1 38^ 1908 4 6 0 0 0 24 34 64 1 18 5 306 As an'Alhambba olub (Dunedin) '" PIiAYEE. 1900 ... ... 2 2 0 3 1 23 ' TOIAL SCOEES IN ALL MATCHES. New Zealand : Rep. 38 112' 2 9 2388 North Island Rep. 0 5 0 1 0 13 Wellingfon Rop. ... 18 19 3 5 1 123 Otagoßep. ... 2 .2 0 1 1-17 Poneke Olab Player 34 64 1 18 5 306 Alhambra Olub Player 2 2 0 3 1 23. ; Totals '.!? 94 204 637 10 870