An Enviable Record

NZ Truth, Issue 1229, 20 June 1929, Page 16

An Enviable Record

IF ever a player was a persistent 7 * , "knocker at the door" for All .. Black honors,- that player is' Charlie Sonntag, the likeable Otago lock, who" has at last caught the selectors' eyes and goes with the team to Aussie. Charlie has a great Rugby, career. In 1915, with the Kaikorai Club, he first stepped into senior grade, and that

year, at th c age of eighteen, wore an Otago jersey against Canterb ury. He has now the distinction of having played senior football longer than any other' club player m this year's competition m Dunedin. The "Big Scrum" m Palestine k c p t

Sohntag busy for a few years, but .after his return m 1919, he proved himself a better, lock than ever. In 1921, playing m the PossibleProbable match at, Wellington, he just, missed a place against . the Springboks. AfUY 7 : ' ■ From then on, with the exception of 1924, he has been a. familiar figure m Otago's rep. team each season; In all, he" has worn the dark blue jersey in '44 matches^— some record. '...'., Business reasons kept him out of the trial games for 'the English and South African tours. He was a prominent asset. to the South Island team m 1926, and several times has skippered the Otago team. wiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiLiiiiiitiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiinnmii i. . ,