Collegiate Old Boy Going To England Next Month
An old bgy of the Wanganui Collegiate school and one of Auckland’s most promising young Rugby lorwards, 20-year old W. Andrew, is due to leave for England in the Rimutaka next month. He will spend eighteen months at an Agricultural college in Gloucestershire. Bill Andrew has been playing for the Otahuhu Club this season but u poisoned leg and strained muscle in His back has restricted him to onlv six games. For the Bast three Saturdays states the Auckland Star he has been tlie outstanding forward on the field and that in company which includes some of Auckland's best. Over six feet in height and weighing 14.2, Andrew is fast and powerful. It is bls intention to,, play in England. Last year, his first after leaving school he gained a place in tlie Auckland B team. When at the Wanganui Collegiate School Bill Andrew was a member of the first fifteen for three seasons and in his last year (19461 was judged the best forward at the inter-collegiate Rugby tournament-
A brother, J. P. Andrew, is head prefect of the Collegiate School and last Saturday week played an excellent game as full-back in the grade match between Wanganui Technical College and Collegiate School on Spriggens Park-
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Wanganui Chronicle, 29 June 1948, Page 4
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