FAMILIAR RUGBY NAMES
Two footballers who played with devaslating eiTect againsf tlie 1935 All Blacks are at present showing their versatility by playing cricket, for English countv teams. Oue is P. Cranmer, whose county is Warwickshire. It was, Cranmer who dropkieked a field-goal early in tlie seeond spell iu tho match Uetween New Zealand and England at Tivickenham. Up to that stage, England wero leading by 6 to 0, two tries bvr OboJensky. The All Blaek forwards werc playing magnificently and tho position was far from hopelcss. Cranmcr's snap goal from a sporadic. attack put a dilferent coinplexion on it. Tho othor iiugby ceJobrity is W. Woollor. baclc from several years as a P.O.W. in the Far East, and now playing cricket for Glamorgan. WooIIcr was the All Blacks' evil genius in their match with Wales.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 July 1946, Page 3
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136FAMILIAR RUGBY NAMES Chronicle (Levin), 3 July 1946, Page 3
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