RUGBY
N EWS AND N OTES
\V. TV. Wlakefield, who is to captain the English ilugby team for ■Vow Zealand is .an extremely popu„ lar mail who js deserving of the utmost admiration in Rugby circles. Some people remember file fact that ae was captain of England when C. Brownlie was ordered off, and might have intervened on liis behalf, bui .Vakclield’s explanation was a perfectly good one-—lii'st that lie .1, <■ lot hear liicfjsrdson ask for hi- :r. tervention, and secondly .that if In had heard he would not have sf 'pp?(l in, as lie would not have d< lie a’.ivtiling to save an English nai from being put off, and was Gainer ■ n a. school that believed the referee’s decision must not tie inter-fered-with. Wakefield is ,?. bit old as New Zealand standards ?■;, uric stilLjn the forefront of internatmiir! “Rugby, but he is a sole .did.' trained athlete- who was n rnniK’ m liis day. He is a lffst or ilst man, who' plays in -the ‘■'orwards, and is a good leader. New Zealanders like a back for captain, but Cove-Smith and Wakefield seem t” have had a mortgage on the iob and ; have given every satisfaction as leaders.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11124, 6 February 1930, Page 7
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