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AwmMM's rm wm D. McLEAN, OF QCEENSLAND TOURED NEW ZEALAND LAST. ' YEAR D. McLeen, the fast and tricky Australian Rugby Union wing threeg.uai^;er, has forsaken the Union banner and is to piay Rugby League in Ipswich (Queensland). Huddersfield (Engiand) has been after him for gpme time and there is a possibility jf^hat he will link up with that club before the season is through. McLean toured South Africa with the Wallabies in 193?, and Igst year made ihe trip to New Zealand with .th,e Ai^tralia?3' With Kelaher he was a spectacuiar ,test per&riher, scoring several fine tries on the Dominion tour, - • He is 24 and weighs about 12st. 41b. He is pacey and a side-step makes i :hjm a hgrd man to eorner once on the move. Huddersfield has been angiing for McLean for some time. He was of- ^ fered a signing f ee of f 5Q0, with xn'etch payment of £5, £4, and £3 on a win, draw, lose basis." The Queenslander ask'ed for a fee of £800, but is now prepared to consider £700. There is an jnteresting ppint about ; (he offer from Huddersfield 99 far as jit concerns the payment of the £2Q0 ^ph&rgp'placed on Leaguep/ayebs transferring to Ehgiish ciubs, 'cpmments the Sydney Referee. R H reported that the English club ha ite negotiations wRh ^?timated it was 'agreeable to pay the |200 trai^fer fee to the Australign Board of Contrb!. • The agreement between the English Rugby League and the Board of Cbntroj is eohcerned pifiy with players of the Rugby League code. McLean I)a3 : meyer played Rugby Leasue, and if he decided to accept the English .ofEer fnd proceed to Bngland without playing fhe 13-a-side code, the Huddersfield club would not be liable for the £200 firapefer fee. "Huddersfield directors were apparently not aware of that when thgy pgreed to pay the transfer fee. McLean is a son of Doug. McLem1" jyho Played Rugby Union for Queensiand from 1900 to 1906, and represented for Australia against New Zealand and Engiand. DoUg. played Rugby League in 1908 against Baskerville's side.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 71, 10 April 1937, Page 14
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