ALL BLACK RETIRING
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Ron King Plays Last Game in Third Test
(By Telegrapli— .
CHRISTCHURCH. Sept. 13. Ron King, captain of tlie All Blacks ■will definitely play liis game -of Rugby on tlie occasion of the third Test today week. Kingi -who was in Christchurch to-day as skipper of the West Coast team which played Canterbury, said that the main reason for liis decision was the need to think of the future, "I am only 26 years of age, but I have been playing football since I was seven or eight years of age, and I have been away on several tours," added the All Black captain. "Now, other things must come first. There are times when one must give one's thougjit-s to the future." King is now attached to the Public Works Department and from October 1, when he commences his training period in Christchurch, lie will devote the whole of his time to his work. Early next year, be will return to the West Coast and join the -regular staff of the department in charge of the power lines conveying the electricity from Lake Coleridge over the AIps.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 209, 20 September 1937, Page 4
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