Maurice Brownlie to Lead All Blacks
SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR MARK NICHOLLS VICE-CAPTAIN WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union to-night appointed M. J. Brownlie (Hawke’s Bay) captain of the New Zealand team to tour South Africa this season, and M. L. Nicholls (Wellington) as vicecaptain. It was decided that the Selection Committee for the tour should consist of the captain, vice-captain, the manager, Mr. W. Hornig, and two players to be elected by the team. Maurice Brownlie was a member of the New Zealand team which toured Great Britain and France in 1924. He displayed his capabilities as a Rugby leader by captaining the Hawke’s Bay team with such success from 1922 until 1927. Mark Nicholls, the vice-captain, played in all three test matches against the South African team in New Zealand in 1921. and was also a member of the New Zealand team which toured Great Britain in 1924.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 316, 29 March 1928, Page 6
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