ALL BLACKS STATUS
POSITION OF C. T. ALLEY A SOUTH AFRICAN OBJECTION Press Association . WELLINGTON. \Vcdnesd«. v Regarding the report from Sou!m Africa about G. T. Alley's eligibilii .»• play for the All Blacks on their c.oiling tour of South Africa, the chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union. Ms. s. & Dean, cqgwni >-urp. at suggestion made in regard to Alley .- status: i.e.. that having i.nce competed in professional athletics, he was debarred from playing amateur Rugb' Alley certainly received a small ca> prize at a sports meeting some t imago, said Mr. Dean. and in consc - quenco was prevented from taking part in the New Zealand A mat cm Athletic Championships last December. The New Zealand Amateur Athletic Council, however, had reinstated him just afterwards, and he now holds a Canterbury and New Zealand Varsity amateur championship. As far •is the rules of the New Zealand Kucb\ Union as to professionalism were con- ; eerned. Alley had committed wo breach I whatsoever. «
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 327, 12 April 1928, Page 13
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161ALL BLACKS STATUS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 327, 12 April 1928, Page 13
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