YOUTH AND BRAWN
Ages, Heights, And Weights Of Dominion Rugby Team The following table of the ages, heights, and weights of the New Zealand Rugby footballers who left Wellington for South Africa to-day has been compiled specially for THE SUN. Age. Height. -Weight, vrs. ft. in. st. lb. FULL-BACK—-H. Lilhurne (Canterbury) ~ .. 20 5 8 11 " 6 WIN G-THHEEQUARTERS — A. C. C. Robilliard (Canterbury' .. 24 5 10 12 2 B. A. Grcnside (Hawke’s Bay) .. 29 0 0 13 4 C. E. Rushbrook (Wellington) -. 20 6.0 .12 3 F. W. Lucas (Auckland) GEN TRE-THREEQUARTERS— D. Lindsay (Otago) .. T. R. Sheen (Auckland) .. 22 5 11 4 FIVE-EIGHTHS— N. P. McGregor (Canterbury) .. ... 26 5 7 1! 6 S. R. Carleton (Canterbury) . ♦ .. 24 5 9 11 4 I. M. Johnson (Wellington) .. .. 29 5 8 12 3 M. F. Nicholls (Wellington) .. 25 5 9: 11 0 A. Strang (South Canterbury) ... 21 5 8 11 4 HALF-BACKS— W. C. Dailey (Canterbury) v» ... 26 5 F. D. Kilby (Wellington) ... .. 21 5 6 10 12 WING-FORWARD— G. Scrimshaw (Canterbury) .. 25 6 0 12 6 BACK-ROW FORWARDS— R. McWilliams (Auckland) 26 6 2 14 4 E. Snow (Nelson) . . . 28 6 !•£ 13 10 C. Brownlie (Hawke’s Bay) .. SUPPORTS— P. Ward (Taranaki) .. .. .. 26 5 11£ 14 6 W. Hazlctt (Southland) .. .. 23 6 2 14 10 R. T. Stewart (South Canterbury) .. 24 6 1| 15 8 M. Brownlie (Hawke’s Bay) .. .. 30 6 0 14 7 1. Finlayson (North Auckland) .. 28 6 4 15 7 LOCKS— I. H. Harvey (Wairarapa t *. ... 24 6 1 15 12 G. T. Alley (Canterbury) HOOKERS— S. Hadley (Auckland) .... .1. T. Burrows (Canterbury) .. • • 23 5 101 13 0 J. P. Swain (Hawke’s Bay) .. • • 28 5 10 13 7 J. Hore (Otago) .. .. •• •• 20 5 9 12 1The ages given are to the last birthday of each member of the team. If the months in excess of the years were given the average ages would be raised. So the average ages given* in the appended summary are taken to the nearest complete year:— Average age of team, 25 years. Average height of team, sft 10:, in. Average weight of team, 13st o£lb. Average age of backs.. 24 years. Average height of backs, sft 9in. Average weight of backs, list 101 b. Average age of forwards, 26 years. Average height of forwards, 6ft Ojim Awr-age weight: of fprseawis* l&Qt .
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 328, 13 April 1928, Page 6
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