MR. SYD NICHOLLS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 653, 3 May 1929, Page 7

MR. SYD NICHOLLS

FATHER OF A FAMOUS FOOTBALL FAMILY One by one the veterans of Rugby are passing the “Great Divide,” the latest to do so being Mr. Sid Nicholls, a well-known Wellington player of a past generation and the father of a famous football family. The late Mr. Nichplls played for Poneke, while he also represented the Wellington Province as well as fulfilling the duties of captain. For many years he had taken a prominent part in the administrative side of the game, his sons keeping him in the ranks of Rugby long after he might otherwise have retired. He was buried in Wellington last Monday afternoon, his popularity being evidenced by the large attendance at the graveside. At this week’s meeting of the Wellington Rugby Union the chairman, Mr. J. Prendeville, said: “The late Mr. Nicholls may not have been known to many of you as well as he was to a past generation, but he was—and of this there is no question—one of the stalwarts of the game in Wellington. He was a great club man and, further than that, he had what is an uncommon experience—he gave to the game and to New Zealand representative football three sons, best known as Mark, “Ginger” and “Doc.” while there j is another well on the road to repre- j sentative honours. Not many fathers j can claim that honour and privilege.” |