Personalities In N.Z. Sport

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 827, 22 November 1929, Page 7

Personalities In N.Z. Sport

Battling Rugby Forward Cf Swimming Centre Official

Fi >K •! i i-t -i\ vciirs on** "I the Lest known imnubers of lII'- A :.-k Il.tii! r. ■!>!•. tentative ljughy XV. \ battling pack Baft' lias a I that next season v ill I" I s last in I' lii'isi'iilati ve and elllb football. Batty is also |>t■■mi in • ■ 111 in tin .swimming world as treasurer'of the v 111 ■k I; 111 <! Swimming t .’flit ft-*.

!. j ht t j . r•••. 11. Milt V. Kt-vne. Cath- . where, of t ours.•. ht- \\as :i inber of tin- lust lift* <n. lie then n, ‘. t to th Auckland lirammar .1 ..pending five rears there, and Bkini 'quit- a name for himself in iso's 'uilJ'y i.'.«!tti.u'«-lut. and i amid to \ ' 1 " d ‘‘ s tOV^

He won his Ail Black cap last season when he represented New Zealand in the test against New South Wales. Ho has never been available for oxr* lob <1 tour \ so that he did not phiv in tin. trial matches for the selection “! tin teams t<* tour South Africa last ' < a*, or New South Wales during the season which has just closed. In lif-’ji he played for the North Inland in the annual inter-island game. When Batty first threw in his lot with the (iiammar senior XV.. the Badoby brothers. Karl ll'werson. Don Wright. 1.. Knight and George Good- • " ro were the star lights of the white jersey band. Jfwerson. Cooke. Hucas and Vos I'.adelev were members of one ’ tin finest representation back divisions Auckland lias ever lined out. Last seasen Batty captained the Auckland representative side which toured South as far as 1 nvercargi 11. Batty is looking forward to the visit "t tin- Knglishim-ti next season and retain his place in the representative sale to oppose them. Then, after seven years in the first flight of Rugby men. give the game best, as he considers that seven years is long enough f< >r one m« n to hold a place in the rep.% An enthusiast of the swimming sport, Batty has been treasurer of the Auckland Centre for two years now. tend for four years has been a member ot the Auckland Centre, representing the Grammar Old Boys’ Club. Previously he held the position of the secretarytreasurer of his club for four years. lie is a valuable number of his club’s water polo team. He has served as treasurer of the Grammar Rugby club and also devoted some time to yachting as a summer sporting side-line.