ANOTHER JOB FOR "MAC"
To Cover Army Rugby Tour
O that the New Zealand public may have a really worthwhile radio coverage of the tour of the United Kingdom by the 2nd N.Z.E.F. Rugby team, which began on October 27, W.O.II. (now Lieutenant) W. J. McCarthy, of the A.E.W.S., Wellington-better known as "Mac" of 2YD-has left by air for England. "Mac" will broadcast running descriptions and the BBC will be used to broadcast all international fixtures. Lieutenant McCarthy has made a name for himself as a versatile sports announcer, for he is an expert on Rugby, Soccer, cricket, boxing, and athletics, and he confesses to being able to wield a pretty mallet at croquet. Letters from clubs and individuals in all parts of New Zealand went to him privately and to 2YA after his broadcast of the Chatham Cup final, expressing thanks for his vivid description. ’ He plays as well as talks about sport. At St. Patrick’s College he -was in the first XI. and the first XV. and won handball championships with Cam. Malfroy. Baseball was added to his sporting
list «at school, too, in spite of the fact that he started badly by pitching his first ball straight into a master’s ribs. In 1937 Mac joined the NBS and for the last few years he has been heard frequently in sports commentaries and descriptions. Though he is interested in, and has statistical information about every kind of sport, his one passion is cricketing records, with references dating back to last century. One of the sporting highlights he remembers was the time Merritt bowled Woolley around the legs at the Basin Reserve. Mac’s name, by the way, is Winston J. McCarthy.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 333, 9 November 1945, Page 17
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282ANOTHER JOB FOR "MAC" New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 333, 9 November 1945, Page 17
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