Ranfurly Shield Rugby – North Auckland Hawke’s Bay 1969

RANFURLY
SHIELD
RUGBY

NORTH AUCKLAND
HAWKES BAY

McLEAN PARK, NAPIER

SEPTEMBER 10th, 1969

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Page ONE

Chairman’s Welcome

We, in the Bay, extend to the North Auckland team, officials and supporters a hearty welcome and hope that, win or lose, their visit will be a most enjoyable one.

Hawke’s Bay and North Auckland have met on only two previous occasions, one in 1929 at Whangarei when North Auckland won 10 points to 5 and again in 1930 at Hastings when Hawke’s Bay won 27 to 17. The two teams have never previously met when the Ranfurly Shield has been at stake.

North Auckland has won the Shield on five occasions, the last time when Auckland was defeated on the 20th August, 1969, by 17 points to 11.

Over the years, North Auckland has produced many great players. A few of them being Peter Jones, Muru Walters, Johnny Smith, Ned Erceg, N. P. Cherrington and, of course, the three Going brothers.

We hope that today’s game will be one of the great games for the coveted Shield, played at speed in the right spirit and with the best team being successful.

W. S. BRAMWELL,
Chairman H.B.R.F.U.

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NORTH AUCKLAND PEN PORTRAITS

T. (Terry) McDERMOTT. Fullback. Dargaville club. 21 years. 12st 3lb, 5ft 9in. Neat and tidy fullback who times his entry into backline attacks well. Kicks accurately with either foot. A good goal kick. Yet to make his representative debut. He is a farmer.

L. J. (Les) BRADLEY. Wing-threequarter. Mid-Northern Club. 20 years. 11st. 5ft 10in. A newcomer to the squad. Swift, eager and elusive runner. Prominent track sprinter. He played in this year’s trial or N.Z. Juniors. He is a carpenter.

H. W. (Wayne) CAREY. Reserve halfback. Kaitaia club. 25 years. 11st. 5ft 6in. Extremely reliable half-back with an excellent pass. Has ability to make ferret-like runs through the defence. He is a cabinetmaker.

F. J. (Frank) COLTHURST. Hooker, Kerikeri Club. 30 years. 15st 6lb. 6ft. One of the biggest and best hookers in the country. Wasn’t bettered by any hooker last season. Former North Island, Auckland and Thames Valley representative. He is a stock and station agent.

B. L. (Brian) GOING. First five-eighties. Mid-Northern Club. 23 years. 13st. 5ft 9in. Bigger (and better) than most five-eighths in the country. Has marvellous hands and always runs at top speed. Played for New Zealand Maoris last season and again this year, in the match against Tonga in Christchurch. He is a farmer.

S. M. (Sid) GOING. Half-back, Mid- Northern Club. 25 years, 12st. 5ft 7in. One of the best half-backs in the world. A great runner from the base of the scrum or ruck, a wonderful passer and an expert kick and follow man. An All Black, North Island and New Zealand Maori player. He is a farmer.

G. A. (Richie) GUY. Prop forward. Waipu club. 23 years. 15st. 6ft 2in. Powerful scrummager who gets to amazing places in the loose. A determined hunter of the ball. He is a farmer.

L. P. (Laly) HADDON. No. 8 forward. Omaha Club. 29 years. 14st 8lb. 6ft 1in. Played for N.Z. Maoris against 1965 Springboks, 1966 British Isles and 1969 Tongans. Extremely fast for such a big man. Never far from the ball. He is a farmer.

D. W. (Don) HEWITT. Flanker. Old Boys Club. 31 years. 14st 2lb. 6ft 2in. A champion jumper near the back of the lineout and a great tidier-upper. Current captain. Former All Black trialist. He is an accountant.

B. (Bevan) HOLMES. Lock or No. 8 forward. Kamo Club. 23 years. 15st 4lb. 6ft 2in. Young, big and extremely powerful with the ball in hand. Made his mark in the 1968 All Black trials and gained selection in both the New Zealand Juniors and the North island teams. This year he captained New Zealand Juniors in their match against Tonga. He is a school teacher.

R. R. (Rod) JONES. Centre-threequarter. Omaha Club. 23 years. 14st 6lb. 6ft. Big and powerful, hard to pull down. An excellent ladder. Made first appearance for North Auckland last season when he turned out 13 times. He is a plumber.

J. S. (Jim) KIRTLAN. Lock forward. Kaitaia Club. 28 years. 14st 5lb. 6ft 2in. One of the best lineout men in the business. Former Counties representative. Has played nearly 100 first-class games.

P. B. (Peter) MAC. Prop forward. Old Boys Club. 28 years. 15st 7lb. 6ft 2in. Sturdy front row man. Invaluable in scrummaging, line-outs and vanguard rushes. Former Taranaki representative. He is an insurance clerk.

J. E. (Joe) MORGAN. Second five-eighths. Mid-Northern Club. 23 years. 12st 7lb. 5ft 10in. Tough hard tackler and hard runner. Covers expertly. Rated as one of the country’s most accomplished second five. eighths in 1968. He is a carpenter.

F. T. (Fred) MORGAN. Reserve Prop forward. Mid-Northern Club. 22 years 13st 10lb. 5ft 10½ main. A tough front-row man who runs and handles like a back. Relishes taking the ball from kick-offs. Newcomer to the North Auckland squad. He is a carpenter.

D. R. (Dennis) PANTHER. Wing-three-quarter. Awanui Club. 23 years. 13st. 5ft 10in. Hard-running and extremely fast wing-threequarter. Played for New Zealand Juniors last year and was a reserve for the All Blacks. He is a farmer.

M. J. (Max) ROBINSON. Flanker, Keri-keri Club. 30 years. 14st. 8lb. 5ft. 11in. A non-stop rampager who does two men’s work in the light and loose. Has an unbeatable smother tackle. He is an insurance agent.

T. P. (Terry) SULLIVAN. Reserve hooker. Kaitaia Club. He first played for the Union against the Vikings Club, in 1967,. and represented North Auckland against Golden-Bay-Motueka, during last year’s South Island tour. He is 22 years of age, weighs 14 stone and stands 5ft 10in. Occupation: Carpenter.

R. (Ray) TRIGG. Half-back or five-eighths or fullback. Dargaville Club. 23 years. 5ft 8½in. 11st 4lb. Former Whangarei representative who has been playing most impressively in Northern Wairoa this season. A solid player who tackles splendidly and handles well. He is a company representative.

J. E. (Jon) YOUNG. Lock forward. Ruawai Club. 26 years. 6ft 1½in. 15st 8lb. Entered the North Auckland squad late in 1967 and has to date played five representative matches. A good lineout man and a long range goal-kicker. He is a fitter and welder.

P. (Paul) YOUNGER. Reserve centre-threequarter. Dargaville Club. 23 years. 12st 7lb. 6ft. A steady and extremely reliable player who tackles hard and excels in the timing of his passes. He is a farmer.

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Page FIVE

Hawke’s Bay Points Scorers this Season

P.   T. C.   D.G.   Pts
I. R. Bishop   9   –   8   –   43
P. R. Carney   7   1   5   –   34
W. L. Davis   –   8   –   –   27
J. P. Dougan   1   –   4   15
M. D [G]. Duncan   –   3   –   –   9
I. R. MacRae   –   4   –   –   12
B. D. M. Furlong   –   –   –   2   6
H. Meech   –   2   –   –   6
H. J. Paewai   –   2   –   –   6
D. G. Curtis   –   1   –   –   3
K. R. Tremain   –   2   –   –   6
R. S. Abel   –   1   –   –   3
M. R. S. Natusch   –   1   –   –   3
D. B. Smith   –   1   –   –   3
K. K. Crawford   –   1   –   –   3
16   29   13   6   179

Other Representative Matches

Today: Tonga v. Bay of Plenty, Rotorua; Otago v. Combined Services, Dunedin.

Saturday: North Island v. South Island, Wellington; Bush v. Wellington, Pahiatua; Canterbury v. Wellington, Christchurch; Canterbury v. Mid-Canterbury, Christchurch: Waikato v. Auckland, Auckland; Hawke’s Bay v. East Coast, Tokomaru Bay; Wanganui v. Horowhenua, Wanganui; South Canterbury v. North Otago, Oamaru; Manawatu v. Taranaki, Palmerston North.

Hawke’s Bay’s 1969 Match Record

v. Wairarapa   17 – 14
v. Auckland   6 – 3
v. Counties   17 – 9
v. Wairarapa*   18 – 11
v. Manawatu*   22 – 6
v. King Country*   19 – 16
v. Bay of Plenty   20 – 14
v. Waikato*   27 – 13
v. Wellington*   14 – 6
v. Poverty Bay   19 – 14

Points   179   106

SEPTEMBER

10 v. North Auckland   (Napier)*.
13 v. East Coast   (Tokomaru Bay).
20 v. Taranaki   (Napier)*.
27 v. Canterbury   (Napier)*.

* Ranfurly Shield.

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Hawke’s Bay’s Three Tries Against Wellington

Ian MacRae crashes across the line in the arms of Wellington’s Graham Williams.

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HEARN PRAISES HAWKE’S BAY

“You’ve seen it all when you’ve seen a Ranfurly Shield match. You’ve seen it all and a little more when you’ve seen the shield holders, Hawke’s Bay, at their best.”

These comments were made by former English international Danny Hearn after watching Hawke’s Bay beat Waikato in the challenge before last.

“In fact”, Hearn said, “it was admitted by the Hawke’s Bay players after the match that they hadn’t played better Rugby in such adverse conditions in the last 18 months.

“You can understand the strength of New Zealand football by investigating this side, its players, and its techniques.

“They were good because they possessed the vitally necessary team spirit built up over a long period of playing together and knowing each other’s every whim and fancy.

“Every Rugby player knows that however little or great ability a side has you can move mountains if you have such team spirit.

“This side had team spirit and oodles of confidence in their playing ability.

“They were good because allied to this team spirit they have immense playing ability with large reserves of players which would make any other provincial side green with envy.

“In Tremain they have a captain and a player who is respected not only in his own province or indeed his own country but overseas as well.

“There will be many in Britain who will regret his departure from the international scene.

“He knows the game like the back of his hand and he has the ability to whip a pack into an organised frenzy.

“He totally understands the importance of seeing that the ball is in front of his forwards throughout the 80 minutes and thus he can present a potentially brilliant backline with a constant supply of “good ball”.

“With the midfield thrust of Ian MacRae and Bill Davis most defences are going to be exposed more often than not.

“Hawke’s Bay is well equipped on the Wings and at fullback and so the pressure is able to be taken of‘ MacRae and Davis when required.

“NZ. critics are too often fond of running down the ability of their three-quarters.

“They constantly suggest that they have never produced runners of the ability of Jack Kyle, Bev Risman or Cliff Morgan.

“This would be true in the glamour position of first five-eighth but it is only because of the pattern of play established in this country.

“The Kyles of this World would not have fitted into a N.Z. pattern.

“But you have devastating runners in the midfield positions. Hawke’s Bay has two of them in MacRae and Davis.

“What makes a Ranfurly Shield challenge so different from anything in Britain is a fever which we only associate with Soccer’s F. A. Cup ties.

“This total participation by all the inhabitants of an area in one particular match it totally alien to the British Rugby scene.

“Such total commitment may mentally exhaust players after a succession of Ranfurly Shield defences but at the moment it is only looked on as a responsibility to sharpen their play.

“All this produces results not only for Hawke’s Bay but N.Z. Rugby as well.

“Hawke’s Bay produced football which was certainly better than an All Black team at its worst and at this time would not have disgraced an All Black XV at or near its best.

“Your system works – if the system is designed to create winning international football – but your system would not work in England because an Englishman is more interested in playing Rugby than playing Rugby for England.”

NEW ZEALAND’S TOP REFEREE

In Mr J. P. (Pat) Murphy North Auckland has probably New Zealand’s top Rugby referee.

At least he has refereed far more Test matches (13) than any other New Zealander.

Mr Murphy, who is in Napier as a spectator at today’s game, has a genius for inconspicuous firmness.

A former Wellington, Auckland and North Auckland loose forward he is now a chartered accountant in Whangarei. He is also secretary of the Northland Trotting Club.

Midget Match

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(Red)

D. Morgan, R. Clark, M. Anderson, C. Cook, J. Laurent, R. Hellyer, M. Baird, A. Double, R. Bulled, S. Ireland, P. Parslow, C. Brown, G. Spicer, S. Barrett, B. Bell, C. Mitchell, G. Campbell.

TARADALE JAGUARS
(Maroon and Black)

G. Julian, S. Lineham, T. Ngapira, P. Fry, S. Henry, K. Callinicos, B. Reiper, W. Person, D. Beams, B. Howell, K. Buglas, S. McGregor, B. O’Brien, R. Garner, G. Coker, M. Kepka, T. Arlidge.

2.15 p.m. (5min. halves)

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NORTH AUCKLAND
(Cambridge Blue)

15   R. S. Trigg
14   D. Panther   12   R. R. Jones   13   L. J. Bradley
11   J. E. Morgan   10   B. L. Going
9   S. M. Going
8   L. P. Haddon
7   D. W. Hewitt   6   M. Robinson
5   J. E. Young   4   B. Holmes
3   P. B. Mac   2   F. J. Colthurst   1   R. A Guy

Reserves – 16   H. W. Carey, 17   P. Younger, 19   T. McDermott, 19   T. P Sullivan, 20   F. T. Morgan, 21   M. Sloane

HAWKE’S BAY
(Black and White)

15   I. R. Bishop
14   M. G. Duncan   12   W. L. Davis   13   D. B. Smith
11   I. R. MacRae   10   B. D. M. Furlong
9   H. J. Paewai
8   G. A. Condon
7   J. P. Rumball   6   K. R. Tremain
5   K. K. Crawford   4   R. S. Abel
3   N. W. Thimbleby   2 A. Meech   1   H. Meech

Reserves – 16   P. R. Carney, 17   M. A. Thomas, 18   J. P. Dougan, 19   D. G. Curtis, 20   M. R. S. Natusch, 21   M. J. O’Malley, 22   G. T. Wiig, 23   P. D. Pratt, 24   R. M. Robinson, 25   T. Davis

Referee: Mr A. G. DERBY (King Country)

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THE BRAINS BEHIND NORTH AUCKLAND

Thirty two years ago Mr Ted Griffin, new the brains and force behind the powerful North Auckland team, and Mr Bob White (then a brilliant Hikurangi, Whangarei and North Auckland winger) transferred to Hawke’s Bay.

They went down at the invitation of Mr Charlie Robbins, a former Whangarei and North Auckland five-eighths, to play for his club team.

Although there were four All Blacks in the Hawke’s Bay pack – Jackson, Dalton, Reid and Bowman – Mr Griffin was selected to lock the scrum with Tori Reid.

In all Mr Griffin played 10 games for Hawke’s Bay. One of these was against Auckland at Eden Park and Hawke’s Bay won 9 – 5 to record its first-ever win on the famous Auckland ground.

By injuring an ear in that fixture, Mr Griffin had to withdraw from the team that met the mighty Springboks.

Mr Colin Le Quesne, present Hawke’s Bay selector, played for the Bay the year before and the year after Mr Griffin was there.

The Hawke’s Bay club team, for which three former Northlanders turned out, won 16 of its 17 matches.

In 1948 Mr Griffin succeeded Mr Archie Sowman as North Auckland sole selector-coach – a position he has held ever since apart from four years (1953-56) when he was on the North Island panel.

The first team he sent out after the Ranfurly Shield was the great 1950 combination led by Johnny Smith which beat South Canterbury 20–9.

In 1951 his side beat off challenges from Bay of Plenty and Thames Valley before going down 3-6 (two Don Clarke penalty goals from the Rugby Park mud) to Waikato.

In 1953 North Auckland went to Hamilton in an effort to regain the trophy but Waikato turned back the challenge 24-5.

At that time Mr Griffin was on the North Island panel.

He was still in higher company two years later when Northland made its ill-fated jaunt to Christchurch – and lost 11-39 to Canterbury.

Mr  Griffin had the North Auckland reins again in 1958 when the side went down 3-14 to Taranaki.

Mr Griffin’s next Ranfurly Shield venture was in 1960 and this time it was a successful one.

His team, captained by Ted Thompson, beat Auckland 17-11.

After beating off Poverty Bay 24-3, Northland lost the Shield to Auckland (3-6) 11 days after bringing it north.

That’s the last North Auckland has seen of the shield.

In 1961 Auckland heat North Auckland 26-11, in 1962 Auckland beat North Auckland 8-3 and in 1964 Taranaki, thanks to four dropped goals, turned back a determined North Auckland challenge 12 8.

Thus Mr Griffin’s teams have:-
Twice lifted the Ranfurly shield (1950 and 1960). With any luck at all, another triumph would have been chalked in 1964.
Beaten France and Australia and given the mighty Springboks and the British Lions terrific battles.
More than held their own with star-studded Auckland sides in annual matches (16 wins, 14 losses and 3 draws).
Registered 90 wins and 8 draws in the 139 matches (scoring 2038 against 1191) since he took over as selector again in 1956.
In the same period scored more points each season than the opposition with the exception of 1959 when the points for were 128 and against 129.

Photo caption – Mr Ted Griffin, the 57-year-old mentor of the North Auckland Rugby team which takes the field today, is himself a former Hawke’s Bay representative.

NORTH AUCKLAND’S FINE ’69 RECORD

North Auckland has a fine record this season. In seven matches they have won six and drawn one. They have amassed 170 Points and have only had 31 scored against them.

Their record is:-

Beat Counties, 25-6.
Beat Counties, 5-0.
Drew Auckland 3-11.
Beat Bay of Plenty, 24-0.
Beat Thames Valley, 24-0.
Beat Southland, 38-6.
Beat Tonga, 47-5.

Page SIXTEEN

MATCH SCORING RECORD

NORTH AUCKLAND   HAWKE’S BAY

Time   Scorers   Time   Scorers

Half-Time: H.B.   Nth. Auckland   Full-Time: H.B.     Nth. Auckland

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50th ANNIVERSARY

1970 marks the 50th anniversary of the formation of the North Auckland Rugby Football Union.

To celebrate the occasion in a fitting manner, it is proposed to hold functions during the weekend of June 18 to 21, 1970.

This will coincide with the Prince of Wales Cup at Whangarei on June 18 and the North Auckland v New Zealand Maoris on June 20. A souvenir booklet will also be published.

The union would like to hear from as many of our past players, officials and referees as possible, and it would be grateful if readers of this programme could bring this notice to the attention of anyone whom they know has been connected with North Auckland Rugby.

These ex-North Aucklanders are asked to get in touch with the Secretary, North Auckland Rugby Union, Box 584, Whangarei.

AN OLD MAGPIE RETURNS

Mr Wattie Barclay of Waitangi, currently president of the North Auckland Rugby Union, is an old Magpie who returns in the McLean Park nest today.

Back in 1927 Mr Barclay was temporarily skipper of the Hawke’s Bay team which beat Wairarapa 21-10 in the Battle of Solway.

And after the game he was the subject of an appeal to the New Zealand Rugby Union – an appeal that resulted in Hawke’s Bay having the shield taken from it.

Mr Barclay played as a five-eighths but during that Battle of Solway (described by one critic as quite up to standard as a “slaughterhouse rules display”) the Hawke’s Bay captain Maurice Brownlie and his Wairarapa counterpart Quentin Donald, both All Blacks, were given marching orders by referee Mr Bert McKenzie.

So Mr Barclay moved to wing forward and took over as skipper.

That year marked the end of Hawke’s Bay’s first great run of Ranfurly Shield triumphs.

Hawke’s Bay was quite happy to bid farewell to the shield when it lost to Wairarapa early in 1927 but it wasn’t like that before the old dynamic spirit got stirred up – especially when it was rumoured that a Wairarapa player had boasted that he had “sent Bert Grenside to hospital”.

So 10,000 people crammed into Solway Park – a ground fashioned to hold 5000 – or the return encounter.

Arms flew about like windmills, Brownlie and Donald were sent off and later exonerated (McKenzie spoke of “whitewashing” and resigned from the referees’ association).

But that was only the start of the fun.

Doubts about Mr Barclay’s residential qualifications were raised – he had been living in Auckland earlier in the season.

It was ascertained that he had been in Napier 15 days before the game and that for provincial matches the residential qualification was l4 days.

Then it was discovered that for Ranfurly Shield matches the restriction was 21 days … so Wairarapa protested to the NZRU and the protest was upheld.

Hawke’s Bay, feeling the protest to be “a stab in the back”, appealed.

Mr Norman McKenzie, that grand old man of Hawke’s Bay Rugby, told the NZRU “that we will lodge an application for an injunction against your decision and obtain a ruling from the Supreme Court. Until that is settled the shield stays where it is.”

Eventually, six weeks after the game, the shield was handed to Wairarapa.

Mr Barclay started his Rugby career as a breakaway for Southern Hawke’s Bay in 1914.

In 1929 his job with the Forestry Department took him to North Auckland.

He’s been there ever since. In 1954 he was North Auckland sole selector and until this season served for a number of years as New Zealand Maori selector.

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Tackling Lapses

While the record shows that Wellington only scored one try against Hawke’s Bay in the last Ranfurly Shield challenge, the tackling of the Bay team on some occasions was woeful.

Even the most patriotic supporters were left aghast when Wellington fullback Gerald Kember twice cut merry capers practically right through the Bay team.

Admittedly, Kember was in brilliant weaving form, but it was surely amazing and a source of anguish to see him make so much ground past so many defenders.

Wellington number eight Andy Leslie, who at this stage would appear to be a definite prospect for the South African tour next year, also featured in some devastating runs mainly because of weak tackling. Kember, the raw-boned youth who was originally brought into the All Blacks as a reserve second five-eighths because he appeared to have a similar style to Ian MacRae, is sadly miss-placed at fullback in the Wellington team.

From Hawke’s Bay’s point of view it was, however, fortunate that he was not in a position to use his undoubted attacking ability.

Scoring Spree Mounts

Hawke’s Bay’s Ranfurly Shield scoring spree is continuing to mount.

After the last shield match against Wellington the all-time Hawke’s Bay shield tally of points rose in 1332. Of this figure 100 points have been scored in five games this season.

Hawke’s Bay now has a lead of 74 points over Auckland, the previous record shield points scorer. And, on the debit side it has only had 558 points scored against it, compared with Auckland’s 767.

Of the 64 shield matches Hawke’s Bay has played, it has won 48, eight behind Auckland’s record tally of 56.

Since winning the shield from Waikato in 1966, Hawke’s Bay has repulsed 21 challengers, five short of that achieved by Auckland between 1960 and 1963.

Hawke’s Bay’s Ranfurly Shield record is:

P.   W.   L.   D.   F.    A.
1904 – 21   4   –   4   –   14   54
1922 – 26   25   25   –   –   729   213
1927 – 33   4   1   3   –   44   44
1934   4   3   1   –   85   42
1935 – 65   6   –   5   1   38   66
1966 – 69   21   19   –   2   422   139
Totals   64   48   13   3   1332   558

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MOST FAMOUS OF ALL

Most famous of all North Auckland Rugby forwards has been the steamroller flanker Peter Jones, or, if you like, “Pedro” or “Tiger”.

Captain of North Auckland for several seasons, Peter, who still lives in the Far North, became immortal as the result of a sensational try he scored against the Springboks in the fourth Test at Eden Park in 1956.

At the age at 18 he played for Johnny Smith’s triumphant North Auckland Ranfurly Shield team in 1950.

He led the North Auckland team which beat the French in 1961 and he scored many fantastic tries in inter-provincial matches.

Peter was at his best when he was playing for “Ted” – North Auckland’s sole selector- coach, Mr Ted Griffin.

On the field he was a powerhouse – off it a meek and likeable giant.

The story of a Sunday benefit match in Auckland, from which an injury caused his withdrawal, is always told …

The ground announcer said: “As this is a friendly game Peter Jones will not be playing.”

And then there was the time, following the 1956 triumph over the Springboks (the late call which went out to Jones, Don Clarke and Kevin Skinner resulted in New Zealand winning the series) when asked by a radio announcer how he felt, he replied in forcibly simple terms that – to his consternation – made radio listeners all over the Dominion rock with laughter.

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TEAM STATISTICS

HAWKE’S BAY

Age   Height   Weight

I. R. Bishop   26   5 11½   12 3
P. R. Carney   22   6 0   13 0
M. G. Duncan   21   6 1   13 10
D. B. Smith   25   5 10½   11 0
D. G. Curtis   25   5 9½   12 3
W. L. Davis   26   5 11½   12 12
I. R. MacRae   26   6 2   14 0
J. P. Dougan   22   5 7½   11 8
M. R. S. Natusch   18   5 10   13 0
B. D. M. Furlong   24   6 0   13 7
M. A. Thomas   22   5 6   10 7
H. J. Paewai   21   5 7   11 9
G. A. Condon   24   6 2   14 3
T. Davis   22   5 11   14 4
K. R. Tremain   31   6 2   16 7
J. P. Rumball   26   6 1   13 12
P. D. Pratt   24   6 1½   12 8
K. K. Crawford   26   6 3   17 7
R. M. Robinson   20   6 7   16 7
R. S. Abel   33   6 4½   16 7
N. W. Thimbleby   30   5 10   15 7
G. T. Wiig   21   6 3½   15 10
H. Meech   27   6 3   15 7
M. J. O’Malley   27   5 11   13 0
A. Meech   29   5 10½   13 7

NORTH AUCKLAND

Height   Weight   Age

T. McDermott   5 9   12 3   21
L. J. Bradley   5 10   11 0   20
H. W. Carey   5 6   11 0   25
F. J. Colthurst   6 0   15 3   30
B. L. Going   5 9   13 0   23
S. M. Going   5 7   12 0   25
R. A. Guy   6 2   15 6   28
L. P. Haddon   6 1   14 8   29
D. W. Hewitt   6 2   14 2   31
B. Holmes   6 2   15 4   23
R. R. Jones   6 0   14 6   23
J. S. Kirtlan   6 2   14 5   28
P. B. Mac   6 2   15 7   28
J. E. Morgan   5 10   12 7   23
F. T. Morgan   5 10½   13 10   22
D. R. Panther   5 10   13 0   23
M. J. Robinson   5 11   14 8   30
T. P. Sullivan   5 10   14 0   22
R. Twigg   5 8½   11 4   23
J. E. Young   6 1½   15 8   26
P. Younger   6 0   12 7   28

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