RUGBY FOOTBALL.
ALL BLACK PASSES.
DEATH OF DR. R. G. B. SINCLAIR.
OTAGO AND TARANAKI PLAYER.
The death occurred of Dr. R. G. B. Sinclair (Hawera) yesterday at Wellington, following an operation for appendicitis. He had been in ill-health for some months. He leaves a widow and two young children.
Dr. Sinclair, who was born in Dunedin, was educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School and Otago University. Down South he made his mark as a Rugby fullback, and represented Otago in 1922 against Canterbury, Hawke's Bay and Auckland. In 1923, besides playing against the Maoris, Southland and Manawatu, he was awarded his South Island cap for the drawn game at Wellington. As a result of the wonderful game he played on a wet day at Athletic Park he later wore the All Black jersey in the first two Tests against New South Wales, New Zealand winning 19—9 at Dunedin and 34—6 at Christchurch. It is a melancholy coincidence that the referees in those Tests, A. E. Eckhold and J. F. Peake, have also passed away.
Many Aucklanders will recall the fine game Dr. Sinclair played at Eden Park in August, 1922, when he came up from Dunedin to appear at full-back for New Zealand Universities against Sydney University. After going into practice at Hawera he played in the first trial at Wanganui for the selection of the 1924 All Blacks. He would have been a "certainty" to go to the Old Country with that famous side, but notified that he was unavailable. It was then that the search for his successor began, and ended in the "discovery" of G. Nepia, who played in all of the 30 matches on the British programme.
Dr. Sinclair was an ideal full-back, a fine tackler and a magnificent kicker. Well over six feet in height, lithe and active, he was one of the best that New Zealand has produced. -Auckland Star, 28/6/1932.
AUCTIONS.
SMITH & TRIM LTD.
FORESTERS’ HALL, HAWERA.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6.
At 1.15 p.m.
INSTRUCTED by the Executors in the Estate of the late Dr. SINCLAIR, will sell by public auction as above, household furniture and effects, superior carpets and floor coverings and appointments, including —
Large beautifully sprung chesterfield lounge, Jacobean dining room suite, H.M.V. cabinet gramophone and records, valuable super Wilton carpet 18 x 12.6, rug and vestibule carpet (to match), Axminster squares’ — 12 x 10, 12 x 9, 10 x 9, 15 x 10 and 12 x 10, large hair cord carpet, hall and stair runners, brass coffee table, upholstered chairs, drawing room chairs in mahogany and walnut, fancy walnut work table, 3 Morris chairs, round wall mirror, few pictures (water colours, etchings and photos), crystal, china and pewter ware, E.P. table ware, stainless cutlery, bric-a-brac, book shelves, lot good novels, brassware, side tables, Singer electric machine, hall and window curtains, rosewood china cabinet, spirit tantalus, electric table lamp and shade, portable typewriter, fireside chair, linos, 2 rimu cupboards, oak office desk, occasional gate-leg table, 2 card tables, valuable mahogany chest, cedar dressing table, oak and rimu bedsteads, mattresses, white enamel bedroom suite, reversible rugs, fender, fire screens, seagrass and other chairs, copper scuttle and lire set, escritoire, bathroom cabinet, 2 e.p. towel rails, small lot good linen, linen basket, chest drawers, child’s cot, high chair, 2 Minninmx lire extinguishers, 2, dinner services, clothes airer, e.p. electric toaster, kitchen crockery, preserves, marble slab, aluminium ware, pot stand, kitchen furniture and effects, flour bin, garden tools, 2 lawn mowers, bench vice, few carpenter’s tools and numerous sundries.
ALSO: Large chesterfield couch, 4 brass candlesticks, mahogany chest, 2 water colours, brassware, bric-a-brac, 3 pewter articles, cut glass ware, kodak camera, 2 tennis racquets, 4 pictures, china, e.p. table ware, ornaments, meerschaum pipe, small brass tray, brass helmet, putting appliance, eiderdown, upholstered sitting room chair, mahogany and cane chairs, walnut work table, Maori mat, electric table lamp, crystal ware, chestnut roaster, e. lamp shade, oak occasional gate-leg table, cedar dressing table
ON VIEW MORNING OF SALE. -Hawera Star, 2/8/1932.
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