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Nathanial ‘Ranji’ Arthur Wilson was a leading player and later captain of the Athletic club team that won a five-peat of Senior Championship titles between 1911-15 (one shared), played 75 times for Wellington between 1906-1920 and played 10 Tests for the All Blacks between 1908-1914. Of West Indian and English parentage,
Rugby History
Pioneers of rugby in Wellington 019: Paul Francis Kane (AKA) Markham
Pioneers of rugby in Wellington 018: The Spencer brothers
Profiling many of the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. The Melrose Rugby Football was a Wellington club rugby powerhouse in the late 1800s and a regular Senior Championship contender over the course
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 017 J.M. Thomson
The Wellington College rugby team in 1890. Captain J.M. Thomson centre with ball in hand. Profiling many of the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929. Inter-collegiate rugby, what is now First XV rugby, was
Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 017 The Ryan brothers
There were no fewer than eight Ryan brothers involved in the Petone Rugby Football Club, Wellington provincial teams and the All Blacks. The Ryans made their mark in a collective career that spanned over two decades at the start of last century. Five played for Wellington. Two were All Blacks. Any list of