A Visitor from South Africa.

A recent arrival in New Zealand is Frank Forster, leading South African professional wrestler. Forster, former captain of Northern Rhodesia at Rugby football and a Transvaal representative lock forward, is intensely interested in New Zealand Rugby football and has been impressed by several players in Wellington. (At the time of writing he had not seen any other teams in action.—W.F.I.). After an interesting newspaper article on South African football, Forster was contacted by Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand representative hooker, who asked the South African if he would attend their gymnasium and give the Petone senior forwards instruction in packing a 3-4-1 scrum. A good sportsman, Forster readily agreed and, at the request of Mr. Mark Richardson, coach to the Athletic Club, he agreed to assist that club as well. He takes up the attitude that football is a sport, and what one knows should be passed on to assist others. Who knows, perhaps his coaching may produce the page 64 forwards necessary to represent New Zealand against South Africa next year?

Forster, in his younger days, was a member of the Pretoria Harriers Club, of which club Jock Oosterlaak, South African Olympic sprinter, who was in New Zealand in 1922, was a member. Forster brought several messages from Oosterlaak, who is now employed as an electrician in Pretoria.

Oosterlaak was a member of the South African relay team to defeat New Zealand in a memorable contest at Athletic Park—a race still talked of by those fortunate enough to witness it.

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