Watty McKay.

The First Echelon of New Zealand's Second Expeditionary Force contained many well-known sporting personalities and many more have gone into camp with the Second Echelon. Among the non-commissioned officers in the Maori Battalion is Watty McKay, formerly of Waerenga-a-hika College, Gisborne. McKay represented New Zealand Maoris against a New Zealand team at Rugby, played for New Zealand at hockey, represented Hawke's Bay at cricket and took a prominent part in many other sports. Those who remember A. P. Kaipara, mercurial Maori Rugby representative, will only need to be told that McKay was a “second Kaipara” to realise his football ability. In the match against New Zealand at Athletic Park, he received the ball on his own line, juggled it on his right hand while he dashed down the side-line, with inches to spare, and scored a brilliant try. A photograph of this was used as the front-page illustration of a wellknown sporting weekly and reproduced in many parts of the world as a sporting photograph with the essence of motion and grace.