Vay Wilson
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Vayro William Wilson, DSC was an Australian naval officer and a state and national representative rugby union player who captained the Wallabies in three Test matches immediately prior to the Second W
Wilson leads team training on deck en route to England 1939.
Wilson "assists" Aub Hodgson with a neck strengthening exercise.
Len Smith (rugby)
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Len Smith was an Australian representative rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He captained the Kangaroos in two Tests in 1948 and was controversially omitted fr
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…a meeting with the royal family, the squad set sail for Australia having not played a game. Of the unlucky tourists only Bill McLean, Keith Windon and Len Smith would return to footballing success after the war. The Whiticker reference records that "the squad played an exhibition match in Bombay on the journey…
Smith,(back row 3rd from left) in the Newtown 1943 premiership team