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Sources

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Possibly useful sources:

-- Shudde talk 11:04, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Shudde. I'm finding Papers Past, also part of the National Library of New Zealand, an excellent source for Albert Downing: as you'd expect, several articles also mention Dewar. FunkyCanute (talk) 11:19, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The search function on there is not perfect, so things can easily be missed. It makes it a hard slog sometimes, but there are hidden jems in there! More:

- Shudde talk 11:28, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

These are great! Any idea what the reference to 'butter fat' is about, in the second picture? FunkyCanute (talk) 11:27, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Commons

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Stratford

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There seems to be some confusion... contrary to NZRU's article, it appears that Dewar moved to Stratford in 1913, having played for nearby Hawera from 1910. I could be mistaken.

For the move, see:

  • "Football". Taranaki Daily News. 16 April 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  • "Stratford News". Taranaki Daily News. 13 May 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

Previous articles show him playing for Hawera.

FunkyCanute (talk) 11:18, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In Taranaki, it looks like he played for:

  1. Hawera 1910-? (Now part of Southern RFC)
  2. Star Club (of New Plymouth?) ?-1912/3 (Now part of Spotswood United RFC)
  3. Stratford 1913-1914 (from which he was selected for NZ)

FunkyCanute (talk) 18:30, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FunkyCanute (talk) 20:23, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shield defence

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I've uncovered plenty of contemporaneous articles dealing with these games. I'll flesh out the final sentence in Rugby career into a proper paragraph. FunkyCanute (talk) 11:20, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Flags in infobox

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As per MOS:INFOBOXFLAG we should avoid the use of flags in the infobox. So I removed the flag next to the New Zealand flag. -- Shudde talk 09:11, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]