GEORGE Watson’s College have produced a host of notable players but one of their rugby alumni also went on to achieve notoriety as a referee. Indeed John Dallas is still spoken of today, the man who in the eyes of Kiwis denied them a draw and possibly a win in Cardiff during their otherwise triumphant tour of Britain and France in 1905.
As a player Dallas was a strong, reliable second row who captained the school First XV and was a stalwart of the Watsonians pack before he received his one call to international duty in 1903 when he was summoned as a replacement for the injured D...