He narrowly missed selection, receiving 13 of 15 votes from the East coaches.

He missed selection for the match against the 1907-08 All Golds.

He just missed selection for boat race crew named earlier this week, but he was still in with a chance of a late place.

The rugby public were surprised when he missed selection for the national side to New Zealand.

He missed selection in their premiership team the previous year.

He played a single senior game in 1926, and a handful the following year but missed selection in the finals as the team finished runner-up.

He missed selection to the team and was named an alternate.

He again missed selection for the 2005 Tri Nations.

He missed selection for the Commonwealth Games in 1978 due to a stress fracture.

However, he missed selection for the World Cup and he stayed at home.