Sidney Milton Going

Surname:

Going

First names:

Sidney Milton

Known by:

Sid

Country:

New Zealand

Player number:

655

No of AB games:

AB years:

1967 - 1977

Clubs:

Mid Northern

Provincial teams:

Northland 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
NZ Maori 1974, 1975, 1977

Provincial captain:

Northland 1973
Nthn NZ maori 1974
Nthn Zone Maori 1977
Centurions 1978
Presidents XV 1978

Biography:

1973: AB's: Halfback - 1 test
1973: North Island: Halfback - 1 game
1973: 2nd Probables: Halfback - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1973: Halfback - 9 games - 4 tries, 2 C, 1 DG (23 pts)
1974: AB's: Halfback - 1 test, 4 tour games - 1 try (4 pts)
1974: NZ Maori: Halfback - 3 games - 3 tries, 1 DG (15 pts)
1974: Nth Island: Halback - 1 game
1974: Prince of Wales Cup: Halfback - 1 game
1974: Halfback - 8 games - 3 P (9 pts)
1974: Centurions: Halfback - 1 game
1975: AB's: Halfback - 1 test
1975: NZ Maori: Halfback - 3 games - 1 try, 1 P (7 pts)
1975: NZ Trial: Halfback - 1 game
1975: Nth Island: Halfback - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1975: Halfback - 7 games - 2 tries, 1 C (10 pts)
1976: AB's: Halfback - 5 tests, 9 tour games - 3 tries, 14 C, 5 P (55 pts)
1976: NZ Trial: Halfback - 1 game
1976: Halfback - 4 games - 3 P, 1 DG (12 pts)
1977: AB's: Halfback - 2 tests - 1 try (4 pts)
1977: NZ Maori: Halfback - 2 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1977: Nth Island: Halfback - 1 game
1977: Prince of Wales Cup: Halfback - 1 game - 2 tries (8 pts)
1977: Halfback - 9 games - 3 tries, 1 P (15 pts)
1977: NZ Trial: Halfback - 1 game
1978: Halfback - 5 games - 2 tries (8 pts)
1978: Centurions: Halfback - 1 game
1978: President's XV: Halfback - 1 game
1978: Zingari-Richmond Invitation XV: Halfback - 1 game
1980: Congress XV: Halfback - 1 game

Total: AB's: 23 games (63 pts)
NZ Maori: 8 games (30 pts)
Prov: 42 games (77 pts)
Others: 15 games (16 pts)

Total: 88 games (186 pts)

1967: Maori Player of the Year
1968: Maori Player of the Year
1969: Maori Player of the Year
1970: Maori Player of the Year
1971: Maori Player of the Year
1972: Maori Player of the Year

Endorsements

Hi Kerry

I’ve been meaning to drop you a line for a while after literally stumbling across your website in a Google search.

Since I was a kid I’ve been a bit of a sports stats geek – over the years I have progressed from A4 exercise books with scribbles and cross-outs, to Word and Excel – much more user friendly and secure. My stats have always been my own hobby and pleasure and never shared with anybody.

Your website is nothing short of phenomenal, I can’t begin to imagine the time and research that has gone into it. As a resource for not only NZ rugby supporters, but statisticians round the world, it is second to none. I have yet to come across a site that offers so many easily searchable players and team stats in one area.

The one thing that struck me in doing my own NPC stats research is the vast number of players whose career is limited to one game (or part game) for a minor union. But there they are on NZ Rugby History, with their details recorded exactly the same as a Carter or a McCaw.

Your website is a priceless asset to the NZ rugby fabric, and I can only hope that you can access some kind of sponsorship or support of some kind from NZ Rugby or other avenues. It needs to be treasured and nurtured as it grows to a complete historic record of our game.

Regards
Paul Thomas

I would like to thank Kerry for his Rugby History website. The site is very easy to use. The information it has provided me with for an article I am researching for the Rugby Statistician's Magazine has proved invaluable.

Dave Hall

It gives me great pleasure to write this character reference about this website. There would not be a person in this country who doesn’t know that rugby is the national game of New Zealand. The passion runs deep and the profile and exposure of the sport is without peer. A fair chunk of our heroes come from the game and nothing affects the mental psychology of the people more than rugby. Not even politics.

Because of this rich feeling, discussions in society are often based around the game and on the players involved. Memories tend to play tricks on people. They can fade and forget and get things muddled up. For nearly 90 years New Zealand rugby enthusiasts have been superbly served by the Rugby Almanack. It remains the definitive source of information from each season despite the advancement of technology.

However, we must accept that technology has advanced and like rugby, we therefore need to embrace the good that comes with that change. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz is the best rugby history site that is available. It provides comprehensive records of the All Blacks, all the Super rugby sides and most impressively of all, places a large emphasis on the national provincial competition, which remains such a crucial part of the fabric in New Zealand.

Kery Geertson’s dedication to this growing rugby treasure can not be denied. It continues to grow, mature and impress. To paraphrase the late, great Terry McLean www.rugbyhistory.co.nz should be stored as a favourite website for every rugby lover; it provides facts and fairness and hours of one of life’s greatest pleasures – browsing.

Grant Hassall
Wannabe Rugby Historian
New Plymouth

I have seen the development of the website http://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/ over the past 12 months and genuinely believe it has the potential to become the online portal for rugby history and statistics in New Zealand. Outside of the Rugby Almanack there is nowhere that rugby followers can go to gain such information, and there is certainly nowhere online that comes close to the level of detail that Kerry’s website provides.

With a bit of support I think http://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/ can become the most comprehensive rugby database in the country, and in the process protect the legacy of our national game.

Hamish Forsman
Waikato Rugby Union Media Executive & Historian

Hi Kerry
I just came across your website ......it is amazing.
Michael O'Dwyer
Tipperary, Ireland

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Kerry - great website on rugby - just a comment your player information for Ken J Tarrant (brother) South Canterbury is incorrect. It says he played 29 games I think you will find it was around 69 from early 70s to late 70s.
Steve Tarrant
(170 games over 14 seasons for Sth Canterbury & Southland)

Kerry's note: Thanks Steve, this will be corrected once I go back earlier than 1975.

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