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There were only three minutes to the final stle in the Rugby game between Coventry the North of England when Chris rdlow, the North's centre three-quarter, ke his jaw. That break cost him his place in British Lions side that is touring New land this summer—but it brought him motion six months earlier than he had ecteci.
he selectors heard medical advice that his might not stand up to the strain of a hard ri tour, and he had to withdraw from the ?.; but Chris, who was manager of BRSL's lverhampton branch, found that he had !n elevated to manage BRSL Contracts in ningham. He had been told that the job uld be his when he returned from New 'land, but since he wasn't going he took up job this week.
:hris, 28 years' old, 13 stones in weight, I 6ft 1in. tall, joined BRSL as a trainee nager in 1969 after five years as assistant :he manager of Thistle Transport in Carlisle. ore that he was a salesman.
k Cumbrian, Chris lived next door to lisle Rugby Club's ground when he was a
r, and played for the Club's first team when
was 17. He won his first Cumberland and stmorland cap when he was 23, his first ]land cap when he was 26. Since then he played 12 times for the Barbarians, and times for England. When he moved to dverhampton he decided that Carlisle was far to travel for club games so he joined Northampton Club.
Aihile in Wolverhampton he was engaged inly in general haulage, and much of his :cess as a manager lay in his good staff
itions Drivers said he was "a good boss". finds road transport "fascinating and ;orbing-, and has recently made a study of
itainerization. He is proud that he has just :ome an associate member of the Industrial nsport Association.
_ast week he had an operation to unwire broken jaw, but within two days was ving into his new managerial chair at mingham, and looking for a suitable fling ground. He intends to keep very fit ; summer, because he has been asked to
r the Far East with an England side in the umn.
)espite his size he has a delicate touch and fishes for trout with a dry fly. However, his
s may remain unused this year. "Between by and transport I don't get much time for +thing else,he says. And at Birmingham has 270 vehicles to show how his time is St usefully occupied.
T.G.