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Coach Gordon Tietjens and injured captain Eric Rush led the team in Mar del Plata, Argentina. NZ beat Australia 31-12 in the final.

b.16.07.1894 – d.25.01.48

West Hartlepool, Headingley, Blackheath and England
16 internationals for England 1928–33
5 internationals for Great Britain 1930

This tall, elegant centre three-quarter will always be found near the start of any A to Z rugby book.

The brilliant Aarvold made his international debut against the touring New South Wales Waratahs of 1928, but made his biggest rugby impact in the 1930 Great Britain team in New Zealand, where he scored three tries in the second and third tests. On that tour the British chose to not play their tour captain, Doug Prentice, in three of the tests and Aarvold captained in Prentice’s absence.

He made a success of life after rugby, becoming Sir Carl Aarvold, a judge at the Old Bailey. He died in March 1991, aged 83.

The youngest World Cup winner was South Africa's Frans Steyn in 2007 (20 years 159 days) while the oldest was New Zealand's Brad Thorn in 2011 (36 years 262 days)