Known by the nickname "baby" (likely due to him weighing about 60 kilograms while playing in the forwards),[1] Wilson received national honours for the 1884 tour of New South Wales coming out of the now-defunct East Christchurch club.
Although he never played a single provincial game in New Zealand, he was selected because of Edward D'Auvergne's withdrawal.
[1][2] The tour manager, S.E Sleigh, described Wilson as “perhaps the youngest player in the team[2] who held his own with the other forwards”.
He then moved to Queensland, Australia, where he – out of the City club – played for the State for two years between 1887 and 1888.
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