 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Ritson akanga ari mutambi anoshingaira werugby paakanga achiri muduku uye paakanga akura akatamba rugby yekirabhu semutambi wepamberi weNorthern Football Club. Muna 1908 Ritson akasvikwa kuti apinde uye chikwata cheAnglo-Welsh, mutambi wepamberi weBritish neIrish Lions, kushanyira Australia neNew Zealand. Rwendo rwemwedzi minomwe, runotungamirirwa nenzira yakasimba yeamateur, rwaizoratidzira kuti Ritson akanga ane pfuma yakazvimirira kuti agamuchire nzvimbo muchikwata. Akatamba mumitambo mitatu yekutanga yekushanya, achihwina muedzo mumutambo wekutanga, kukunda Wairarapa. Musi wa6 Chikumi akasarudzwa kumutambo wekutanga weTest neNew Zealand timu yenyika. Chikwata cheBritain chakarasikirwa zvikuru, uye kunyange zvazvo Riston akatamba mimwe mitambo mishanu yenzendo iye haana kusarudzwa kutamba mumitambo miviri yekupedzisira yeTest. 