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1897 New Zealand Rugby Union Tour Of Australia
The 1897 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia was the third tour by the New Zealand national team to Australia. Ten matches were played against regional and district sides. Touring party *Manager: I. Hyams *Captain: Alfred Bayly Match summary Complete list of matches played by New Zealand in Australia: on All Blacks website References {{DEFAULTSORT:1897 New Zealand Rugby Union Tour Of Australia New Zealand tour |
Arthur Humphries
Arthur Larwill Humphries (15 February 1874 – 13 April 1953) was a New Zealand rugby union player. Primarily a halfback, Humphries represented at a provincial level between 1893 and 1903, playing 40 matches for the province. He was a member of the New Zealand national side in 1897, 1901, and 1903. In all, he made 15 appearances for his country, scoring 45 points, but missed selection for New Zealand's first Test match, against Australia in 1903. He went on to be the manager of the national side, by then known as the All Blacks, against the touring Anglo-Welsh side in 1908, and later served as a Taranaki selector and, in 1923, as president of the Taranaki Rugby Union. Humphries died in Whanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whang ... on 13 April 1953, and his ashes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury Rugby Football Union
The Canterbury Rugby Football Union (also referred to as "Canterbury" or "CRFU") is the governing body for rugby union in a portion of the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Its colours are red and black in a hooped design. The CRFU govern the running of the Canterbury representative team which have won New Zealand's first-tier domestic competition National Provincial Championship (Air New Zealand Cup and ITM Cup) 14 times including a "six-peat" from 2008 to 2013 – with five in the National Provincial Championship, two in the Air New Zealand Cup, five in the ITM Cup and one in the Mitre 10 Cup. Their most recent victory was the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup. Canterbury also acts as a primary feeder to the Crusaders, who play in the Super Rugby competition. The union also administers all club rugby within the region, including senior club rugby and school rugby. Canterbury has a proud history producing All Blacks, the most of any New Zealand region, with Scott Barrett becoming Canterb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wells (rugby Player)
William Wells may refer to: Military * William Wells (general) (1837–1892), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient for the Battle of Gettysburg * William Wells (Medal of Honor) (1832–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * William Wells (soldier) (1770–1812), American army officer and adopted member of the Miami tribe * William Lewis Wells (1895–1918), World War I flying ace Sports * Billy Wells (American football) (William Prescott Wells, 1931–2001), American professional football player * Bombardier Billy Wells (William Thomas Wells, 1889–1967), English heavyweight boxer * William Wells (boxer) (born 1936), British Olympic boxer * Willie Wells (1906–1989), American professional baseball player * Willie Wells Jr. (1922–1994), American professional baseball player * Bill Wells (footballer) (1920–2013), Australian rules footballer * Billy Wells (footballer) (1916–1984), Australian rules footballer Music * Bill Wells (born c. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Orchard
Sydney Arthur Orchard (12 December 1875 – 19 April 1947) was a New Zealand rugby union player, referee and administrator, and cricket player and administrator. Early life and family Orchard was born in Elmore, Victoria, Australia on 12 December 1875. He emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1886. Rugby union A wing and fullback, Orchard represented and at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side in 1896 and 1897, playing eight matches, including two games against each of New South Wales and Queensland. After retiring as a player, Orchard served on the management committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union, and was also a referee. Cricket Orchard played first-class cricket in New Zealand for Canterbury between 1895 and 1913. In 1909–10 Orchard took a hat-trick for Canterbury against Auckland in Auckland. After his playing career ended he managed the New Zealand team that toured Australia in 1913–14, and was sole selector for the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Murray (rugby Union)
Frederick Steele Miller Murray (20 August 1871 – 5 August 1952) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ..., Murray represented at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side in 1893 and 1897. He played 20 matches for New Zealand, but did not appear in any internationals as New Zealand did not play its first Test match until 1903. References 1871 births 1952 deaths New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Auckland rugby union players Rugby union forwards {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Pauling
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Mills (rugby Union)
Hugh Parsons Mills (6 June 1873 – 26 March 1905) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks in 1897. His position of choice was forward. Mills did not play in any test matches as New Zealand did not play their first until 1903. Career Although born in Timaru, Mills played club rugby for the Tukapa club in Taranaki. He established himself as an all-round forward, although his preferred position was wing-forward (modern day flanker). He played 12 games for the Taranaki union between 1896 and 1899. After playing in the inaugural North against South Island match, Mills was selected for the national side on their 11-match tour of Australia in 1897. Mills played in eight matches on the tour, scoring four tries, which totalled 12 points. Personal Mills was a farmer, and his wife's name was Charlotte. He died in 1905 after an illness at the age of 31, and was buried at Tataraimaka Tataraimaka ( Maori pronunciation, "Ta-ta-rai-ma-ka") is a rural co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McKenzie (rugby Union)
William "Mac" McKenzie (12 June 1871 – 1 July 1943), also known as "Offside Mac", was a rugby union player who represented New Zealand in the 1890s. Playing at wing-forward, McKenzie was first selected for the New Zealand national team on their 1893 tour of Australia, and continued to be selected up until the end of New Zealand's 1897 tour of Australia. In his 20 matches for the national side, McKenzie scored 23 points. McKenzie was first selected provincially for Wairarapa in 1889 at the age of 18. He eventually relocated to Wellington in 1893, and joined the Petone Rugby Club. He was selected for Wellington that year, and was included in the New Zealand team to tour Australia. The 1893 tour of Australia was the first New Zealand team selected under the authority of the newly formed New Zealand Rugby Football Union. Captained by Thomas Ellison, the team played eleven matches, including three against New South Wales, and lost only one. McKenzie, playing at wing-forward, appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Harris (rugby Player)
William "Pat" Albert Harris (30 June 1876 – 15 June 1950) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the New Zealand national side in 1897. His position of choice was hooker. Harris did not play in any test matches as New Zealand did not play their first until 1903. Career Harris, more commonly known as "Pat", was born in Christchurch but played for the Union (now known as Alhambra-Union due to a merge of clubs) club in Dunedin. He played 9 games for the Otago province between 1894 and 1896. The next year, in 1897 he appeared for the South Island in the inaugural North against South Island match. Based on this performance, Harris was chosen for the tour to Australia that year. He played in 8 out of the total 10 matches in Australia, including two out of the three of the unofficial tests against New South Wales. After the touring party had returned to New Zealand they played a final fixture against the Auckland province. The game was lost 11–10 and at the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Hardcastle
William Robert Hardcastle (30 August 1874 – 11 July 1944) born in Wellington, New Zealand was a pioneer New Zealand and Australian rugby union player and an Australian rugby league footballer. He represented both countries in union and Australia in league. He was one of the first dual-code rugby internationals. Rugby union career Hardcastle commenced his club rugby in New Zealand with Petone and represented for Wellington from 1895 to 1897. He joined the Melrose club in 1897 and was selected in a North Island representative side from where he was selected for the All Blacks 1897 tour of Australia he played in seven tour matches but no Tests. He journeyed to Sydney in 1899 on hearing that the visiting British and Irish Lions would be not be travelling any further than Sydney. Australian rugby in those days had no residential rules and once they took the field with a Sydney club, players qualified as Australians for possible national selection. He played for the Glebe rugby uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Handcock (rugby Union)
Robert Alexander Handcock (6 April 1874 – 27 January 1956) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks in 1897. His position of choice was forward. Handcock did not play in any test matches as New Zealand did not play their first until 1903. He was born in Auckland in 1874. He died in Auckland in 1956. Career Although he was listed as a forward Handcock mainly played as a Hooker. He initially played for the Grafton club but then switched to the Parnell club. It was here Handcock made the Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ... provincial side debuting in 1896. He made 3 appearances. In those three games and after appearing in the inaugural North against South Island match Handcock was selected for an 11-match tour of Australia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Calnan
Joseph John Calnan (24 June 1876 – 31 December 1947) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the New Zealand national side in 1897. His position of choice was loose forward. Calnan did not play in any test matches as New Zealand did not play their first until 1903. Career Out of the Melrose club Calnan made his debut for the Wellington provincial team as a nineteen-year old, in 1895. He played for the North Island in the inter-island match in 1897. Based on his performance he was then selected for the tour of Australia that year. In his eight games on tour he scored 2 tries and converted one of those in the game against Central-Western Districts. Unfortunately his career took a turn for the worst as he was accused of using coarse language and being intoxicated at an after-match gathering at the conclusion of the Auckland game, once the touring party had returned to New Zealand. He was thus banned from participating in any rugby union for two years. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |