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Albert House
Albert Phillip House (1890 – 29 May 1966) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s, and rugby league referee of the 1910s and 1920s . He played representative level rugby union for Wellington, and representative level rugby league for New Zealand ( Heritage No. 35), and Wellington, and at club level for Petone, as a , or , i.e. number 1, or 6. Playing career House originally played rugby union, representing Wellington.Team of the Century – Week 1 ''Wellington Rugby League'' In 1908 House switched to , playing for |
Buninyong
Buninyong is a town 11 km from Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Midland Highway, south of Ballarat on the road to Geelong. Buninyong was proclaimed a town on 27 June 1851 on the same day as Winchelsea, Portarlington, Longwood, Avenel, Cavendish, Euroa and Gisborne. All were preceded by Benalla and Wangaratta that were proclaimed on 7 and 11 April 1849 respectively. Gold was reported "within a mile or two of the township of Buninyong" on 12 August 1851. Gold had been reported earlier at Clunes on 25 July 1851, The major gold rush to the Ballarat region had begun. The population at the was 3,797. The name originates from an Aboriginal word also recorded as 'Buninyouang', said to mean 'man lying on his back with his knees raised', which is in reference to the shape of Mount Buninyong. European settlers named it Bunnenyong and the name later simplified to its current form. History Buninyong has an important place in history as one of the principal inla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Spencer (rugby)
George Spencer (1878–1950) was a New Zealand rugby football Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union and rugby league. Canadian football and, to a lesser extent, American football were once considered forms of rugby football, but are seldom now referred to as such. The ... player who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league. His brother, John Spencer (rugby, born 1880), John, also was a dual-international. Early years Spencer attended Mt Cook School in Wellington. Spencer was a carpenter by trade. Rugby union career Spencer represented Wellington in 49 matches, an unusually high number for anyone to play in those years of limited programmes, between 1900 and 1908. He was in the team which won the first ever Ranfurly Shield match 6-3 against Auckland in 1904 and then played in a number of defences before the shield was regained by Auckland in 1905, kicking two penalties in Wellington's 10-6 loss. After making the No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
