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Albert Laing
Albert Laing was a rugby league player who represented New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand in 1932 against England national rugby league team, England becoming Kiwi #217. He played club rugby league for North Shore Albions, Devonport United from 1931 to 1934 and made 4 appearances for Auckland rugby league team, Auckland, and 1 for the North Island. Early life Albert Laing was born on 30 July 1908 in New Zealand to Fanny Nelmes Laing (nee Buffett) (1965-1933) and Edward Baron Laing (1856-1953). His parents were originally from Norfolk Island but moved to New Zealand with several young children in 1901 and lived at Rocky Point in Auckland. Albert was part of a very large family with 13 siblings; Edgar Nolton (1890-1969), Bert Laing, Henry Bircher (1893-1968), Alice May (1895-1895), Edith Esther (1896-1992), Julius Cecil Churchill (1900-1982), Norman Paul (1900-1975), Edward Alfred Robert (1902-1983), Jessie Elizabeth (1903-1966), Rita Anne Annie (1905-1990), Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waihi
Waihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town. The town is at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, close to the western end of the Bay of Plenty. The nearby resort town of Waihi Beach, ten kilometres to the east, is often regarded as the westernmost point of the Bay of Plenty region. To the west are the hills of the Kaimai Ranges. Road access from this direction is through the winding Karangahake Gorge road. Waihi has a warm and temperate climate but unusually high rainfall for New Zealand's east coast with an average annual rainfall of 2147 mm. Demographics Waihi covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Waihi had a population of 5,403 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 741 people (15.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 783 people (16.9%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,223 households, comprising 2,604 males ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Ellaby
Alfred "Alf" Henry Ellaby (24 November 1902 – 1993) was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Lancashire, and at club level for St. Helens (two spells), and Wigan ( Heritage № 380), as a . Ellaby retired as the England and St. Helens' all-time top try-scorer. Ellaby was dubbed the "Hat-trick King", with 31 for his home-town club, St. Helens. Ellaby was Liverpool's first rugby league superstar. Background Ellaby was born in Prescot, Lancashire, he saw a promising association football career with Rotherham United ended by a knee injury before going on to become a St. Helens legend, and he died aged 90–91. Playing career Ellaby played on the wing and scored a try in St. Helens' 10–2 victory over St Helens Recs in the 1926 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1926–27 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 20 November 1926. He scored 50 tries during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Cooke (rugby)
Albert Edward Cooke (5 October 1901 – 29 September 1977) was a New Zealand dual-code international rugby footballer of the 1920s and 1930s, who represented for New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league. Early years Born in Auckland in 1901, Cooke was the son of Albert Edward Cooke, a hairdresser, and his wife Sarah Jane Cooke (née Peterson). Cooke was educated at Hamilton East Primary and Hamilton Boys' High School. Rugby union career Cooke joined the Grafton rugby union club in 1919 and graduated to senior club rugby in 1923. In that same year he made his Auckland debut and was a reserve for New Zealand against New South Wales. He was then part of the 1924–1925 " Invincibles" side that toured Great Britain. He again played for the All Blacks in 1925 and 1926 but withdrew from the 1928 tour of South Africa for business reasons. He did play twice in 1928 for New Zealand against New South Wales before making his last Test appearances in 1930 against Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laing V England 1932
Laing may refer to: People * Laing (surname), a Scottish surname Companies * Arriva UK Trains, a British transport company formerly known as Laing Rail * John Laing Group, a British construction company *Laing O'Rourke, a British construction company, formerly part of the John Laing Group *MTR Laing, former name of London Overground Rail Operations Places *Laing, West Virginia * Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England *Laing Dam, South Africa *Laing Middle School, South Carolina * Laing's Nek, a South African mountain pass ** Battle of Laing's Nek, a Boer War battle at the pass * Mount Laing, British Columbia Other uses * Laing (band), a German girl group * Laing (food), a Philippine dish made from taro leaves and coconut milk *''Philip Laing'', 19th century ship *Laing, a brand of water pump made by Goulds Water Technology aka Laing Thermotech, a subsidiary of Xylem Inc., a spin-off of ITT Inc. See also * Lang (other) * Laings *Lange (other) *Lain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sullivan (rugby, Born 1903)
Jim Sullivan (2 December 1903 – 14 September 1977) was a Welsh rugby league player, and coach. Sullivan joined Wigan in June 1921 after starting his career in rugby union. A right-footed toe-end style (rather than round the corner style) goal-kicking , he scored 4,883 points in a career that spanned 25 years with Wigan, and still holds several records with the club today. He made a combined total of 60 appearances at representative level with England, Wales, Great Britain and Other Nationalities, and his 26 appearances with Wales was still a record for many years after his death. He also represented Wales in British baseball. Early life Sullivan was born at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.Jim Sullivan profile rugbyrelics.com He attended St Alban's School, and joined his hometown rugby union team |
NZ Team 1932 Before First Test
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland Star
The ''Auckland Star'' was an evening daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 March 1870 to 16 August 1991. Survived by its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Star'', part of its name endures in ''The Sunday Star-Times'', created in the 1994 merger of the ''Dominion Sunday Times'' and the ''Sunday Star''. Originally published as the ''Evening Star'' from 24 March 1870 to 7 March 1879, the paper continued as the ''Auckland Evening Star'' between 8 March 1879 and 12 April 1887, and from then on as the ''Auckland Star''. One of the paper's notable investigative journalists was Pat Booth, who was responsible for notable coverage of the Crewe murders and the eventual exoneration of Arthur Allan Thomas. Booth and the paper extensively reported on the Mr Asia case. In 1987, the owners of the ''Star'' launched a morning newspaper to more directly compete with ''The New Zealand Herald''. The ''Auckland Sun'' was affected by the 1987 stock market crash and folded a year l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm Campbell (rugby League)
Norm Campbell was a rugby league player who represented New Zealand in one test match against England in 1932 at fullback. In the process he became the 224th player to represent New Zealand. He also played rugby league for Auckland, Marist Old Boys, Otahuhu Rovers, and Papakura as well as the Otahuhu RFC Rugby Football Club. Early life Norm Campbell was born Angus Norman Campbell on March 30, 1908. His mother was Agnes Maud Campbell but there was no father's name recorded on his birth registration. In 1909 Agnes married William Getty Campbell and they had a daughter named Emily Rose Campbell on 5 October 1909. William had applied for a separation order from Agnes in March of the same year on the grounds of desertion whilst living in Mount Roskill. In 1918 a divorce was granted after she claimed he had physically abused her in February 1909, and she left him and hadn't seen him since. Norman appears to have spent his teenage years in Ōtāhuhu as in January 1927 he was men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Island Rugby League Team
The South Island rugby league team is a rugby league team that represents the South Island of New Zealand. They are nicknamed the Scorpions. The side previously represented the Southern Zone in the Albert Baskerville Trophy. However, they now only compete in the under 15 and under 17 National Competitions. Historically, teams representing the South Island played annual fixtures against the North Island and also played touring international sides. Touring Teams The South Island last played an international side when they played France in 2001, losing 24–18. The team included Robert Henare and Aaron Whittaker. Inter island matches 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Len Scott was injured during the match and replaced by Allan Seagar for the North Island while for the South Island Sanders was injured and replaced by Doogan. In past years the North Island team was dominated by players from the Auckland competition however the North Island team on this occasion featured players f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Delgrosso
Frank Delgrosso (3 November 1899 - 29 July 1981) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. Playing career Frank attended St. Columba's School in Ponsonby. Following school he began playing for the Ponsonby player in the Auckland Rugby League competition, Delgrosso was first selected for the New Zealand side in 1921. He made his Test debut against Great Britain in 1924 and went on to play in nine Test matches. This included captaining New Zealand in the second and third Test matches in 1924. He also played for the Auckland Provincial team in 1924 and scored a try in a 13–28 loss. He was part of the 1926-1927 tour of Great Britain. Delgrosso was also an Auckland representative and was part of the side that won the Northern Union Cup in 1919 as well as playing for both Auckland City and Auckland Province against touring sides. In 1925 Delgrosso was selected for the North Island team in an inter-island match as part of the lead up to selecting the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Seagar
Allan Wilfred Seagar (20 June 1903 – 20 April 1984) was a rugby league player who represented New Zealand in 1930 in 9 matches, thus becoming New Zealand's 212th player. He also played for Auckland in 13 matches and played from 1923 to 1941 for Devonport United (North Shore Albions), playing 159 matches. His brother George Seagar also represented New Zealand at rugby league while his son Allan Herbert Seagar was a New Zealand champion swimmer, and represented New Zealand at the 1962 and 1966 Commonwealth Games. Early life Allan Seagar was born on 20 June 1903 in Auckland, New Zealand. His parents were Mary Waters and George Seagar. Allan was the youngest of 11 children along with his twin brother Leslie Waters Seagar. His other siblings were Irene May (1886-1968), George Bradley (1888-1968), William Charles Barten (1889-1952), Harold Edward (1891-1949), Albert Victor (1891-1933), Thomas Reginald (1894-1979), Ida Francis (1897-1967), Jessie Josephine Augusta (1899-1990), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
