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South Island Scorpions
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112–122 metres (122 to 133 yards) long with H shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended. Due to its high-velocity contact, cardio-based endurance and minimal use of body protection, rugby league i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Avery
Herbert "Bert" Avery (1895–1966) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand. Early years Born in 1895 in Whakapirau Northland Region, Northland, Avery originally played rugby union for the local Northland club.Herbert AVERY, Herbert (1919–27) ''nzleague.co.nz'' Playing career Moving to Auckland, Avery switched codes and joined the City Rovers in the Auckland Rugby League competition playing for them in 1915 and 1916. World War I had begun and Avery signed up for the New Zealand forces in 1916 and served in the New Zealand Army until 1918, Following the war he returned to rugby league, playing for the Maritime club w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Hardgrave
Roy Arthur Hardgrave (28 July 1906 – February 1982) was a rugby league player. He represented New Zealand rugby league team in 3 tests in 1928. In the process he became the 189th player to represent New Zealand. Hardgrave also played for Newton Rangers, St Helens ( Heritage No. 379), Mount Albert United, York, and Toulouse rugby league clubs, along with the North Island, and Auckland representative sides. His father Arthur Hardgrave also represented New Zealand from 1912 to 1914. Early life Roy Arthur Hardgrave was born in New Plymouth on 28 July 1906. His parents were Una George Hardgrave and Arthur Hardgrave. He also had a brother, Edgar Louis who was one year his junior, born on 1 October 1907. Roy's father, Arthur, was a prominent rugby player in the Taranaki area before switching to rugby league and representing the first ever Taranaki team in 1908. The Hardgrave family moved to Auckland in 1912 where he joined the Manukau club. Arthur represented Auckland, and New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude List
Claude List, born Victor Claude Wilschefski (2 December 1902 – 17 April 1959), was a rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1920s and 1930s. He represented New Zealand in one test match against England in 1928 and three more tests against England in 1932. In the process he became the 190th player to represent New Zealand. He also represented Auckland 24 times from 1925 to 1933, and the North Island side three times from 1927 to 1932. He played his club rugby league in Auckland for the Kingsland Rovers/Athletics club from 1925 to 1930, Marist from 1931 to 1934, and then Mount Albert from 1934 to 1941. Early life Claude was born on December 2, 1902, in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. His parents were Heinrich (Henry) Wilschefski and Mary Frances Carter. Henry had been born in Germany while Mary was born in Gorton, Lancashire, England. Their families had both emigrated to Australia in the late 1800s and they married in 1897. They had three children, Percy Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Island V South Island, 24 Sep, 1927
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek '' boreas'' "north wind, north", which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of ''Ursa Major Ursa Major (; also known as the Great Bear) is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means "greater (or larger) bear," referring to and cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Henry (rugby League)
Frank Sherman Henry (December 15, 1909 – August 25, 1989) was an American equestrian. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in team eventing and silver medals in individual eventing and team dressage, becoming the only American equestrian to win three medals at one Olympics. Henry graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1933 and later worked as an instructor at various military stations. He was selected for the 1940 Olympics, but they were canceled due to World War II. During the war he served as at the United States Department of Defense. He retired from the army as a brigade general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed to .... References 1909 births 1989 deaths American dressage riders American male equestrians Eque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Mason (rugby League)
Leonard Tasman Mason (23 September 1903 – 10 June 1953) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for New Zealand, Other Nationalities, Dominion XIII, the South Island, South Auckland and Canterbury, and at club level for Wigan ( Heritage № 331), Keighley and Bramley, as a , or . Early life and family Born in Huntly on 23 September 1903, Mason was the son of Victor Emanuel Mason and Te Ngaehe Elizabeth Mason (née Maki). Playing career Waikato Mason represented South Auckland as a teenager. Auckland He then moved to Auckland where he joined the Athletic club (formerly Maritime) for 2 seasons.Coffey, John. ''Canterbury XIII'', Christchurch, 1987. He played for Auckland B on their Southern Tour in 1925 and then played one match for Auckland against Canterbury. Canterbury Work then took him to Christchurch where he joined the Hornby club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition. He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Wright (rugby League)
Jack Wright is the name of: *Jack Wright (American football) (1871–1931), head football coach at the University of Washington *Jack Wright (character), the hero of a popular series of Victorian science fiction dime novels and story papers written by Luis Senarens *Jack Wright (footballer) (1878–1968), Australian footballer for Geelong *Jack Wright (greyhound trainer) (1850–1929) *Jack Wright (politician) (1927–1998), Australian politician *Jack Wright (tennis) (1901–1949), Canadian tennis player *Jackie Wright (footballer) (1926-2005), English footballer who played for Blackpool *Jackie Wright (1900s–1989), Irish comedian and performer on ''The Benny Hill Show'' *Jack Wright (musician) (born 1942), American jazz musician, see :de:Jack Wright See also *John Wright (other) John, Johnny, or Johnnie Wright may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature * John Wright (poet) (1805–1843), Scottish poet *John Clifton Wright (born 1948), American sailor and author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craddock Dufty
Calvin Thomas Craddock Dufty (10 March 1900 – 1 August 1955) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. Early life Dufty had sisters; Louisa Esther (1901-26), Annie Elizabeth (1902-62), Jessie May (1909-37), and Gwendoline Pearl (1919-90), a brother Cecil Charles who died in infancy (1905), and brothers Thomas Joseph (1899-1949), Samuel Craddock (1911-79), and Arthur (Artie) James (1911-89). War service During World War I, Dufty served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, embarking in 1916 when aged 16. Playing career Dufty played in the Auckland Rugby League competition for Newton Rangers (1919-21, & 1927-29), Athletic/Grafton Athletic (1922-26), and Ellerslie United (1929-30).Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. .Kiwi Representatives ''elleslieleague.co. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Cole
Hector Stanley Esmond Cole was a New Zealand rugby league player who played for the New Zealand in 1926 and 1927. He made 14 appearances for them and was Kiwi number 183. He also played several times for Auckland and represented the Ponsonby United club from 1922 to 1929. Early life and family Hector Stanley Esmond Cole was born on 12 February 1902. He was the son of Catherine and John Cole. Hector was the middle child of seven. He had 3 older brothers, Reginald John Edward (b.1896), Albert James Merrick (b.1898), and Horace Gordon Clifford (b.1900), a younger sister Esma Mary Elizabeth (b.1907), and two younger brothers Roy Ernest Kitchener (b.1910), and Cecil Edwin Horatio (b.1913). Playing career Ponsonby United debut and early career Hector Cole began playing for the Ponsonby United senior side in the Auckland Rugby League competition in 1922. His older brother by 6 years, Reginald, was honorary secretary of the Ponsonby club in 1921-23 and for many years after was involv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kirwan (rugby League)
John (Jack) Patrick Kirwan (31 March 1896 – 20 October 1968) was a rugby union and rugby league player. He represented the Hawke's Bay province and Auckland in rugby union before switching to rugby league in 1924. He was selected for the New Zealand team in 1925 becoming Kiwi number 174 in the process. His grandson was also named John Kirwan and he went on to become a famous All Black in the 1980s and 90s before also switching to rugby league. Early life Kirwan was born John Patrick Kirwan on 31 March 1896 in Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island. It was common at the time for ‘John's to become known as ‘Jack’ and so John Kirwan was better known as Jack Kirwan throughout his life. His parents were Kate and Robert Kirwan. Kirwan had 3 brothers and 4 sisters; Michael, Ellen, Mary, Kate, Anastasia, Robert, and Edward. Kirwan was a telegraphist who worked in Tokomaru Bay on the East Coast of the North Island in 1914 when he was 18 years of age. He was then transfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Desmond
Walter Leslie Desmond (born 6 January 1906) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for New Zealand ( Heritage № 184), and Wellington, and at club level for Leeds, Castleford (Heritage № 86), Batley and Bramley, as a , or , i.e. number 2 or 5, 3 or 4, or, 6, and he was Chairman of the Leeds & District rugby league referees' society in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Playing career International honours He was selected for the New Zealand side to tour England and Wales in July 1926. Before they departed he played for New Zealand against Auckland on July 31 and he scored a try in a 52-32 loss. On their tour he played he played in 15 matches and scored 8 tries. Desmond's only test appearance was against Great Britain on October 2 1926. He played in New Zealand's 20-28 defeat by Great Britain at Central Park, Wigan. Club and domestic career Desmond began playing rugby league for the Linwood clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
