Claud Charles John Hancox is a New Zealand

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player who represented

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Playing career

Hancox originally played

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. He played for the Warkworth Rugby Football Club and is one of only four players from that club to have represented

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. Hancox played for North Auckland against

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during their 1946 tour of New Zealand. North Auckland won the match 32-19. At the same time, Hancox also played

for the

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. He was part of the Otahuhu side that won the 1945

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competition and he also represented

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.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. . In 1947 he was selected for the

squad as part of their tour of Great Britain. He did not play in any test matches on the tour.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hancox, Claud Living people New Zealand rugby league players New Zealand national rugby league team players Auckland rugby league team players Otahuhu Leopards players Rugby league second-rows New Zealand rugby union players Northland rugby union players Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)