Francis Hauāuru Barclay DCM (surname Pakere in

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; 5 June 1887 – 20 November 1959) was a New Zealand professional

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footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for

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( Heritage No. 104), New Zealand Māori,

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and

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, as a , i.e. number 6.

Personal life

Barclay was born in Tauranga in 1887 and was the son of David Barclay, the Te Reo Māori interpreter for the

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. Barclay affiliated with the

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iwi. His brother, Walter Barclay, was a New Zealand professional

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footballer, sports administrator and military officer. He captained the New Zealand Māori Rugby Team and holds the record for the highest number of tries scored for the team with 40 career tries. His other brother, Glen Barclay, was also a professional rugby league footballer who represented the New Zealand Māori team and was a member of the groundbreaking

1908 New Zealand Māori rugby league tour of Australia The 1908 New Zealand Māori rugby league tour of Australia was a tour made by a group of New Zealand Māori rugby footballers who played rugby league matches in Queensland and New South Wales. The tour had a large role in helping the New South Wale ...

. He is the great-grandfather of

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. He died in

Dannevirke Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; mi, Taniwaka, lit= or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is), is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New ...

in 1959.

Playing career

New Zealand Māori

Barclay played for New Zealand Māori on their groundbreaking 1908 tour of Australia, also serving as the tour secretary.

Auckland

On his return to Australia he played for

in their second match against

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.Wood, Bernie; Coffey, John (2008). ''100 Years of Maori Rugby League 1908–2008''. Huia Publishers. He again toured Australia with New Zealand Māori in 1909.

Dannevirke and Hawke's Bay

By 1912 Barclay was playing for Dannevirke. He played in 2 matches for the sub-union team against Napier scoring 2 tries. He was then selected for the

team.Coffey, John. ''Canterbury XIII'', Christchurch, 1987. p.27 He played 4 matches in that season against

, Hamilton, Wanganui, and the touring

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International honours

Barclay represented

in 1914 against the touring

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. He played at standoff in a 16–13 loss at the

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in front of 15,000 spectators. Barclay, along with his brother Walter, was selected for the New Zealand Māori Pioneer Battalion rugby team that toured Europe following the conclusion of World War I.

Military service

Barclay served with the New Zealand Māori Pioneer Battalion in

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. As well as receiving the Victory Medal and the

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, Barclay was awarded the

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for gallantry in the

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. His citation read that he was awarded for:

"...exceptionally good work during the period 25 February to 16–17 September 1918. He is exceedingly cool under fire, and sets a splendid example to his men. On 8 September he with two sections of his platoon, was employed in Metz-en-Coutre. The enemy concentrated a heavy artillery fire for four hours on the village. Notwithstanding this he kept his men well in hand, and completed the task upon which he was engaged. He then withdrew his party to a place of safety in good order."

He was presented with his decoration by Brigadier-General

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while stationed at No. 5 Camp, Larkhill while the battalion waited to return home to New Zealand. Barclay concluded his service with the rank of Sergeant.

Bibliography

* Cowan, James (1926). ''The Maoris in the Great War: A History of The New Zealand Native Contingent and Pioneer Battalion: Gallipoli, 1915, France and Flanders, 1916–1918.'' * Pugsley, Christopher (2019). ''Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War'' ( ew editionnbsp;ed.). Auckland .Z.. . * Mulholland, Malcolm (2009). ''Beneath the Māori Moon : An illustrated history of Māori rugby''. Huia. . . * Soutar, Monty (2019). ''Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E! Māori In the First World War''. Bateman Books. . * "New Zealand Military Force records for BARCLAY, Francis – WWI 16/1404, WWII 805423 – Army" ''natlib.govt.nz''. Retrieved 2022-04-08

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barclay, Frank 1887 births 1959 deaths Auckland rugby league team players Hawke's Bay rugby league team players New Zealand Māori rugby league players New Zealand Māori rugby league team players New Zealand national rugby league team players New Zealand rugby league players Place of death missing Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league players from Tauranga