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James Gladwin Wynyard (17 August 1914 – 2 November 1942) was a New Zealand
James Gladwin Wynyard (17 August 1914 – 2 November 1942) was a New Zealand rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player. As a loose forward, he represented the All Blacks from 1935 to 1938, never playing a full test. He was part of the squad for the 1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada
Matches
''Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.''
Touring party
*Manager: Vincent Meredith
*Assistant Manager:
*Captain: Jack Manchester
Full-back
* Mike Gilbert (West Coast)
Three-quarters
* Nelson Ball (Wellington)
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. His career was cut short by World War Two. He served as a captain in the Divisional Cavalry, and was killed in action at the Battle of El Alamein in 1942.
References
1914 births 1942 deaths New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand military personnel killed in World War II People from Kihikihi New Zealand military personnel of World War II Rugby union players from Waikato People educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School {{NewZealand-mil-bio-stub