Lynley Herbert Weston (1 September 1892 – 2 November 1963) was a New Zealand

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player.

Early life

Weston was born in Auckland in 1892 to Stephen James Weston. He had two brothers and three sisters. His elder brother,

Stan Weston Stanley James Weston (26 November 1889 – 23 December 1967) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. Early life Weston was born in Auckland to Stephen James Weston. He had two brothers and three sisters. His younge ...

, also played rugby union.

Playing career

A five five-eighth, Weston represented

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

and

North Auckland The Northland Peninsula, called the North Auckland Peninsula in earlier times, is in the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. It is joined to the rest of the island by the Auckland isthmus, a narrow piece of land between the Waitematā ...

at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the

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, on their 1914 tour of Australia. However, hampered by injury, he only played in one match on that tour, against

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Later life

During

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, Weston served with the New Zealand Field Engineers in Egypt between 1915 and 1916, rising to the rank of corporal. He was invalided back to New Zealand in 1916 and discharged as medically unfit for service. Lyn and Stan Weston were both garage proprietors in

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and ...

in the 1930s. Weston died in Whangārei on 2 November 1963, and he was buried in Maunu Cemetery.

References

1892 births 1963 deaths Rugby union players from Auckland New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Auckland rugby union players Northland rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves New Zealand military personnel of World War I Burials at Maunu Cemetery {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1890s-stub