Thomas Alfred Cotterill (27 January 1884 – 31 August 1943) was a New Zealand

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player who represented

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in 1911, touring Australia. His one and only match for New Zealand was against Queensland on July 1 where he came on as an injury replacement for

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. New Zealand won the match 24–13 in front of 7,000 spectators at the Brisbane Cricket Ground.

Club and Hawke's Bay career

Tom Cotterill played for Hawkes Bay against

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on October 8, 1910, on the Napier Recreation Ground. Auckland won the match 19–14 with Cotterill scoring a try in the losing side. He played for the Clive club in 1911 making 10 appearances and scoring 2 tries and kicking 2 goals. He played 2 matches for Hawkes Bay both against Wanganui and 2 matches for Napier against Dannevirke. In 1912 there were few reports of matches in the local newspapers for in the club competition however the representative games were better covered. Cotterill played at least once for Napier against Dannevirke, and he made three appearances for Hawkes Bay against

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, the touring

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side, and

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. He scored the first try in Hawke's Bay's 42–9 loss to the tourists.

Note

Thomas' surname is variously spelt as Cotterill, or Cottrall.

References

External links

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1884 births 1943 deaths Hawke's Bay rugby league team players New Zealand national rugby league team players New Zealand rugby league players Rugby league second-rows Rugby league players from Napier, New Zealand {{NewZealand-rugbyleague-bio-stub