Wilfrid Hubert Hemingway (22 September 1908 — 12 April 1981) was an Australian
rugby union
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international.
Hemingway, born in
Auckland
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, immigrated to Australia as a young child and attended
Sydney Grammar School.
A speedy winger, Hemingway attained five Test caps between 1928 and 1932, making his debut aged 19.
Hemingway, a solicitor by profession, played first-grade rugby for
Sydney University while studying for his law degree and later joined
Northern Suburbs, for which he set a club record 101 points in the 1932 season.
See also
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List of Australia national rugby union players
References
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1908 births
1981 deaths
Australian rugby union players
Australia international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Auckland
Rugby union wings
Sydney University Football Club players
Northern Suburbs Rugby Club players
People educated at Sydney Grammar School
University of Sydney alumni
New Zealand emigrants to Australia
New South Wales rugby union team players
20th-century Australian sportsmen