Cecil Edward Oliver "Ces" Badeley (7 November 1896 – 10 November 1986) was an

All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks, is the representative men's national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of New Zealand, which is considered the country's national sport. Famed for th ...

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player from New Zealand. He was a five-eighths. He played 15 matches for the All Blacks, including two tests. He toured Australia in 1920, and in 1921 played in two tests against them. He captained the team to Australia in 1924, but a recurring knee injury meant he did not captain the 1924-25 tour of Britain and France. He was born and died in Auckland. He went to

Auckland Grammar School Auckland Grammar School (often simplified to Auckland Grammar, or Grammar), established in 1869, is a State school, state, Day school, day and Boarding school, boarding secondary school for Single-sex education, boys in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

, and served in the Army in World War I. His brother Vic Badeley was an All Black in 1922.

References

Bibliography

*Palenski, R., Chester, R., and McMillan, N., (2005). ''The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Rugby (4th ed.).'' Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. 1896 births 1986 deaths New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Rugby union players from Auckland New Zealand military personnel of World War I People educated at Auckland Grammar School Rugby union fly-halves {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1890s-stub