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Ray Lawless (New Zealand)
Raymond Victor Lawless (28 May 1909 – 3 June 1968) was a rugby league player who represented New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand in 2 tests in 1932 and 1 test in 1935 against England and Australia respectively. In the process he became the 222nd New Zealand representative. Early life Lawless was born on May 28, 1909, in Auckland. His parents were Marion Kate Lawless (nee Burchell), though she was more commonly known as Catherine, and Charles Cecil Lawless. Ray had 8 brothers and sisters. The family lived on Dryden Street in Grey Lynn. Playing career Richmond Rovers Lawless was playing second row for the Richmond senior B team in 1929 and 1930. His family house backed on to Grey Lynn Park in Grey Lynn which was the home of the Richmond Bulldogs, Richmond Rovers club. The senior B competition received some publicity in the Auckland newspapers and in the Auckland Star following a game in May, 1930 it was said that “Ragge and Lawless played splendidly for Richm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of . While Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Auckland's population, the city became multicultural and cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Asians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. Auckland has the fourth largest foreign-born population in the world, with 39% of its residents born overseas. With its large population of Pasifika New Zealanders, the city is also home to the biggest ethnic Polynesian population in the world. The Māori-language name for Auckland is ', meaning "Tāmaki desired by many", in ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Suburbs Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen New South Wales Rugby League premiership, New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and National Rugby League titles, and several other competitions. First founded as the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (ESDRLFC), it is the only club to have played in each and every season at the elite level, and since the 1970s has often been dubbed the glamour club of the league. The Sydney Roosters have won 15 premierships, equal to the record of the St George Dragons. Only the South Sydney Rabbitohs have won more premierships. The club holds the record for having won more matches than any other in the league, the most Minor premiership, Minor Premierships and the most World Club Challenge trophies. The Sydney Roosters are one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntly, New Zealand
Huntly ( mi, Rahui-Pōkeka) (population ) is a town in the Waikato district and region of the North Island of New Zealand. It was on State Highway 1 (until Huntly bypass opened in March 2020), south of Auckland and north of Hamilton. It is situated on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) railway (served by Te Huia since 6 April 2021 at a rebuilt Raahui Pookeka-Huntly Station) and straddles the Waikato River. Huntly is within the Waikato District which is in the northern part of the Waikato region local government area. History and culture Originally settled by Māori, European migrants arrived in the area some time in the 1850s. The Huntly name was adopted in the 1870s when the postmaster named it after Huntly, Aberdeenshire in Scotland. He used an old 'Huntley Lodge' stamp to stamp mail from the early European settlement. The ''Lodge'' was later dropped and the spelling changed to also drop the additional 'e'. The railway from Auckland reached Huntly in 1877, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Shore Albions
The North Shore Albions were a rugby league club based on the North Shore of Auckland in Devonport before moving to Bayswater at a later time. They formed in 1909 and folded in the early 2000s due to a lack of playing numbers. At the start of the 1920 season they were renamed Devonport United when they amalgamated with the Sunnyside club. It was proposed at the merger that they be known as North Shore Albions but Sunnyside objected and the name of Devonport United was chosen. In 1937, 17 years later at their annual general meeting they decided to revert to the name "North Shore Albions" as they had been commonly referred to as "shore" for many years. Chairman H. Mann made the proposal and it was adopted by the club. Aside from Northcote and Birkenhead Ramblers they were the only club on the North Shore at that time. They closed their doors in 2005. The only remaining club connected to them are the Northern Brothers who are based at Ngataringa Bay Sports Field. Their senior team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Plymouth
New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Plymouth District, which includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns, is the 10th largest district (out of 67) in New Zealand, and has a population of – about two-thirds of the total population of the Taranaki Region and % of New Zealand's population. This includes New Plymouth City (), Waitara, New Zealand, Waitara (), Inglewood, New Zealand, Inglewood (), Ōakura (), Ōkato (561) and Urenui (429). The city itself is a service centre for the region's principal economic activities including intensive pastoral activities (mainly dairy farming) as well as Petroleum, oil, natural gas and petrochemical exploration and production. It is also the region's financial centre as the home of the TSB (New Zealand), TSB Bank (former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Laird (rugby League)
Jim Laird was a rugby league player who represented New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand in 4 test matches (1 v England national rugby league team, England in 1932 and 3 v Australia national rugby league team, Australia in 1935) in the second row and at hooker. He became the 226th player to represent New Zealand. He also played club rugby league for Ngaruawahia (1930–32), and Marist Saints, Marist Old Boys (1932-35). He also played for Waikato rugby league team, Waikato representative teams (1930–32), and Auckland rugby league team, Auckland (1933-35). Playing career Ngaruawahia In 1930 Jim Laird was selected to play for Ngaruawahia Panthers, Ngaruawahia's senior A team against Hamilton on June 21. Ngaruawahia won 22-5 and it was said that Laird, along with Joe Menzies, and Dare were “the outstanding home forwards”. On September 27 he played for Ngaruawahi in a Draffin Cup match against Huntly. Ngaruawahia won the match 12–10. Then on October 4 he played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Hutt
Lou Hutt was a representative rugby league player who played in the Waikato, Auckland, and in England. He played for New Zealand in 8 tests from 1928 to 1935 and was Kiwi #193. Early life Louis Stanley George Hutt was born in Auckland on July 8, 1904. He was the son of Clara Hannah Hutt and Frederick Stanley John Hutt, while he had a brother named Victor Walter Carder Hutt who was born in 1898. Playing career Waikato Hutt began playing senior rugby league in 1921 at the extremely young age of 16. He was playing for the Ngaruawahia club side in the Lower Waikato competition. On June 12 he played for the Lower Waikato representative team in a match against Hamilton-Cambridge. His side won 27 to 10 at Victoria Square in Cambridge with Hutt playing in the second row. On July 17 he played for the same side against the same opponent with Hamilton-Cambridge winning 8-6 though Hutt did cross for Lower Waikato's first try. He was named as an emergency player in Lower Waikato's Endean S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Hodgson
Martin Hodgson (26 March 1909 – 23 July 1991) was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Lauded as one of the game's greatest ever s, he represented Great Britain, England and Cumberland on many occasions. Hodgson played his entire club career with Swinton with whom he won two Championships. He toured Australasia in 1932 and 1936 with the Great Britain lions, and became the only British forward to appear in five Ashes-winning squads, between 1929 and 1937. Biography Martin Hodgson was born in Egremont, Cumberland, England, he worked in the heat treating department at David Brown Ltd. in Lockwood, Huddersfield, he was the landlord of The Unicorn public house (now demolished), Shambles Lane, Huddersfield , and he died aged 82 in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England. Playing career Hodgson signed for rugby league club Swinton aged 17 during January 1927, he became a goal-kicking for Swinton, with whom he reached the final of the 1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Calder (rugby League)
William James Calder was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. His grandson, Quentin Pongia, also played for New Zealand. Playing career Calder first played in the West Coast Rugby League competition and represented the West Coast and the South Island.Coffey, John. ''Canterbury XIII'', Christchurch, 1987. He made his debut for New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ... in 1930 and played in his first test match in 1932. Calder went on to play in eight test matches for New Zealand. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Calder, Jim New Zealand rugby league players New Zealand national rugby league team players West Coast rugby league team players South Island rugby league team players Rugby league props ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England National Rugby League Team
The England national rugby league team represents England in international rugby league. The team, largely formed from the Great Britain team which also represented Wales and Scotland, is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football League. It participates in the Rugby League World Cup, Four Nations and Test matches. The team dates to 1904, when they played against a mixture of Welsh and Scottish players in Wigan. Until the 1950s, they regularly toured Australia and New Zealand and played both home and away matches against neighbours Wales and France, but when it was decided that Great Britain would tour the Southern Hemisphere instead of England, France and Wales became the only regular opponents. Their first appearance in the Rugby League World Cup was in 1975. They have been three times runners-up; in 1975, 1995 and 2017. England also competed in the European Nations Cup, and, in 2006, an England 'A' team competed for the Federation Shield. England's main ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKL V England, August 6, 1932
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AKL may refer to: * Alpha Kappa Lambda, US collegiate fraternity *Auckland Airport, New Zealand (IATA code AKL) * Air Kiribati's ICAO code * A US Navy hull classification symbol: Small cargo ship (AKL) * Dry cargo support ships in the list of active Indonesian Navy ships All the Indonesia navy (Indonesian: ''Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut'', TNI-AL) vessels are named with the prefix KRI (''Kapal Perang Republik Indonesia'', or Naval Vessel of the Republic of Indonesia). Smaller sized boats with light ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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