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Double International
A double international or dual international is someone who has represented their country at international level in at least two different sports. Such people have always been exceptional, and with increasing specialisation have become more so. They are to be distinguished from people who have represented at least two different countries in the same sport. For those, see :Change of nationality in sport. See also * * * List of New Zealand double-international sportspeople * List of dual-code rugby internationals * Hugh Aldons (1925–2024), Ceylonese cricketer, field hockey player and rugby union player (triple international) * Brian Booth (1933–2023), Australian field hockey player (1956) and cricketer (1961–1966) * M. J. Gopalan (1909–2003), Indian cricketer (1934) and field hockey player (1935) * Sir Everton Weekes (1925–2020), West Indies cricketer 1948–1958, Barbados Contract bridge, bridge player 1974–1990 References Sports terminology {{sports-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
:Category:Change Of Nationality In Sport
Sportspeople who have represented more than one nation internationally (typically, when the nations were not successor states). See also: :Naturalised sports competitors, which may or may not also apply. Acquired citizenship Sport and nationality International sportspeople born abroad Nationality in sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of New Zealand Double-international Sportspeople
The following is a list of New Zealand double international sportspeople; that is, New Zealanders who have represented their nation in full international sporting events in more than one sport. Men Association football and cricket *Grahame Bilby *Ces Dacre * Ken Hough * Don McRae *Vic Pollard :''Note:'' Hough has the unique distinction of playing cricket for New Zealand and football for both New Zealand and Australia. Badminton and cricket *Phil Horne Canoeing and surf lifesaving *Cory Hutchings Canoeing and swimming *Steven Ferguson Cricket and hockey *Eddie McLeod *Gordon Rowe * Keith Thomson Cricket and rugby union * Bill Carson *George Dickinson *Brian McKechnie * Charlie Oliver *Curly Page *Eric Tindill * Jeff Wilson :''Note:'' Martin Donnelly represented New Zealand at cricket and England at rugby union. Ofisa Tonu'u played rugby union for both Samoa and New Zealand, and cricket for Samoa. Eric Tindill uniquely not only played international cricket and rugby un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dual-code Rugby Internationals
A dual-code rugby international is a rugby footballer who has played at the senior international level in both codes of rugby, 13-a-side rugby league and 15-a-side rugby union. Rugby league started as a breakaway version of rugby in Northern England in 1895 and in New Zealand and Australia in 1908, and consequently a number of early top-class rugby league players had been star players in the rugby union code. Accordingly, a high proportion of Australia and New Zealand's dual-code rugby internationals played in rugby league's formative years in those countries. From 1910 to 1995, dual-code internationals were infrequent and with the single exception of Karl Ifwersen, the player had always first appeared as a union international before shifting to league, due to strict bans applied by administrators in rugby union, which remained amateur, to those players who crossed to the professional code. In 1995 rugby union itself turned professional and the tide of switches began to reverse. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Aldons
Hugh Cecil Aldons (6 April 1925 – 27 June 2024) was a Sri Lankan–Australian sportsman, a triple international who represented Ceylon at three sports in the 1950s: hockey, cricket and rugby union. He captained the national hockey and cricket teams. He migrated to Australia in 1957. Sporting career Aldons attended Royal College, Colombo, where he played as an all-rounder in the First XI in the annual cricket match against S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, in 1942, 1943 and 1944. In April 1957, in his only first-class match, he captained the Ceylon team to victory over Madras in the annual Gopalan Trophy match. Aldons represented Ceylon at hockey from 1947 to 1957. He began his international career in 1947 in field hockey against neighbouring India and also played against heavyweights Pakistan in 1955. He also went onto play against the Indian Army Southern Command in 1950. He was also subsequently selected for tours of Madras and Bangalore in 1953. He also played against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Booth
Brian Charles Booth (born 19 October 1933) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches between 1961 and 1966, and 93 first-class matches for New South Wales. He captained Australia for two Tests during the 1965–66 Ashes series while regular captain Bob Simpson was absent due to illness and injury. Booth was a graceful right-handed middle order batsman at No. 4 or 5, and occasionally bowled right arm medium pace or off spin. He had an inclination to use his feet to charge spin bowlers. Booth was known for his sportsmanship on the field and often invoked Christianity while discussing ethics and sport. Born near the New South Wales country town of Bathurst, Booth moved to Sydney in 1952 and played in the grade cricket competition while training to become a teacher. He made his first-class debut for the New South Wales cricket team and came to prominence in dramatic circumstances in his second match, against the touring Englishmen in 1954–55. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everton Weekes
Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE (26 February 19251 July 2020) was a cricketer from Barbados. A right-handed batsman, he was known as one of the hardest hitters in world cricket. Weekes holds the record for consecutive Test hundreds, with five. Along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of the West Indies cricket team. Weekes played in 48 Test matches for the West Indies cricket team from 1948 to 1958. He continued to play first-class cricket until 1964, surpassing 12,000 first-class runs in his final innings. As a coach he was in charge of the Canadian team at the 1979 Cricket World Cup, and he was also a commentator and international match referee. Youth and early career Born in a wooden shack on Pickwick Gap in Westbury, Saint Michael, Barbados, near Kensington Oval, Weekes was named by his father after English football team Everton (when Weekes told English cricketer Jim Laker this, Laker reportedly replied "It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract Bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among seniors. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body for international competitive bridge, with numerous other bodies governing it at the regional level. The game consists of a number of , each progressing through four phases. The cards are dealt to the players; then the players ''call'' (or ''bid'') in an auction seeking to take the , specifying how many tricks the partnership receiving the contract (the declaring side) needs to take to receive points for the deal. During the auction, partners use their bids to also exchange information about their hands, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
