Handley Welbourn Brown (29 August 1904 – 5 December 1973) was a New Zealand

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player. A centre three-quarter, Brown represented

Taranaki Taranaki is a regions of New Zealand, region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano Mount Taranaki, Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the ...

at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the

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, from 1924 to 1926. He played 20 matches for the All Blacks, scoring 35 points, but did not appear in any internationals. Handley_Brown_passport_application

Handley Brown played 49 games for Taranaki between 1923 and 1930. His son Ross Brown, nicknamed Pascoe, played 144 matches for Taranaki from 1953 to 1968 and 25 matches for the All Blacks from 1955 to 1962.

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