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Lynley Herbert Weston (1 September 1892 – 2 November 1963) was a New Zealand rugby union player.


Early life

Weston was born in Auckland in 1892 to Stephen James Weston. He had two brothers and three sisters. His elder brother, Stan Weston, also played rugby union.


Playing career

A Rugby union positions#Fly-half, five five-eighth, Weston represented Auckland Rugby Union, Auckland and Northland Rugby Union, North Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1914 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia, 1914 tour of Australia. However, hampered by injury, he only played in one match on that tour, against Queensland Reds, Queensland.


Later life

During World War I, Weston served with the New Zealand Field Engineers in Egypt between 1915 and 1916, rising to the rank of corporal. He was invalided back to New Zealand in 1916 and discharged as medically unfit for service. Lyn and Stan Weston were both garage proprietors in Whangārei in the 1930s. Lyn's son David Weston (cricketer), David played representative rugby and cricket for Auckland and was an All Black reserve in 1950.Like father, like son, ''Northern Advocate'', 31 August 1949, p. 10.
Available online
at Papers Past. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
Weston died in Whangārei on 2 November 1963, and he was buried in Maunu, New Zealand, Maunu Cemetery.


References

1892 births 1963 deaths Rugby union players from Auckland New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Auckland rugby union players Northland rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves New Zealand military personnel of World War I Burials at Maunu Cemetery {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1890s-stub