Wellington Rugby..
1884 Saw a team travel to New South Wales. It was the the first NZ rugby team to travel overseas was made up of players from Otago, Canterbury, Wellington and Auckland. The NZ Rugby Union not yet being formed. Players were; J O'DONNELL, H UDY, GS ROBERTSON, Jas ALLEN,EB Milton, T RYAN, RJ WILSON, JG TAIAROA, G CARTER, JT DUMBELL, WV MILTON (capt) HY BRADDON, GH HELMORE, PP WEBB, Mr SE SLEIGH (manager), E DAVY, J LECKY, JA WARBRICK, H ROBERT, TB O'CONNOR;
1885 Wellington team to play against Manawatu-Wanganui XV.
E MCCAUSELAND, JA THOMSON, WL DIXON, R WHITESIDE, H ROBERTS, RC SIM, JN ASTILL, JM KING, RS MCGOWAN, JT SHAW, TR ELLISON, H STAGPOOLE, H MCINTYRE, JE SMITH, L STOREY. Referee = CA KNAPP(Wgtn)
Wellington v.
Manawatu at Newtown Park, Wgton 22 June 1887:
W Fraser; DR Cage; MH Moorhouse; G Cooper; JPJ Murphy; CF
Richardson; SG Cockcroft; TR Ellison; JM King(capt); H McIntyre;
AB Reader; JE Smith; L Storey; GA Williams; JE Wales;
v. Manawatu
Played at Palmerston North 15th Sept 1888;
EJ BARNETT, R THOMPSON, W FRASER, G COOPER, RC SIM, H
ROBERTS, SG COCKROFT, F MOORE, R MALCOLM, L STOREY, G HUME, JE
SMITH, JJ REICH, T SULLIVAN, A MERLET.
v. Manawatu
Played at Petone 10th August 1895
H DAVIDSON, F GALLOWAY, J BAUMBER, W ROBERTS, HW KELLY, O
CRAWFORD, W MCKENZIE, J KELLY, A CAMPBELL, C A MCANALLY, J
SWINDLEY, WP PRINGLE, FB YOUNG, JJ CALNAN, WR HARDCASTLE.
Wellington v. Manawatu-Wanganui XV
- 23 Sept 1885 at Wellington.
E McCauseland; JA Thompson; WL Dixon; R Whiteside; H Roberts; RC
Sim; JN Astill; JM King; RS McGowan; JT Shaw; TR Ellison; H
Stagpoole; H McIntyre; JE Smith; L Storey;
Johnsonville Team
to travel to Hawera 1929;
Jack LEIGH, Seton NOSSITER, Ron NORMAN, Cyril PARSLOE, Nick
GILLESPIE, Bob TAPLIN, Herbie NEAL, Alan KING, Alec JULIUS, Jim
RENNER, Tom MASTERTON, Hort STILL;
Khandallah
Boys Rugby Team of 1922;
Later to become the Onslow Rugby Club;
Coach Burney MAGEE; Players, GRAHAM, BRINGANS, DANIELS, BLACKBURN, MAY, GIBBONS, WRIGHT, FINK, RICHARDSON, BAKER, McKAY, PLATT, KELLY, MASON, MASON, GENTRY & GENTRY.
Boys Club of All Saints Ngaio (Wellington)
Interdenominational 7 aside Team. 1930's included;
Mick HOOPER of Khandallah as trainer; Rev JEFFRIES the Ngaio Meth minister played referee; Harold MARRIOT, Dudley PORTER, HughHILLS, TDH HALL, Bill BYERS, Jack SHORT, Neil McHUGH, Ron VENN;
