Peter Williams (New Zealand rugby union)

Peter Williams

Date of birth	22 April 1884[1]
Place of birth	Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of death	30 August 1976 (aged 92)
Place of death	Mosgiel, New Zealand
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	73 kg (160 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Hooker
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Alhambra
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1908–14 1912–14	Otago South Island	26 3
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1913	New Zealand	1	(0)

Peter Williams (22 April 1884 – 30 August 1976) was a rugby union player who represented New Zealand nine times, including a single Test match. He played club rugby for Dunedin side Alhambra, and played provincial rugby for Otago between 1908 and 1914. His sole season of international rugby was 1913, when he played in a home Test against Australia before touring North America with the All Blacks – as New Zealand's international team is known – that same year. He was selected for a tour of Australia the following year, but was unavailable and so did not play.^[2]

During World War I Williams enlisted as a gunner in the New Zealand Field Artillery in late 1914, but, following illness in Egypt in 1915, he was invalided back to New Zealand and discharged as medically unfit to serve in 1916.^[1]

Following the death of Billy Wallace in 1972, Williams held the distinction of being the oldest living All Black. He died in Mosgiel on 30 August 1976, and was buried in Geraldine Cemetery.^[3]

References

1. "Williams, Peter - WW1 2/1221 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
2. Knight, Lindsay. "Peter Williams". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
3. "Cemetery search". Timaru District Council. Retrieved 30 August 2015.