Robert Tunnicliff

Robert Tunnicliff
Full name Robert Graham Tunnicliff
Date of birth (1894-06-25)25 June 1894
Place of birth Nelson, New Zealand
Date of death 7 January 1973(1973-01-07) (aged 78)
Place of death Westport, New Zealand
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
School Nelson College
Occupation(s) School teacher[1]
Dairy farmer[2]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Hooker
New Zealand No. 289
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1919
1922–28
1925
1926
1928
Nelson
Buller
West Coast–Buller
Seddon Shield unions
South Island minor unions
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1923 New Zealand 0 (0)

Robert Graham Tunnicliff (25 June 1894 – 7 January 1973) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Tunnicliff represented Nelson and Buller at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1923. He played one match for the All Blacks: the final game against the touring New South Wales team in 1923. Tunnicliff did not play in any internationals.[3]

Tunnicliff was educated at Nelson College from 1909 to 1911[4] and served with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade in World War I.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Robert Graham Tunnicliff. Cenotaph database, Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  2. Buller Electoral District: main roll of persons entitled to vote for Members of Parliament of New Zealand. 1969. p. 298.
  3. Knight, Lindsay. "Bob Tunnicliff". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  4. Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition


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