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Fred Warbrick
Birth nameFrederick Gill Warbrick[1]
Date of birth(1869-11-30)30 November 1869[2]
Place of birthTauranga, New Zealand[3]
Date of death(1904-01-08)8 January 1904
Place of deathWoody Point, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half-back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Arfoma[4] ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1892–93[4] Queensland ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1888–89 New Zealand Natives 65[5] (44[6])

Frederick Warbrick (30 November 1869[2][a] – 8 January 1904) was a rugby union footballer who toured with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team on their tour of the British Isles, New Zealand, and Australia.[4] The Natives tour was captained and organised by Fred Warbrick's brother Joe, who had played with the New Zealand team on their 1884 tour of New South Wales.[7] Joe Warbrick eventually selected 26 players for the team, which consisted mostly of Māori or part-Māori, but also several European "Pakeha".[8] Along with Joe and Fred there were three other Warbrick brothers in the side: Alfred, Arthur, and Billy.[9]

After an internal tour of New Zealand, the side toured Australia, the British Isles, Australia again, and finally New Zealand. The side played at least 107 rugby matches in total,[10] and Fred played in at least 65 of those, including a minimum of 41 in the British Isles.[5][b] He was included in two of the Natives matches against international sides—the win over Ireland and the loss to Wales.[11][12] Following the tour Fred moved to Australia, where he played club rugby for Arfoma, and represented Queensland in 1892 and 1893.[4]

He died on 8 January 1904 from tuberculosis contracted after trying to rescue several people following a boating accident.[3][13]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sources vary regarding the year of Warbrick's birth: ESPN gives 30 November 1869,[2] Ryan in Forerunners of the All Blacks gives circa 1868,[4] one death notice states he was 34 when he died (birth circa 1869),[1] and another his age 33 (birth circa 1870).[3]
  2. ^ The team lists for eleven of the matches on tour are either incomplete or non-existent. Therefore the figures are only minimum values.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Family Notices". The Queenslander. 16 January 1904. p. 9. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Fred Warbrick". ESPN. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Personal". Taranaki Herald. 19 January 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e Ryan 1993, p. 138.
  5. ^ a b c Ryan 1993, p. 145.
  6. ^ Ryan 1993, pp. 146–48.
  7. ^ Ryan 1993, pp. 12–13.
  8. ^ Ryan 1993, p. 29.
  9. ^ Ryan 1993, p. 23.
  10. ^ "Natives' rugby tour, 1888-89—Matches played". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  11. ^ "The New Zealand Football Team—Details of Matches and Tour". The Auckland Star. 23 January 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  12. ^ "New Zealand Natives tour – Swansea, 22 December 1888: Wales 1G – 0G New Zealand Natives". ESPN. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Personal". Freeman's Journal. Sydney. 23 January 1904. p. 18. Retrieved 26 March 2017.

Bibliography

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  • Ryan, Greg (1993). Forerunners of the All Blacks. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press. ISBN 0-908812-30-2.
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