Graham Delamore

Graham Delamore
Full name	Graham Wallace Delamore
Date of birth	3 April 1920
Place of birth	Thames, New Zealand
Date of death	2 May 2008 (aged 88)
Place of death	North Shore, New Zealand
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
School	Thames High School
Occupation(s)	School teacher
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Five-eighth
International career
Years	Team
1949	New Zealand

Graham Wallace Delamore (3 April 1920 — 2 May 2008) was a New Zealand rugby union international.^[1]

Born in Thames, Delamore attended Thames High School and was a physical training instructor with the RNZAF in World War II. During the war, he had stints at both the Hawke's Bay and Manawatu representative teams.^[2]

Delamore, a diminutive five-eighth, began representing Wellington in 1948 and was the provincial side's only player named in the All Blacks squad for the 1949 tour of South Africa.^[3] He was capped as a first five-eighth in the 4th Test in Port Elizabeth and featured in a total of nine matches across the tour.^[2]

A school teacher by profession, Delamore had a long association with Takapuna Grammar School, where he was 1st XV coach from 1950 to 1961. He later became deputy principal of the school.^[2]

Delamore also played cricket for Hutt Valley in the Hawke Cup.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "More Experiments In Team; Delamore Is To Play At centre". Wanganui Chronicle. 28 June 1949. p. 5.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Red Delamore #493". stats.allblacks.com.
^ "Inclusion of Delamore". Hutt News. 6 October 1948. p. 14.

External links[edit]

Graham Delamore at ESPNscrum

[1] "More Experiments In Team; Delamore Is To Play At centre". Wanganui Chronicle. 28 June 1949. p. 5.

[AllBlacks-2] "Red Delamore #493". stats.allblacks.com.

[3] "Inclusion of Delamore". Hutt News. 6 October 1948. p. 14.

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