Joseph Lavery
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| Full name | Joseph Aloysius Lavery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Aloysius Lavery[1] was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.
Early years
Lavery worked on for the New Zealand Railways Department.[2]
Rugby football
Lavery started his career playing for Temuka in 1901 before moving to Christchurch Albion where he was a club mate of Hubert Turtill, and Charlie Pearce. Lavery represented Canterbury between 1902 and 1904 and played for the South Island in 1903.[2]
Rugby league
Lavery joined the professional All Blacks tour of Great Britain and Australia in 1907-1908, thus switching codes to rugby league as all members of the touring party received a life ban from the New Zealand Rugby Union. However, he was not in the touring parties[3] first selection and played mostly in mid-week games, scoring two tries. Despite this Lavery played in one test match for New Zealand.
After the tour Lavery opted to stay in Britain and signed with Leeds (Heritage № 215), becoming the club's first ever overseas player.[4][2] Lavery also played for Leigh, and then Salford in 1910, and was also the first ever overseas player to play for either club.[5][6]
By 1913 he had returned to New Zealand and played for Linwood in the first season of the Canterbury Rugby League competition.[7] He represented Canterbury in 1915.[7]
Later years
Lavery fought in World War I, and in May 1918 the Linwood club minutes recorded a "vote of sympathy" for Lavery, "who had returned wounded".[7]
References
- ^ LAVERY, Joseph Aloysius 1907 - 08 - Kiwi #11 Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ a b c John Haynes From All Blacks to All Golds: Rugby League's Pioneers, Christchurch, Ryan and Haynes, 1996. ISBN 0-473-03864-1
- ^ The All Golds
- ^ Champions reveal new look away kit Archived 24 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine therhinos.co.uk, 21 January 2013
- ^ The Story So Far - 110 Years At The Willows Archived 6 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine reds.co.uk
- ^ Club History leighcenturions.com
- ^ a b c Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987
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- New Zealand military personnel of World War I
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