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| Date of birth | 26 February 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Summer Hill, NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 0 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Newington College (1924–1927) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Drummond Perrin (26 February 1911–1975) was an Australian Rugby Union player who represented for the Wallabies twice.[1]
Early life
[edit]Perrin was born in Summer Hill and attended Newington College (1924–1927).[2]
Club Rugby
[edit]He grew up in Mosman and as a second rower joined Northern Suburbs Rugby Club after leaving school and played in their premiership side in 1933.
Representative Rugby
[edit]Perrin played for New South Wales from 1931 and 1934, earning 8 caps.[3] He toured New Zealand in 1931 with the Wallabies and played in seven of the ten games played and two tests.
In 1933, he played for Victoria in a match against Australia (who were en route to South Africa) and later that year he played in two matches for Victoria against New South Wales, in Sydney.[1][2][3]
He returned to play for New South Wales in 1934 against Queensland in Brisbane, and for two matches against the visiting All Blacks in Sydney.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 460: Perrin, Thomas Drummond (1911 - 1975)
- ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 155
- ^ "Waratahs Team Statistics All Time Player List". waratahs.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.