Birth Name: | Alfred Peter Penketh |
Birth Date: | 1865 |
Birth Place: | Isle of Man |
Death Date: | 18 February 1932 |
Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
Weight: | 82kg (181lb) |
Ru Position: | Forward |
Amatteam1: | Douglas R.U.F.C. |
Repyears1: | 1888 |
Repteam1: | British Isles |
Repcaps1: | 0 |
Reppoints1: | (0) |
Alfred Peter Penketh (1865 - 18 February 1932) was a Manx rugby union player, who took part in the first 1888 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia.[1] [2] [3] He played for Douglas Rugby Football Club.[1] [2]
Penketh was born in 1865 to Richard Penketh and his birth was registered on the Isle of Man.[4] He married Frances Laura Jane Holmes on 1 June 1910.[5]
Penketh was a forward, and played in 19 games of the tour, scoring a solitary try, against Canterbury in New Zealand on 9 May 1888.[6]
Other than the British Isles tour, he was not selected for any national side (the Isle of Man itself has never fielded a national team). He was the only Manxman to have been selected for the British Lions.[7]