Albert House Explained

Albert House
Fullname:Albert Phillip House
Birth Date:1890
Birth Place:Buninyong, Victoria, Australia
Club1:Petone
Year1start:1912
Year1end:13
Teama:Wellington
Yearastart:1908
Yearaend:13
Teamb:New Zealand
Yearbstart:1909
Yearbend:13
Appearancesb:3
Triesb:0
Goalsb:2
Fieldgoalsb:0
Pointsb:4
First:RU
Ru Teama:Wellington
Ru Yearastart:≤1908
Ru Yearaend:08
Refereecomp1:Internationals
Refereeyear1start:1919
Refereeyear1end:20
Refereeappearances1:2
New:yes
Retired:yes
Updated:23 July 2012
Source:[1] [2]

Albert Phillip House (1890 – 29 May 1966) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s, and rugby league referee of the 1910s and 1920s . He played representative level rugby union for Wellington, and representative level rugby league for New Zealand (Heritage No. 35), and Wellington, and at club level for Petone, as a, or, i.e. number 1, or 6.

Playing career

House originally played rugby union, representing Wellington.[3]

In 1908 House switched to rugby league, playing for Wellington in the first provincial matches, against Auckland.

House won caps for New Zealand in the 1909 tour of Australia, playing, and scoring two conversions in New Zealand's 19–11 victory over Australia at Royal Agricultural Society Showground, Sydney on Saturday 12 June 1909, playing in the 5–10 defeat by Australia at Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane on Saturday 26 June 1909, and (George Spencer playing) in the 5–25 defeat by Australia at Royal Agricultural Society Showground, Sydney on Saturday 3 July 1909.[1]

In 1912 House was part of the Petone side in the inaugural Wellington Rugby League competition. Petone were the first winners of the Siegal Cup.[3]

House played, i.e. number 4 in Wellington's 33–18 victory over Auckland during the 1913 New Zealand rugby league season Inter-district competition on Saturday 27 September 1913, this would be Wellington's last victory against Auckland until 1988.[4] He again played for New Zealand, against New South Wales, that year.[3]

Refereeing career

House later became a rugby league referee.[2] In 1919 he became the first, of only four Kiwis test players, to referee a test match when the Kiwis played Australia at the Basin Reserve.[3]

Death

House died in 1966 and was buried at Karori Cemetery in Wellington.[5]

Honoured at Petone Panthers

House was named as the in the Petone Panthers' Team of the Century in 2012.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Referee Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  3. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4979-0-0-0&sID=250403 Team of the Century – Week 1
  4. Lion Red 1988 Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1988. p.p.151-159
  5. Web site: Cemeteries – details. 12 July 2012. Wellington City Council. 21 April 2014.
  6. Web site: Petone Rugby League marks its 100th year. stuff.co.nz. 31 December 2011. 1 January 2012.