Edward Holder Explained

Edward Holder

Birth Name:

Edward Catchpole Holder

Birth Date:

26 July 1908

Birth Place:

Seddonville, New Zealand

Death Place:

Christchurch, New Zealand

Occupation:

Hotel manager^[1]
Stationer^[2]

Height:

1.830NaN0

Weight:

83kg (183lb)

Position:

Three-quarter

Repyears1:

1932–34

Repteam1:

New Zealand

Repcaps1:

Reppoints1:

Provinceyears1:

1929–35, 1942

Province1:

Buller

Provinceapps1:

Module:

Embed:	yes
Position:	Three-quarter
Club1:	Streatham and Mitcham
Club2:	Wigan
Year1start:	1935
Year1end:	37
Year2start:	1937
Year2end:	39
Appearances2:	80
Points2:	133
Teama:	Dominion XIII

Edward Catchpole Holder (26 July 1908 – 2 July 1974) was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player. A three-quarter, Holder represented the Buller Rugby Union at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national rugby union side, the All Blacks, in 1932 and 1934. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks including one international. After missing selection for the 1935 All Black tour to Britain, Holder switched to rugby league and played in England, first for Streatham and Mitcham and then for Wigan.^[3] He was subsequently reinstated to rugby union during World War II.^[4]

Holder was educated at Nelson College from 1922 to 1924.^[5]

Notes and References

1935. Electoral District of Buller: General Roll of Persons entitled to vote for Members of Parliament of New Zealand. p.75.
1946. Electoral District of Buller: General Roll of Persons entitled to vote for Members of Parliament of New Zealand. p.111.
http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=539 Eddie Holder
Web site: Edward Holder. Knight. Lindsay. New Zealand Rugby Museum. 14 July 2013.
Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition