Ernie Dodd | |
Birth Name: | Ernest Henry Dodd |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1880 |
Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand[1] |
Death Place: | France |
Ru Position: | Hooker |
Height: | 5feet |
Repyears1: | 1901, 1905 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Ru Provinceyears1: | 1901–05 |
Ru Provinceapps1: | 45 |
Occupation: | Clerk |
School: | Wellington College |
Ernest Henry Dodd (21 March 1880 – 11 September 1918) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Dodd represented at a provincial level in 45 matches between 1901 and 1905, and appearing in the first ever Ranfurly Shield challenge in 1904. He made three appearances for the New Zealand national side: two games in 1901; and the test match against the touring Australian team at Tahuna Park, Dunedin, in 1905.[2]
Dodd enlisted for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in February 1917, and rose to the rank of lance sergeant in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade.[1] He was killed in action in France on 9 September 1918,[1] and was buried at the Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension.