Frederick Timbury | |
Birth Name: | Frederick Richard Vaughan Timbury[1] |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1885 |
Birth Place: | Gladstone, Queensland |
Death Place: | Sydney |
Ru Position: | lock |
Repyears1: | 1910 |
Repteam1: | Wallabies |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Frederick Richard Vaughan Timbury (12 July 1885 – 14 April 1945) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Timbury, a lock, was born in Gladstone, Queensland and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia.
He also represented Queensland at cricket and tennis.[2] A fast bowler, he played six first-class matches for Queensland, taking 14 wickets.[3]
He became a solicitor, and was an outspoken advocate for water diversion irrigation for western Queensland.[4] He was mayor of Roma when he died in 1945.[5]