Graham Delamore Explained

Graham Delamore
Full Name:Graham Wallace Delamore
Birth Date:3 April 1920
Birth Place:Thames, New Zealand
Death Place:North Shore, New Zealand
Height:1.68 m
Weight:69 kg
Occupation:School teacher
School:Thames High School
Position:Five-eighth
Repyears1:1949
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Graham Wallace Delamore (3 April 1920 — 2 May 2008) was a New Zealand rugby union international.[1]

Born in Thames, Delamore attended Thames High School and was a physical training instructor with the RNZAF in World War II. During the war, he had stints at both the Hawke's Bay and Manawatu representative teams.[2]

Delamore, a diminutive five-eighth, began representing Wellington in 1948 and was the provincial side's only player named in the All Blacks squad for the 1949 tour of South Africa.[3] He was capped as a first five-eighth in the 4th Test in Port Elizabeth and featured in a total of nine matches across the tour.[2]

A school teacher by profession, Delamore had a long association with Takapuna Grammar School, where he was 1st XV coach from 1950 to 1961. He later became deputy principal of the school.[2]

Delamore also played cricket for Hutt Valley in the Hawke Cup.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: More Experiments In Team; Delamore Is To Play At centre . . 28 June 1949 . 5.
  2. Web site: Red Delamore #493 . stats.allblacks.com.
  3. News: Inclusion of Delamore . . 6 October 1948 . 14.