Robert Tunnicliff Explained

Robert Tunnicliff
Birth Name:Robert Graham Tunnicliff
Birth Date:25 June 1894
Birth Place:Nelson, New Zealand
Death Place:Westport, New Zealand
Ru Position:Hooker
Height:1.750NaN0
Weight:75kg (165lb)
Ru Nationalcaps:0
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
Ru Nationalyears:1923
Ru Province:Nelson
Buller
West Coast–Buller
Seddon Shield unions
South Island minor unions
Ru Provinceyears:1919
1922–28
1925
1926
1928
Occupation:School teacher
Dairy farmer[1]
School:Nelson College

Robert Graham Tunnicliff (25 June 1894 – 7 January 1973) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Tunnicliff represented Nelson and Buller at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1923. He played one match for the All Blacks: the final game against the touring New South Wales team in 1923. Tunnicliff did not play in any internationals.[2]

Tunnicliff was educated at Nelson College from 1909 to 1911[3] and served with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade in World War I.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Buller Electoral District: main roll of persons entitled to vote for Members of Parliament of New Zealand . 1969 . 298.
  2. Web site: Bob Tunnicliff . Knight . Lindsay . New Zealand Rugby Museum . 18 July 2013.
  3. Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
  4. Web site: Robert Graham Tunnicliff . Online Cenotaph . . 8 July 2022.