Tom Webster (rugby union) explained

Tom Webster
Birth Date:12 July 1920
Birth Place:Waikouaiti, New Zealand
Death Place:Christchurch, New Zealand
Height:183 cm
Position:Fullback
Repyears1:1947

Thomas Robert Dobson Webster (12 July 1920 — 6 November 1972) was a New Zealand rugby union international.[1]

Webster was born in Waikouaiti and educated at Otago Boys' High School.[2]

A fullback, Webster played most of his representative rugby for Southland and was in the team that defeated the touring Wallabies in 1946. He made the All Blacks squad for the 1947 tour of Australia as an understudy to Bob Scott and appeared in three uncapped matches, scoring a total of 38 points off his boot.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 19 Named For N.Z. Test Side . . 26 June 1947 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Tom Webster #483 . stats.allblacks.com.
  3. News: Meikle . Hayden . Rugby: Boys to men - first among the OBHS First XV . . 15 June 2009 . en.