Herbert Melville Abbott (30 April 1903 – 5 October 1973) was an Australian international rugby union player.
| Full name | Herbert Melville Abbott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 April 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Beaconsfield, TAS, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 October 1973 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st (196 lb; 89 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Abbott played his early rugby with Manly in Sydney, before heading down to Victoria and joining the Melbourne RUFC in 1925. He was a Victoria interstate representative.[1][2]
Abbott, having returned to Manly, earned a New South Wales call up in 1928 for their visit to New Zealand, which retrospectively has come to be considered a full national team tour. He featured as a back rower in three uncapped tour matches, against Wanganui, Southland and Marlborough.[1][3]
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edit- ^ a b "Herbert Melville Abbott". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "All Blacks At Exhibition". Sporting Globe. 19 September 1928. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Improved Standard of Play". Sporting Globe. 28 March 1928. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.