Ernest Buckland (1887–1945)[2] was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand between 1909 and 1911.
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| Full name | Ernest Albert Buckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1887 New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 January 1945 Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editBuckland played for Taranaki in their first ever game of rugby league in 1908.[3] In 1909 he first played for New Zealand, being selected as part of the squad that toured Australia.
In 1910 Buckland played in the Test match against the touring Great Britain Lions side, scoring a try. He then toured Australia the following year.
Buckland later moved to Wellington, playing for the Wellington rugby league team in 1912.[4]
He was named in the Taranaki Rugby League's team of the century in 2008.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ BUCKLAND, ERNEST 1909 - 11 - KIWI #30 Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
- ^ "Dream team of century is named". Taranaki Daily News. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2011.