Graham Wallace Delamore (3 April 1920 — 2 May 2008) was a New Zealand rugby union international.[1]
| Full name | Graham Wallace Delamore | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 April 1920 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Thames, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 May 2008 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | North Shore, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Thames High School | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | School teacher | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "More Experiments In Team; Delamore Is To Play At centre". Wanganui Chronicle. 28 June 1949. p. 5.
- ^ a b c d "Red Delamore #493". stats.allblacks.com.
- ^ "Inclusion of Delamore". Hutt News. 6 October 1948. p. 14.
External links
edit- Graham Delamore at ESPNscrum