| Born | Alfred Peter Penketh 1865 Fairfield, Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 18 February 1932 (aged 66–67) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfred Peter Penketh (1865 – 18 February 1932) was a Manx rugby union player, who took part in the first 1888 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia. [1] [2] [3] He played for Douglas Rugby Football Club. [1] [2]
Penketh was born in Fairfield, Liverpool to Captain Richard Penketh, a banker, and later lived in Port Soderick, Isle of Man. [4] [5] [6] He married Frances Laura Jane Holmes on 1 June 1910. [7]
Penketh was a forward, and played in 19 games of the tour, scoring a solitary try, against Canterbury in New Zealand on 9 May 1888. [8]
Other than the British Isles tour, he was not selected for any national side (the Isle of Man itself has never fielded a national team). He was the only Manxman to have been selected for the British Lions. [9]
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