Maurice Cockerill

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Maurice Cockerill
Birth nameMaurice Stanley Cockerill
Date of birth(1928-12-08)8 December 1928
Place of birth Hāwera, New Zealand
Date of death Hastings, New Zealand
Place of death5 August 2024(2024-08-05) (aged 95)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
School Hawera Technical College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Hawera Athletic ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1949–51 Taranaki ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1951 New Zealand 3 (11)

Maurice Stanley Cockerill (8 December 1928 – 5 August 2024) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback, Cockerill represented Taranaki at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1951. He played 11 matches for the All Blacks including three internationals, but a serious knee injury suffered while playing for Taranaki in a game against Waikato later in 1951 ended his rugby career. [1] [2]

Cockerill was educated at Hawera Technical College, where he was a member of the 1st XV between 1943 and 1946. [2] He was also Taranaki cricket representative. [1]

Cockerill died in Hastings on 5 August 2024, at the age of 95. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Knight, Lindsay. "Snow Cockerill". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Chester, Rod; McMillan, Neville; Palenski, Ron (1987). The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby. Auckland, New Zealand: Moa Publications. p. 42. ISBN   0-908570-16-3.
  3. ↑ "Maurice Cockerill obituary". Hawke's Bay Today . 8 August 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025.


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