Robert Tunnicliff

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Robert Tunnicliff
Birth nameRobert Graham Tunnicliff
Date of birth(1894-06-25)25 June 1894
Place of birth Nelson, New Zealand
Date of death7 January 1973(1973-01-07) (aged 78)
Place of death Westport, New Zealand
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
School Nelson College
Occupation(s)School teacher [1]
Dairy farmer [2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1919 Nelson ()
1922–28 Buller ()
1925 West Coast–Buller ()
1926 Seddon Shield unions ()
1928 South Island minor unions ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1923 New Zealand 0 (0)

Robert Graham Tunnicliff (25 June 1894 – 7 January 1973) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Tunnicliff represented Nelson and Buller at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1923. He played one match for the All Blacks: the final game against the touring New South Wales team in 1923. Tunnicliff did not play in any internationals. [3]

Tunnicliff was educated at Nelson College from 1909 to 1911 [4] and served with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade in World War I. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Robert Graham Tunnicliff". Auckland War Memorial Museum . Retrieved 8 July 2022 via Online Cenotaph.
  2. Buller Electoral District: main roll of persons entitled to vote for Members of Parliament of New Zealand. 1969. p. 298.
  3. Knight, Lindsay. "Bob Tunnicliff". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  4. Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition