Tom Lynch (rugby union)

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Tom Lynch
Birth nameThomas William Lynch
Date of birth(1892-03-26)26 March 1892
Place of birth Milton, New Zealand
Date of death6 May 1950(1950-05-06) (aged 58)
Place of death Clyde, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight79 kg (174 lb) [1]
School St Patrick's College, Wellington
Notable relative(s) Tom Lynch (son)
Tom Coughlan (nephew)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing three-quarter
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1911–14 South Canterbury ()
1921–22 Southland 11 ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1913–14 New Zealand 4 (12)

Thomas William “Tiger” Lynch (26 March 1892 – 6 May 1950) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing three-quarter, Lynch represented South Canterbury and Southland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1913 and 1914. He played 23 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals, scoring 37 tries in all. [2]

During World War I, Lynch enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in May 1915 and served firstly with the New Zealand Medical Corps on the hospital ship Marama, and later as a private in the Canterbury Infantry Regiment. He was wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wound to the shoulder, on 8 October 1918. [1]

Lynch died at Clyde on 6 May 1950, [2] and was buried at Alexandra Cemetery. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lynch, Thomas William - WW1 3/2559 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Knight, Lindsay. "Tom Lynch". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. "New Zealand, cemetery records, 1800–2007" . Ancestry.com Operations. 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2016.