William Joseph Wallace ( born William Joseph Wallace ; August 2, 1878 - March 2, 1972 ) is a New Zealand rugby player, one of the members of Original All Blacks [2] .
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| Full name | William Joseph Wallace | |
| Nickname | Carabiner ( eng. Carbine ), Magnificent Crichton ( eng. Admirable Crichton ) [1] | |
| Date of Birth | August 2, 1879 | |
| Place of Birth | Wellington , New Zealand | |
| Citizenship |  New Zealand | |
| Provinces | Wellington Otago | |
| Date of death | March 2, 1972 (92 years old) | |
| Place of death | Wellington , New Zealand | |
| Growth | 173 cm | |
| Weight | 76 kg | |
| Position | three-quarter / quarterback | |
| Career | ||
| Club career * | ||
| Poneke | ||
| National / State Team ** | ||
| 1897-1899 | Wellington | |
| 1900 | Otago | |
| 1901-1908 | Wellington | |
| National team** | ||
| 1903-1908 | New Zealand | 11 (50) / 51 (379) |
* The number of games and points for a professional club is considered for the national league, Heineken Cup and Super Rugby. ** The number of games and points for the provincial team in official matches of regional cups. *** The number of games and points for the national team in official matches. | ||
Biography
By profession he was a caster [2] . He played for the teams of the provinces of Wellington and Otago, in 1898 he almost did not play due to a broken leg. Preferred position - back line. He spent 19 matches at the fullback position, in most of the matches he played at the wing position. Wallace was an excellent hit, repeatedly bringing his teams points in meetings. In just 112 games in clubs and the national team, he scored 527 points [1] .
On August 15, 1903, Wallace made his debut for the New Zealand national team in an official test match against Australia in Sydney . As part of the first New Zealand team, known as “ Original All Blacks, ” he participated in a 1905–1906 tour of Great Britain and France. In total, he has 51 matches for the national team (11 of them are test matches) and 379 points (of which 50 are in test matches). Wallace was one of the first New Zealand players to play more than 50 matches for the All Blacks. In the games for “Original All Blacks” he scored 246 points, of which 230 in matches against the teams of Great Britain and France [1] .
In a game against the Devon team, Wallace, who played in Panama, scored 28 points, which for a long time was a personal record for the number of points in one match for a player - later this record was broken by Ron Jarden during a tour of Australia in 1951. In the same year, in a match against Wales, Wallace participated in the attack, which ended with an attempt by Bobby Deans, for some unknown reason not counted by the Scottish judge John Dallas - in the end, Wales defeated 3-0 and did not allow the New Zealanders to set a record-breaking duration of a win-win series [1] .
After a gaming career, Wallace worked in the foundry industry, while helping the Poneke Club, Wellington and the New Zealand Rugby Union. In 1932, he was the administrator of the New Zealand national team during a tour of Australia, and in 1935 he held a similar position in the Maori national team . Since 1968, the Wellington Rugby Union awarded the best player in the team a cup named after Billy Wallace [1] .
He died in Wellington in 1972 [2] , and was buried in Carori Cemetery [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 All Blacks .
- ↑ 1 2 3 TP McLean. William Joseph Wallace . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Date of treatment April 23, 2017.
- ↑ Cemeteries search . Wellington City Council. Date of appeal September 14, 2014.
Links
- Billy Wallace (Profile) All Blacks website. Circulation date May 15, 2019.