Ernest Edward Booth ( born February 24, 1876 - October 18, 1935 ) is a New Zealand rugby player, one of the members of Original All Black . He acted in the position of closing and three-quarter. Known for speaking for the Otago club and the New Zealand national team, as well as for journalistic work.
 Ernie Booth | ||
| general information | ||
| Full name | Ernest Edward Booth | |
| Nickname | General | |
| Date of Birth | February 24, 1876 | |
| Place of Birth | Teshmeykers , North Otago New Zealand | |
| Citizenship |  New Zealand | |
| Provinces | Otago N.S.W. | |
| Date of death | October 18, 1935 (59 years old) | |
| A place of death | Christchurch , New Zealand | |
| Height | 170 cm | |
| The weight | 74 kg | |
| Position | trailing (fullback), three-quarter | |
| Career | ||
| Club career * | ||
| 1909 |  Leicester Tigers | 5 (?) |
| 1909 | Newtown (Sydney) | |
| National / State Team ** | ||
| 1896-1908 | Otago | 28 (?) |
| 1908-1909 | New South Wales Huarataz | |
| National team** | ||
| 1905-1907 | New Zealand | 3 (0) / 24 (19) |
| Coaching career | ||
| 1924 | Southland | |
* 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
He began his career at the Otago rugby club, and performed in 1896-1907. He played 24 matches for the New Zealand national team (including three test ones), scored 19 points (all in non-test matches). The participant of the β Original All Blacks β tour of Great Britain, France and North America, scored 17 points in the matches of the tour, noted his performance against France in the βOriginal All Blacksβ tour [1] .
In 1908-1909, he was a player of the New South Wales team , covering the tour of the Australian national team in the UK [1] in the same year and spent 5 games for the Leicester club, becoming the first legionnaire on the team [2] [1] [3] . He also played for the Newtown club and was the captain in the match against the New Zealand Ponsonby [1] .
During World War I, Booth served in ANZAC and was secretary of the YMCA . He received the nickname "General" because he was the namesake of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army [1] . In the 1920s, he became a professional coach of the Southland region team and took up the development of rugby in the region - due to the rejection of professionalism in society, he had to leave the team post [1] . In 1924, he accompanied the New Zealand national team during their tour of the UK, Ireland and France as a representative of the Australian Press Association. [3] In 1926-1927 he represented the Maori team and reported on matches for the press of the North Island [3] .
He died on August 18, 1935 in St. Albans, a suburb of Christchurch [1] [3] [4] . He was buried in the old cemetery of Oamaru [5] .
Notes
- β 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 All Blacks .
- β Farmer, Stuart. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club / Stuart Farmer, David Hands. - The Rugby Development Foundation, 2014 .-- P. 65 & 451. - ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5 .
- β 1 2 3 4 Famous All Black dead , Evening Star (October 19, 1935), p. 14. Date of treatment March 18, 2019.
- β Deaths , The Press (October 19, 1935), S. 1. Date of treatment March 18, 2019.
- β Cemetery search . Waitaki District Council. Date of treatment March 18, 2019.
Links
- Profile . All Blacks website. Circulation date May 14, 2019.