Arthur Hardgrave
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| Born | 18 August 1882 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 December 1953 (aged 71) New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Hardgrave (fl. 1908–14) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. His son also played for New Zealand as well as a very long club career where he was one of New Zealands most prolific ever try scorers with Newton Rangers, St Helens, York, Toulouse, and Mount Albert.
Playing career[]
A Fullback, Hardgrave played for Taranaki against Auckland in 1908, 1909 and again in 1911 when he kicked three goals.[1]
He later moved to Auckland and played for Manukau Rovers at club level and represented Auckland provincially. On his debut for Manukau he scored a try and kicked a goal in a 19 to 5 loss to a strong Ponsonby side.[2][3] Scoring records were very patchy for the Manukau team with the newspapers often failing to send out reporters to matches in Onehunga and therefore it is unknown how many points Hardgrave scored for Manukau beyond the 2 tries, 1 conversion and 2 penalties he was credited with during the 1912 season. The Manukau senior team collapsed during the 1913 season and in the 1914 season Hardgrave joined the newly formed Otahuhu senior team.
In 1912, Hardgrave was selected for the New Zealand national side who toured Australia. No test matches were played on the tour but Hardgrave became the 74th player to represent New Zealand. Following the tour, Hardgrave was part of the Auckland side that defeated New South Wales 10–3 in a return match at Victoria Park.[1]
In 1914 Hardgrave was a member of the New Zealand team when they played the touring Great Britain Lions. The test match was lost 16–13 and Hardgrave never reappeared for New Zealand afterwards.[4] He also played against the Lions for Auckland. Hardgrave continued to play for Otahuhu in 1915, 1916 and was linked with the club at the start of the 1917 season but they folded after a few weeks and he joined the Ponsonby United club. He played 5 matches for them in the later part of the season. he played 3 matches to start the 1918 season and was listed in their team to play 2 games midseason in 1920.
References[]
- ^ a b Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ "The Season Opened/Fast, Attractive Play". New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14991. 13 May 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "NZRL – Past Kiwis". www.nzrl.co.nz. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ". www.nzleague.co.nz. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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- 1882 births
- 1953 deaths
- Auckland rugby league team players
- Manukau Magpies players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- New Zealand rugby league players
- Otahuhu Leopards players
- Ponsonby Ponies players
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Taranaki rugby league team players
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