Claud Hancox
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| Full name | Claud Charles John Hancox[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Claud Charles John Hancox is a New Zealand rugby football player who represented New Zealand in rugby league.
Playing career
[edit]Hancox originally played rugby union. He played for the Warkworth Rugby Football Club and is one of only four players from that club to have represented North Auckland. Hancox played for North Auckland against Australia during their 1946 tour of New Zealand. North Auckland won the match 32-19.[3]
At the same time, Hancox also played rugby league for the Otahuhu Leopards. He was part of the Otahuhu side that won the 1945 Auckland Rugby League competition and he also represented Auckland.[4]
In 1947 he was selected for the New Zealand squad as part of their tour of Great Britain. He did not play in any test matches on the tour.
References
[edit]- ^ "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ - Home".
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Claud Hancox - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ "History".
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.