Peter Webb (rugby union)
Birth name | Peter Purvis Webb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 15 February 1854 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 November 1920 | (aged 66)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Wellington College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Public servant – auditor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Purvis Webb (15 February 1854 – 28 November 1920) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A forward, he was a member of the first national side in 1884.
Biography
[edit]Born in Wellington in 1854, Webb was educated at Wellington College. He played for the Wellington Football Club from 1875 and was captain in 1887. He represented Wellington at a provincial level from 1879 to 1885, and was a member of the first New Zealand national side, which toured New South Wales, in 1884, playing in eight matches (none of which were internationals).[1] He appeared in the team's first match and briefly was the oldest living All Black, until Edwin Davy made his debut.
Outside of rugby, Webb was a public servant for 50 years, joining the Treasury Department in 1869. Five years later he transferred to the Audit Department, rising to become Deputy Controller and Auditor-General. He retired on his 65th birthday in 1919[2] and died in Wellington the following year.[3] He was buried at Karori Cemetery.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Luxford, Bob. "Peter Webb". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Fifty years' service: Mr. P. P. Webb retires from Audit Department". The Dominion. 17 February 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Deaths". The Dominion. 29 November 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Cemeteries search". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- 1854 births
- 1920 deaths
- Rugby union players from Wellington City
- People educated at Wellington College, Wellington
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Wellington rugby union players
- Rugby union forwards
- New Zealand public servants
- Burials at Karori Cemetery
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