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Thomas Drummond Perrin

Date of birth	(1911-02-26) 26 February 1911
Place of birth	Summer Hill, NSW
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	16 st 0 lb (102 kg)
School	Newington College (1924–1927)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Second Row, Number 8 Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1928-35 Northern Suburbs Rugby Club () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1931-1934 1933 New South Wales Victoria 8 3 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1931 Australia 2 (0)

Thomas Drummond Perrin (26 February 1911–1975) was an Australian Rugby Union player who represented for the Wallabies twice.

Perrin (right)) with Syd Malcolm, Wallaby captain

Early life

Perrin was born in Summer Hill and attended Newington College (1924–1927).

Club Rugby

He grew up in Mosman and as a second rower joined Northern Suburbs Rugby Club after leaving school and played in their premiership side in 1933.

Representative Rugby

Perrin played for New South Wales from 1931 and 1934, earning 8 caps. He toured New Zealand in 1931 with the Wallabies and played in seven of the ten games played and two tests.

In 1933, he played for Victoria in a match against Australia (who were en route to South Africa) and later that year he played in two matches for Victoria against New South Wales, in Sydney.[1][2][3]

He returned to play for New South Wales in 1934 against Queensland in Brisbane, and for two matches against the visiting All Blacks in Sydney.[4][5]

References

• Tom Perrin at espnscrum