Peter Fenwicke
Birth name | Peter Thomas Fenwicke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 Nov 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Walcha, NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 25 April 187 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 13 st 7 lb (189 lb; 86 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | The King's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Grazier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Thomas Fenwicke (1932 - 1987) was an Australian national representative rugby union flanker and national captain. He toured with the Wallabies on the 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.
Playing career
Fenwicke was born in Walcha, New South Wales and attended primary school there. After making a success of schoolboy rugby at The King's School, Parramatta, Peter Fenwicke returned to Walcha in country New South Wales and at 17 in 1951, he was made captain of the Walcha Rugby Club, a position he held until his retirement in 1963. [1] He was selected in a regional New England side who met the touring All Blacks in 1951 and he later captained the New England side in 1954 when they hosted the visiting Fijian national side. Fenwicke was a goal-kicking flanker at the Walcha club, who for seven consecutive seasons from 1951 was the club's highest point scorer and winnner of the season's best & fairest trophy.[2]
Fenwicke was first selected for New South Wales against the All Blacks in 1957 and he made his representative debut for Australiain a Test against those same NZ visitors in Sydney. [3] He was selected for the 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France and played in nineteen matches on tour including Tests against Wales and England
From 1958 Fenwicke was a regular starter in the New South Wales rugby union team, he captained the side from 1959 and there were five straights wins under his leadership against Queensland and the visiting British & Irish Lions.
References
- ^ Howell p166
- ^ Howell p166
- ^ "Peter Fenwicke". espn scrum. ESPN. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
Further reading
- Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead – Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ
Category:1932 births
Category:Australia international rugby union players
Category:Australian rugby union captains
Category:Australian rugby union players