John Arthur 'Jack' Fihelly (7 November 1882 – 2 March 1945) was a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player who represented Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, a rugby league player, a founder of the Queensland rugby league, and a labor party politician.

Fihelly, a flanker}

Flanker (rugby union)

A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...

, was born in Timoleague

Timoleague

Timoleague is a village in the eastern division of Carbery East in County Cork, Ireland, located along Ireland's southern coast near Courtmacsherry. It is about south of Bandon and from Cork on the R600 coastal road.-History:...

, Ireland

Ireland

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 and claimed 1 international rugby caps for Australia.

Fihelly was one of rugby league football's founding players in Brisbane. In 1908 he travelled to Britain on the first Kangaroo tour

Kangaroo Tour

Kangaroo Tour is the name given to Australian national rugby league team tours of Great Britain and France. The first Kangaroo Tour was in 1908. Traditionally, Kangaroo Tours took place every four years and involved a three-Test Ashes series against Great Britain and a number of tour matches...

 as assistant manager.

He later became a minister in Queensland Labor governments.

External links

• Fihelly John Arthur — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search