Larry Dwyer
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Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Dwyer (2 February 1884 – August 1964) was an Australia
n rugby union
player, a state and national representative fullback who captained the Wallabies in 1913.
Dwyer, a fullback, was born in Orange, New South Wales
. He was schooled at the Patrician Brothers School in Orange but left school at age 12 and worked as a clerk in a solicitor's office while playing rugby for the Orange Waratahs club.
representative debut in 1910 appearing in two games against a touring All Blacks
side playing alongside other future Wallaby captains in Sydney Middleton
, Ward Prentice
, Ted Fahey
and Fred Wood
. His performances in those matches saw him picked to make his international debut for Australia in a Test match against those same touring New Zealand All Blacks
in Sydney
on 25 June 1910. He was picked for all three Test matches of the tour and gave an outstanding defensive performance in the 2nd Test which Australian won 11-0. He made further state appearances for New South Wales that year and was selected in a Central-Western representative side which met a touring American Universities team.
He was selected in the Wallabies
squad for the 1912 Australia rugby union tour of Canada and the USA
. The tour was a disappointment with the squad billeted out in college fraternity houses where the hospitality played havoc with team discipline and as result the team lost against two California University sides and three Canadian provincial sides. In 1913 he was picked at captain for New South Wales and for Western Districts in matches against the visiting New Zealand national side.
The pinnacle of Dwyer's representative career was in 1913 when he was selected to captain Australia on a tour of New Zealand. He played in three tour matches before being injured and consequently missed the first two Tests of the tour. He was back for two more tour games and the third Test which Australia won 16-5. He made three further Test appearances in 1914 when New Zealand toured Australia at the outbreak of World War I
.
Dwyer played thirty-one times for New South Wales in a ten year career that continued until he was thirty-five. He claimed a career total of twenty-four appearances for Australia, six as captain. Eight of those games were international Test caps, one as captain.
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...
n 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, a state and national representative fullback who captained the Wallabies in 1913.
Dwyer, a fullback, was born in Orange, New South Wales
Orange, New South Wales
Orange is a city in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is west of the state capital, Sydney, at an altitude of . Orange has an estimated population of 39,329 and the city is a major provincial centre....
. He was schooled at the Patrician Brothers School in Orange but left school at age 12 and worked as a clerk in a solicitor's office while playing rugby for the Orange Waratahs club.
Rugby career
Dwyer first came to public notice playing for a Western Districts representative side of country New South Wales in 1908. He made his New South WalesNew South Wales Waratahs
The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...
representative debut in 1910 appearing in two games against a touring All Blacks
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
side playing alongside other future Wallaby captains in Sydney Middleton
Sydney Middleton
Sydney Albert 'Syd' Middleton DSO, OBE was an Australian Army officer and national representative rugby union player and rower. He won a gold medal in rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics and competed in rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He had a distinguished career in World War I being awarded...
, Ward Prentice
Ward Prentice
Warden Selby Prentice was an Australian sportsman who captained Australia at rugby union and New South Wales at first-class cricket and also played first-grade rugby league for the Western Suburbs Magpies....
, Ted Fahey
Ted Fahey
Edward Joseph "Ted" Fahey was an Australian rugby union player and World War I artilleryman. He was a state and national representative lock forward who made two international rugby tours and who captained the Wallabies on their 1913 tour of New Zealand.-School & club rugby:Fahey was born in...
and Fred Wood
Fred Wood
Frederick Wood was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative half-back. He was vice-captain of the Wallabies on their first overseas tour in 1908-09 and later captained the side in Test matches in 1910 and 1914...
. His performances in those matches saw him picked to make his international debut for Australia in a Test match against those same touring New Zealand All Blacks
All Blacks
The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
in Sydney
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
on 25 June 1910. He was picked for all three Test matches of the tour and gave an outstanding defensive performance in the 2nd Test which Australian won 11-0. He made further state appearances for New South Wales that year and was selected in a Central-Western representative side which met a touring American Universities team.
He was selected in the Wallabies
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
squad for the 1912 Australia rugby union tour of Canada and the USA
1912 Australia rugby union tour of Canada and the USA
The 1912 Australia rugby union tour of Canada and the USA was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the Australia national rugby union team against various invitational teams from Canada and the USA, and also against the US national team....
. The tour was a disappointment with the squad billeted out in college fraternity houses where the hospitality played havoc with team discipline and as result the team lost against two California University sides and three Canadian provincial sides. In 1913 he was picked at captain for New South Wales and for Western Districts in matches against the visiting New Zealand national side.
The pinnacle of Dwyer's representative career was in 1913 when he was selected to captain Australia on a tour of New Zealand. He played in three tour matches before being injured and consequently missed the first two Tests of the tour. He was back for two more tour games and the third Test which Australia won 16-5. He made three further Test appearances in 1914 when New Zealand toured Australia at the outbreak of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
.
Dwyer played thirty-one times for New South Wales in a ten year career that continued until he was thirty-five. He claimed a career total of twenty-four appearances for Australia, six as captain. Eight of those games were international Test caps, one as captain.
External links
- http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/2147.html Dwyer's Rugby Career from StatsGuru