Otto Nothling
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Otto Ernest Nothling was a rugby union
player who represented Australia
, as well as an Australia
n cricket
er who played in one Test
in 1928. He is one of only two Australian rugby and cricket dual internationals, the other being Johnny Taylor
.
), and claimed a total of 19 international rugby caps for Australia.
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...
, as well as an 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...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in one Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in 1928. He is one of only two Australian rugby and cricket dual internationals, the other being Johnny Taylor
Johnny Taylor (cricketer)
John Morris "Johnny" Taylor was an Australian dual international in cricket and rugby union.He attended Newington College and St Andrew's College within the University of Sydney....
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Rugby union career
Nothling, a fullback, was born in Teutoburg, Queensland (later renamed WittaWitta
Witta may refer to:*Witta , a witchcraft tradition created by author Edain McCoy*Witta of Büraburg, a missionary and bishop in 8th-century Germany*Witta, son of Wecta, a Jutish chieftain in 5th-century sub-Roman Britain...
), and claimed a total of 19 international rugby caps for Australia.