Mick Cain (rugby union)
Full name | Michael Joseph Cain | ||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 7 July 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Waitara, New Zealand | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Place of death | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||
Occupation(s) | Labourer[1] | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Hooker | ||
New Zealand No. | 187 | ||
Provincial/State sides | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1908–14, 20–21 | Taranaki | ||
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1913–14 | New Zealand | 4 | (0) |
Michael Joseph "Mick" Cain (7 July 1885 – 27 August 1951) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Cain represented Taranaki at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1913 to 1914. He played 24 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals. He was selected again for the All Blacks team to tour Australia in 1920, but withdrew.[2]
During World War I, Cain served as a private with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade and saw action in France.[3][4] Following the end of the war, he played for the New Zealand Services rugby team in both the United Kingdom and South Africa.[2]
Cain died in New Plymouth in 1951,[2] and he was buried in Waitara Cemetery.[1]
References
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Use dmy dates from August 2015
- Use New Zealand English from August 2015
- All Wikipedia articles written in New Zealand English
- 1885 births
- 1951 deaths
- People from Waitara, New Zealand
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Taranaki rugby union players
- Rugby union hookers
- New Zealand military personnel of World War I
- Burials at Waitara Cemetery
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs