Ernest Glennie

Ernest Glennie
Date of birth c. 1871
Date of death 16 July 1908
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Halfback
Five-Eighth
Wing-forward
New Zealand No. 78
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team

1896—97
Pirates
Linwood
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1896—97 Canterbury 9
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1897 New Zealand

Ernest Glennie (c.1871[1] — 16 July 1908)[2] was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks in 1897. His positions of choice were halfback, five-eighth and wing-forward.

Career

Glennie initially played for the Pirates club in Invercargill.[3]

He then moved to Canterbury, and played for the Linwood club in Christchurch. It was here Glennie made the Canterbury provincial side, playing nine games between 1896 and 1897. He played mostly as a forward.[4]

He was described as a "speedy wing-forward".[5]

After playing in the inaugural South against North Island match in 1897, Glennie was selected for the 11-match tour of Australia, that same year.[4][5]

Glennie played in six matches on the tour, three of these played as a wing-forward (modern day flanker), two as a halfback and one as a five-eighth.[4]

He scored four tries as an All Black totalling twelve points.[4]

References

  1. "the 1,109 New Zealand ALL BLACKS from 1884 - GAGE to MYNOTT :: FamilyTreeCircles.com Genealogy". www.familytreecircles.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. "PECK of Taita - Family Tree". ngairedith.tribalpages.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. "Pirates Rugby Club". www.yacck.co.nz. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Stats | allblacks.com". stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 Chester, Rod; McMillan, Neville; Palenski, Ron (1897). The Encyclopedia Of New Zealand Rugby. Auckland, New Zealand: Moa Publications. p. 69. ISBN 0-908570-16-3.
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