Lance Johnson (rugby union)

Lance Johnson

Full name	Launcelot Matthew Johnson
Date of birth	9 August 1897
Place of birth	Lumsden, New Zealand
Date of death	11 January 1983 (aged 85)
Place of death	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
School	Southland Boys' High School
Occupation(s)	Accountant[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	First five-eighth Second five-eighth
New Zealand No.	307
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1923–25, 27–32 1926	Wellington Hawke's Bay
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1925, 1928, 1930	New Zealand	4	(0)

Launcelot Matthew "Lance" Johnson (9 August 1897 – 11 January 1983) was a New Zealand rugby union player. Equally comfortable at either first or second five-eighth, Johnson represented Wellington and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1925, 1928 and 1930. He played 25 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals. He served as a Canterbury selector from 1949 to 1950.^[2]

Johnson enlisted in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade in August 1917 with the rank of rifleman, and arrived in France in September 1918, two months before the end of World War I. During World War II he served as a warrant officer in the National Reserve between 1940 and 1943.^[1]

References

1. "Johnson, Lancelot Matthew - WWI 71040, WWII 478412 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
2. Neazor, Paul. "Lance Johnson". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 January 2016.