Gordon Innes

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Gordon Innes
Personal information
Born (1910-10-08)8 October 1910
Dunedin
Died 6 November 1992(1992-11-06) (aged 82)
Christchurch
Playing information
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Rugby union
Position Second five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Canterbury 31
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1932 New Zealand 7 6
Rugby league
Position Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1933–38 Wigan 153 60 4 0 188
1938–39 Castleford 22 3 0 0 9
Total 175 63 4 0 197
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1935 English League XIII 1 0 0 0

Gordon Donald Innes (8 October 1910 – 6 November 1992) was a rugby union and rugby league player. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand and died in Christchurch.

Early life

Innes was a pupil of Christchurch Boys' High School.[1]

Rugby union career

He played 31 games in the second-five-eights (Inside centre) position for Canterbury and seven games (including two tests) for the All Blacks on their 1932 tour of Australia.

Rugby league career

Following that tour he accepted an offer to play the professional game in England, appearing for Wigan and Castleford. In his 1933 début for Wigan he scored a hat-trick of tries,[2] and he appeared for an English League XIII in a match against France in 1935.[3][4]

County League appearances

Gordon Innes played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire League during the 1938–39 season.[5]

County Cup final appearances

Gordon Innes played Centre, i.e. number 3, and scored a try played in Wigan's 12-21 defeat by Salford in the 1934 Lancashire Cup final during the 1934–35 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 20 October 1934.

References

  1. ↑ Gordon Innes at AllBlacks.com
  2. ↑ "Wigan Warriors Announce Heritage Numbers" (PDF). wiganwarriors.com. Wigan Warriors. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Lion Red Rugby League Annual '96, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1996. p.53
  4. ↑ English League XIII vs. France Rugby League Project
  5. ↑ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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