Daniel Gilchrist
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Full name | Daniel Gilchrist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 6 February 1882 Dunedin, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 December 1964 (age 82) Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 13 st 10 lb (192 lb; 87 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Back row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain .
Early yearsDaniel Gilchrist was born in 1882 to Margaret Ann Strain Gilchrist and John Henderson Gilchrist. He was the eldest of 6 children with his younger siblings; Matilda (b.1884), Margaret (b.1886), John (b.1887), William (b.1890), and Alexander (b.1892). Gilchrist was a plumber by trade.[2] Rugby FootballRugby LeagueDespite being only 23, Gilchrist was selected for the New Zealand Rugby Union. He played in the first ever trans-Tasman test which was the debut match of the Australia national rugby league team . Altogether, Gilchrist played in six test matches while on tour.
On his return to New Zealand, Gilchrist continued playing rugby league, representing Wellington. Despite his life ban when he returned from the tour his Melrose club held an evening for him at the Mawson's Rooms on Cuba Street to celebrate his return and efforts for the club in the previous season. He was also adjudged the best forward in the senior side in the 1907 season.[4] After his return he applied for reinstatement to rugby under the grounds that he was not a member of any club at the time of his suspension and therefore not under the jurisdiction of the union. The rugby union refused the application. Instead Gilchrist was selected for a 'northern tour' by a Wellington side to play against Auckland in the following weeks. In 1908 he was the coach of the Melrose rugby club side despite not being allowed to play rugby. In 1909 he was selected for the New Zealand tour of Australia but was unable to go. References
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