Vic Cavanagh (sportsman)
Victor George Cavanagh (19 June 1909 – 20 July 1980), known as "Young Vic" Cavanagh, was a New Zealand
Cavanagh's playing career saw him play as
In sport, Cavanagh represented the Otago cricket team as a middle-order batsman, scoring nearly 1,300 runs in 27 first-class matches at a batting average of 24.44,[2][3] and was named as a member of the national squad, although he never made an international appearance. In rugby, he played only seven games as wing forward for Otago in 1931 before injury ended his career. In 1934 he followed in his father's footsteps by becoming coach of Southern's senior team.
In 1929 Old Vic developed the 'loose scrum' technique to help lighter student forwards win ball in broken play. The new-look 3-4-1 scrum shape revolutionised forward play, and, with the refinements to what became known as "the Southern style" by Young Vic, led to the dominance of Otago in provincial rugby in the years prior to World War II. The two Cavanaghs were appointed co-coaches of Otago in 1936, and Otago held the country's major provincial trophy, the Ranfurly Shield for much of the following 14 years. In 1949, Otago provided eleven members of the national side to tour South Africa.
References
- Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.)
- ^ Vic Cavanagh, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-02-27. (subscription required)
- CricInfo. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- Biography of the two Vic Cavanaghs
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography article
- Cricinfo: Victor Cavanagh
- Chester, R., Palenski, R., and McMillan, N. (1998) The encyclopedia of New Zealand rugby. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-630-1, p. 214
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