Peter Ward (rugby union)

Peter Ward
Birth name	Peter M. Ward
Date of birth	5 November 1876
Place of birth	Invercargill, New Zealand
Date of death	9 February 1943 (aged 66)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1897–98, 1903	Britannia
1899	Marrackville (Sydney)
1904	Grafton
1905	Napier City
1906	Waimate
1908	Awarua
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1897–98, 1903	Southland
1899	New South Wales
1904	Auckland
1905	Hawke's Bay
1906	Taranaki
1908	Wanganui
International career
Years	Team
1899	Australia

Peter M. Ward (5 November 1876 – 9 February 1943) was a New Zealand-born rugby union player who represented Australia.

A fly-half, he was born in Invercargill.

Ward was described as "astute and a skillful inside back".

A member of the Britannia club Ward initially played for the Southland province between 1897 and 1898. He then moved to Sydney, Australia in 1899 and joined the Marrackville club. He was selected for New South Wales to play in their two matches against the touring Great Britain side.^[2] After this he claimed a total of four international rugby caps for the Australia. His Test debut was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an Australian national representative side.

Due to funding constraints he was one of only six New South Wales players (Charlie Ellis, Hyram Marks, Lonnie Spragg, Bob McCowan, and Robert Challoner were the others) selected to make the trip to Brisbane four weeks later for the second Test.^[3] His performance in that match was noted as "excellent" by the press.^[4]

Ward had moved back to New Zealand by 1903, linking back with Britannia and Southland for one final year. He moved up to Auckland and joined the Grafton club for the 1904 season. He further played for the provinces of Hawke's Bay in 1905, Taranaki in 1906 and Wanganui in 1908 playing for the Napier City, Waimate and Awarua clubs respectively.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Scrum.com player profile of Peter Ward". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
^ ^a ^b Chester, Rod; McMillan, Neville; Ron, Palenski (1987). The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby. Auckland, New Zealand: Moa Publications. p. 200. ISBN 0-908570-16-3.
^ Howell, p. 19
^ "INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL". Queanbeyan Age. 26 July 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 8 August 2010.

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