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Tom Webster (rugby union)

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Tom Webster
Full nameThomas Robert Dobson Webster
Date of birth(1920-07-12)12 July 1920
Place of birthWaikouaiti, New Zealand
Date of death6 November 1972(1972-11-06) (aged 52)
Place of deathChristchurch, New Zealand
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1947 New Zealand

Thomas Robert Dobson Webster (12 July 1920 — 6 November 1972) was a New Zealand rugby union international.[1]

Webster was born in Waikouaiti and educated at Otago Boys' High School.[2]

A fullback, Webster played most of his representative rugby for Southland and was in the team that defeated the touring Wallabies in 1946. He made the All Blacks squad for the 1947 tour of Australia as an understudy to Bob Scott and appeared in three uncapped matches, scoring a total of 38 points off his boot.[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ "19 Named For N.Z. Test Side". The Courier-Mail. 26 June 1947. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b "Tom Webster #483". stats.allblacks.com.
  3. ^ Meikle, Hayden (15 June 2009). "Rugby: Boys to men - first among the OBHS First XV". Otago Daily Times Online News.