Phil Carmichael

Phil Carmichael
Birth namePhilip Patrick Carmichael[1]
Date of birth(1884-01-25)25 January 1884[1]
Place of birthSandgate, Queensland[1]
Date of death(1973-09-00)September 1973[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre[1]
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1904–09[1] Australia 4[1] (6[1])
Medal record
Men's rugby union
Representing Australasia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Team competition

Philip Patrick Carmichael (25 January 1884 – September 1973) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.[2] He won a gold medal in rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[3]

Rugby career

Carmichael, a centre, was born in Sandgate, Queensland, and played his club rugby career was played in Queensland. He claimed a total of 4 international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain at Brisbane on 23 July 1904. He was selected in Australia's inaugural national rugby team to tour the northern hemisphere – Dr. Paddy Moran's First Wallabies for the 1908–09 Australia rugby union tour of Britain.[4]

1908 Olympic Gold Final Wallabies v Cornwall.

At the time, the rugby tournament for the London Olympics game may not have appeared to be of great significance. Australia had already beaten Cornwall and the British county champions early in the tour, and Scotland, Ireland, and France had all turned down the Rugby Football Union's invitation to participate in the Olympic bouts. Neither the tour captain Moran, nor the vice-captain Fred Wood played, so Chris McKivat led the Wallabies to an easy 32–3 victory and to Olympic glory, in which Carmichael scored 11 points,[3] then each Wallaby in that match were thereafter known as an Olympic gold medallist.[4]

Phil Carmichael played in both Tests of the tour – the 6–9 loss to Wales at Cardiff Arms Park, which was the first test played by an Australian team on British soil as well as the Test against England in January 1909 at Rectory Field, Blackheath – a match won by Australia 9–3.[4]

Carmichael front row 2nd from left, with the 1908 Wallaby tour squad

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Scrum.com player profile of Phil Carmichael". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Phil Carmichael". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Phil Carmichael". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Historical Wallabies". aru.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2017.