Tom Lynch (rugby union)

This article is about Tom Lynch who played rugby union for the All Blacks in the 1910s. For his son of the same name who played rugby union for the All Blacks and rugby league for Halifax in the 1950s, see Tom Lynch (rugby player). For the rugby league footballer who played in the 2010s, see Tom Lynch (rugby league).

Tom Lynch
Birth nameThomas William Lynch
Date of birth(1892-03-26)26 March 1892
Place of birthMilton, New Zealand
Date of death6 May 1950(1950-05-06) (aged 58)
Place of deathClyde, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight79 kg (174 lb)[1]
SchoolSt Patrick's College, Wellington
Notable relative(s)Tom Lynch (son)
Tom Coughlan (nephew)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing three-quarter
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1911–14 South Canterbury ()
1921–22 Southland 11 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1913–14 New Zealand 4 (12)

Thomas William “Tiger” Lynch (26 March 1892 – 6 May 1950) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing three-quarter, Lynch represented South Canterbury and Southland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1913 and 1914. He played 23 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals, scoring 37 tries in all.[2]

During World War I, Lynch enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in May 1915 and served firstly with the New Zealand Medical Corps on the hospital ship Marama, and later as a private in the Canterbury Infantry Regiment. He was wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wound to the shoulder, on 8 October 1918.[1]

Lynch died at Clyde on 6 May 1950,[2] and was buried at Alexandra Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lynch, Thomas William - WW1 3/2559 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Knight, Lindsay. "Tom Lynch". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ^ "New Zealand, cemetery records, 1800–2007". Ancestry.com Operations. 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2016.


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