Claude Dempsey

Claude Dempsey
Personal information
BornNew Zealand
Weight13 st 6 lb (188 lb; 85 kg)
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1930–40 Newton Rangers (ARL) 4 65 1 144
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1932–39 Auckland 10 0 2 0 4
1935 Auckland B 1 0 1 0 2
1935 Auckland A 1 0 0 0 0
1935 Auckland Province 1 0 0 0 0
1936 North Island 1 0 0 0 0
1936 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
1939–40 Auckland Pakehā 2 0 1 0 2

Claude Dempsey was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.

Playing career

Dempsey played in the Auckland Rugby League competition at Fullback.[3] An Auckland representative, Dempsey played for New Zealand in one Test, starting at Fullback against the touring England team on 15 August 1936.[4]

Dempsey being tackled in a match for Newton Rangers against Devonport United in May, 1935.

References

  1. ^ "Papers Past". Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ DEMPSEY, Claude 1936 - Kiwi #246 Archived 2012-04-23 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  4. ^ "Rugby League: Final Test Match". Southland Times. No. 22970. 17 August 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 7 August 2024 – via Papers Past.