Record

CodeDS/UK/12252
Dates1877-1965
Person NameMeredith; Vincent Vincent Robert Sissons (1877-1965); New Zealand rugby union player and rugby administrator, lawyer
SurnameMeredith
ForenamesVincent Vincent Robert Sissons
EpithetNew Zealand rugby union player and rugby administrator, lawyer
ActivityPlayed for Onehunga and Wellington. Later manager of New Zealand tourining sides including Australia 1910 and Europe 1935-36, in relation to which he was described as "a stern, serious man who disapproved of the haka because he didn't want the All Blacks “dancing around like whirling Dervishes”."
Archive Catalogue
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BML/2/12/1Souvenir book 'All Blacks', a biographical record of the 1935 All Black Rugby Tourists
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