Code | DS/UK/12252 |
Dates | 1877-1965 |
Person Name | Meredith; Vincent Vincent Robert Sissons (1877-1965); New Zealand rugby union player and rugby administrator, lawyer |
Surname | Meredith |
Forenames | Vincent Vincent Robert Sissons |
Epithet | New Zealand rugby union player and rugby administrator, lawyer |
Activity | Played 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”." |