Robert Tunnicliff | |
Birth Name: | Robert Graham Tunnicliff |
Birth Date: | 25 June 1894 |
Birth Place: | Nelson, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Westport, New Zealand |
Position: | Hooker |
Height: | 1.750NaN0 |
Weight: | 75kg (165lb) |
Repcaps1: | 0 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 1923 |
Province1: | Nelson |
Province2: | Buller |
Province3: | West Coast–Buller |
Province4: | Seddon Shield unions |
Province5: | South Island minor unions |
Provinceyears1: | 1919 |
Provinceyears2: | 1922–28 |
Provinceyears3: | 1925 |
Provinceyears4: | 1926 |
Provinceyears5: | 1928 |
Occupation: | School teacher Dairy farmer[1] |
School: | Nelson College |
Robert Graham Tunnicliff (25 June 1894 – 7 January 1973) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Tunnicliff represented Nelson and Buller at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1923. He played one match for the All Blacks: the final game against the touring New South Wales team in 1923. Tunnicliff did not play in any internationals.[2]
Tunnicliff was educated at Nelson College from 1909 to 1911[3] and served with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade in World War I.[4]