Toby Murray | |
Birth Name: | Harold Vivian Murray |
Birth Date: | 9 February 1888 |
Birth Place: | Lincoln, New Zealand[1] |
Death Place: | Amberley, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Wing-forward |
Height: | 5feet |
Weight: | 179lb |
Repyears1: | 1913–14 |
Repcaps1: | 4 |
Reppoints1: | 9 |
Ru Provinceyears1: | 1909–14 |
Occupation: | Farmer, sheep breeder |
School: | Christ's College |
Harold Vivian "Toby" Murray (9 February 1888 – 4 July 1971) was a New Zealand rugby union player. Predominantly a wing-forward, Murray represented at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1913 and 1914. He played 22 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals, scoring 12 tries in all.[2]
Murray enlisted for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in August 1916, and served in the 21st Specialist Company, Machine-Gun Section. He saw action in France, and received a shrapnel wound to the right thigh in April 1918.[1] Following the end of the war, Murray played three matches for the New Zealand Services team in the King's Cup in 1919.[2] During World War II, Murray was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Home Guard in 1941, and was posted to the reserve of officers at the beginning of 1944.[1]
Murray farmed and bred sheep in North Canterbury, where he was active in the local agricultural and pastoral association, and served as a member of the North Canterbury Electric Power Board. He died at Amberley on 4 July 1971.[2] The athlete and architect Henry Murray (1886–1943) was his cousin.[3]