Charles Speight (rugby union)

Charles Speight

Full name	Charles Richard Barton Speight
Date of birth	13 July 1870
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death	23 December 1935 (aged 65)
Place of death	Hamilton, New Zealand
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Michael Speight (great-grandson)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Forward
New Zealand No.	32
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1892–97	Auckland	12
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1893	New Zealand	0	(0)

Charles Richard Barton Speight (13 July 1870 – 23 December 1935) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A forward, who came out of the Parnell club, Speight represented Auckland at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1893, playing seven tour matches for the team.^[1]

After moving to Hamilton, Speight served as a member of the Hamilton Borough Council and the Waikato Trotting Club committee.^[2] He died in Hamilton on 23 December 1935 and was buried at Hamilton East Cemetery.^[3]

His brother, Harold Murray Hamilton Speight, also represented Auckland in 1894.^[4]

References

1. Knight, Lindsay. "Copper Speight". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
2. "Obituary". New Zealand Herald. 24 December 1935. p. 14. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
3. "Deaths". New Zealand Herald. 24 December 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
4. Rod, Chester; McMillan, Neville; Palenski, Ron (1987). The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby. Auckland: Moa Publications. p. 152. ISBN 0-908570-16-3.