Edward Holder

Edward Holder

Full name	Edward Catchpole Holder
Date of birth	26 July 1908
Place of birth	Seddonville, New Zealand
Date of death	2 July 1974 (aged 65)
Place of death	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
School	Nelson College
Occupation(s)	Hotel manager[1] Stationer[2]
Rugby league career
Position	Three-quarter
Professional clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1935–37 1937–39	Streatham and Mitcham Wigan	80	(133)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Three-quarter
New Zealand No.	398
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1929–35, 1942	Buller	42
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1932–34	New Zealand	1	(0)

Edward Catchpole Holder (26 July 1908 – 2 July 1974) was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player. A three-quarter, Holder represented the Buller Rugby Union at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national rugby union side, the All Blacks, in 1932 and 1934. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks including one international. After missing selection for the 1935 All Black tour to Britain, Holder switched to rugby league and played in England, first for Streatham and Mitcham and then for Wigan.^[3] He was subsequently reinstated to rugby union during World War II.^[4]

Holder was educated at Nelson College from 1922 to 1924.^[5]

References

1. 1935. Electoral District of Buller: General Roll of Persons entitled to vote for Members of Parliament of New Zealand. p.75.
2. 1946. Electoral District of Buller: General Roll of Persons entitled to vote for Members of Parliament of New Zealand. p.111.
3. Eddie Holder wigan.rlfans.com
4. Knight, Lindsay. "Edward Holder". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
5. Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition