Edward Holder

Edward Holder
Full name Edward Catchpole Holder
Date of birth (1908-07-26)26 July 1908
Place of birth Seddonville, New Zealand
Date of death 2 July 1974(1974-07-02) (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
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