Lyn Weston

Lyn Weston

Full name	Lynley Herbert Weston
Date of birth	1 September 1892
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death	2 November 1963 (aged 71)
Place of death	Whangarei, New Zealand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	First five-eighth
New Zealand No.	213
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1912–14 1921–22	Auckland North Auckland
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1914	New Zealand	0	(0)

Lynley Herbert Weston (1 September 1892 – 2 November 1963) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A five five-eighth, Weston represented Auckland and North Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1914 tour of Australia. However, hampered by injury, he only played in one match on that tour, against Queensland.^[2]

During World War I, Weston served with the New Zealand Field Engineers in Egypt between 1915 and 1916, rising to the rank of corporal. He was invalided back to New Zealand in 1916 and discharged as medically unfit for service.^[1]

Weston died in Whangarei on 2 November 1963, and he was buried in Maunu Cemetery.^[3]

References

1. "Weston, Lynley Herbert - WWI 4/1017, WWII 1/20/35 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
2. Neazor, Paul. "Lyn Weston". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
3. "Cemetery record details". Whangarei District Council. Retrieved 1 September 2015.