Mick Williment

Mick Williment
Full name Michael Williment
Date of birth (1940-02-25)25 February 1940
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Date of death 5 September 1994(1994-09-05) (aged 54)
Place of death Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
School Rongotai College
University Victoria University of Wellington
Notable relative(s) Marc Ellis (nephew)[1]
Occupation(s) Travel company proprietor
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fullback
New Zealand No. 649
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1958–68 Wellington 108
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1962–67
1964–67
NZ Universities
New Zealand

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Michael "Mick" Williment (25 February 1940 – 5 September 1994) was a New Zealand rugby union and cricket player, and co-founder of sports tour company Williment World Travel.

Rugby union

A fullback, Williment represented Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1964 to 1967. He played nine matches for the All Blacks, all of them internationals.[2]

Cricket

Williment was also a promising cricketer. A right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman, he played for the Wellington under-20 side in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 seasons.[1]

Personal and business life

Williment married Rosemary Leonora Frances Ellis, the daughter of Cyclax (New Zealand) general manager John Clifford Gwynne Ellis, and together the couple established Williment World Travel, a sports tour company, in 1968.[3][4] Williment died from cancer in Wellington in 1994,[2][3] and was buried at Taitā Lawn Cemetery.[5] Rosemary Williment continued to run the travel business until 2001, when she sold the company to senior management. She had remarried lawyer Warren Allen in 1998, and died in 2012.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Player profile: Mick Williment from CricketArchive
  2. 1 2 Knight, Lindsay. "Mick Williment". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Donoghue, Tim (19 May 2012). "Businesswoman pioneered travel services for All Black fans". Dominion Post. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. "Personal notes". Evening Post. 31 May 1941. p. 11. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  5. "Burial record". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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