Harry Porteous

Harry Porteous
Full name Harry Graeme Porteous
Date of birth (1875-01-20)20 January 1875
Place of birth Waitati, New Zealand[1]
Date of death 19 December 1951(1951-12-19) (aged 76)
Place of death Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)[1]
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing forward
New Zealand No. 109
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1900–06 Otago 30
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1903 New Zealand 0 (0)

Harry Graeme Porteous (20 January 1875 – 19 December 1951) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing forward, Porteous represented Otago at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side for the 1903 tour of Australia, playing in three matches, but he did not appear in any internationals.[2]

Porteous died in Wellington on 19 December 1951,[2] and his ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Porteous, Harry Graeme - WW1 50812 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Knight, Lindsay. "Harry Porteous". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  3. "Cemeteries search: cremation". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  4. "Cemeteries search: burial". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 19 December 2015.


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