Alfred Hamersley

Alfred St George Hamersley
Born(1848-10-08)8 October 1848
Died25 February 1929(1929-02-25) (aged 80)
SchoolMarlborough College
OccupationSolicitor/Barrister
Rugby union career
Position Forward
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
to 1874 Marlborough Nomads
1877-1888 South Canterbury Football Club
1888-1907 Vancouver RFC
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1871-1874 England 4

Alfred St George Hamersley (8 October 1848 – 25 February 1929) was a nineteenth-century solicitor and entrepreneur of great renown, an English MP, and an English rugby union international who played in the first ever international match. He went on to captain his country's team, and later was instrumental in establishing the sport in the south of New Zealand and in British Columbia.