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Bert Avery

NZ international rugby league footballer (1895–1966)

Summary

NZ international rugby league footballer (1895–1966)

Field	Value
name	Bert Avery
fullname	Herbert William Avery
image	Bert Avery Retirement (cropped).png
position
birth_date
birth_place	Whakapirau Pahi, Northland,
New Zealand
death_date
death_place	Auckland, New Zealand
height	180 cm
weight	84 kg
first	RU
club1	City Rovers
year1start	1914
year1end	15
appearances1	15
tries1	1
goals1	0
fieldgoals1	0
points1	3
club2	Maritime/Grafton Athletic
year2start	1919
year2end	27
appearances2	97
tries2	57
goals2	1
fieldgoals2	0
points2	173
teamA	Auckland
yearAstart	1919
yearAend	26
appearancesA	21
triesA	24
goalsA	0
fieldgoalsA	0
pointsA	72
teamB	New Zealand
yearBstart	1919
yearBend	27
appearancesB	53
triesB	35
goalsB	0
fieldgoalsB	0
pointsB	105
teamC	Auckland Province
yearCstart	1923
yearCend	25
appearancesC	3
triesC	1
goalsC	0
fieldgoalsC	0
pointsC	3
teamD	North Island
yearDstart	1925
yearDend	26
appearancesD	2
triesD	1
goalsD	0
fieldgoalsD	0
pointsD	3
coachteamA	Kingsland Athletic
coachyearAstart	1929
coachgamesA	15
coachwinsA	5
coachdrawsA	1
coachlossesA	9
updated	19 April 2021
source
new	yes

New Zealand

Herbert "Bert" Avery (1895–1966) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand.

Early years

Born in 1896 in Whakapirau Northland, Avery originally played rugby union for the local Northland club.

Playing career

Moving to Auckland, Avery switched codes and joined the City Rovers in the Auckland Rugby League competition playing for them in 1914 and 1916. World War I had begun and Avery signed up for the New Zealand forces in 1916 and served in the New Zealand Army until 1918,

Avery 5th from the left in the Auckland team to play the 2nd match against the Australian Universities side at the Auckland Domain on June 24, 1922.]]Following the war he returned to [[rugby league]], playing for the Maritime club who later changed their name to Athletic and then to Grafton Athletic. He was to play at least 97 matches for them and was a prolific try scorer, scoring 57 times.<ref name=nzleague/>

Auckland]] and was part of the side that held the [[Northern Union Cup]] and recorded victories over the touring [[Great Britain Lions]] in 1921. In 1923 he had the unusual distinction of playing both for Auckland (against Hamilton),<ref>{{cite news

| access-date = 2020-03-20}} and against Auckland for the Auckland Provincial team in the same season.{{cite news | access-date = 2019-09-02}} He again played for both Auckland and Auckland Province in the 1924 season against England. [[File:New Zealand team to play Queensland in 1925.png|thumb]]By 1925 he was made captain of the Auckland side. He was also part of the first two inter Island matches, playing for the North Island in 1925 and 1926.{{cite news | access-date = 2019-09-12}}

Between 1919 and 1927 Avery played in thirteen test matches for New Zealand including against the 1919 touring Australians and 1920 and 1924 touring Great Britain Lions. He was part of tours of New South Wales and Queensland in 1921 and 1925 where no test matches were played. He captained New Zealand during his final tour, the 1926–1927 tour of Great Britain, which was marred by strike action amongst the forwards. Despite this, he still finished the tour as the leading try scorer with 23 tries in 29 matches.

Later years

Avery retired in 1927. During the season he was concussed attempting a tackle on M Herewini who was trying to hurdle him. He was carried from the field and taken to Auckland Hospital. After being released his brother Henry died in the same week suffering from pneumonia. Bert Avery decided to retire from rugby league at this time. He served as a selector for Auckland between 1928 and 1936. He also coached the Kingsland Athletic senior side in 1929 which was an amalgamation of his Maritime/Grafton Athletic club and Kingsland Rovers. In 1936 he also served as the sole selector of the New Zealand side.

He died in Auckland on 13 April 1966, aged 71.

Avery was one of the first players to be inducted into the New Zealand Rugby League's Legends of League in 1995.

References

(31 December 2017). "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project.
"AVERY, Herbert (1919 – 27)".
Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009'', 2009. {{ISBN. 9781869693664.
[http://www.nzrl.co.nz/legends-of-league.aspx Legends of League] {{webarchive. link. (11 September 2012 ''nzrl.co.nz'')

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