Talk:Henry Dewar (rugby union)

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A fact from Henry Dewar (rugby union) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 August 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Henry Dewar joined the expedition to occupy German Samoa the day after playing in Wellington's Ranfurly Shield defence against Wairarapa?

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Sources[edit]

Possibly useful sources:

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-- Shudde ^talk 11:04, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Shudde. I'm finding Papers Past, also part of the National Library of New Zealand, an excellent source for Albert Downing: as you'd expect, several articles also mention Dewar. FunkyCanute (talk) 11:19, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The search function on there is not perfect, so things can easily be missed. It makes it a hard slog sometimes, but there are hidden jems in there! More:

- Shudde ^talk 11:28, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

These are great! Any idea what the reference to 'butter fat' is about, in the second picture? FunkyCanute (talk) 11:27, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Commons[edit]

File:1913 All Blacks team that toured California.jpg -- According to [4] Dewar is in the third row second from the right. - Shudde ^talk 06:11, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stratford[edit]

There seems to be some confusion... contrary to NZRU's article, it appears that Dewar moved to Stratford in 1913, having played for nearby Hawera from 1910. I could be mistaken.

For the move, see:

"Football". Taranaki Daily News. 16 April 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
"Stratford News". Taranaki Daily News. 13 May 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

Previous articles show him playing for Hawera.

FunkyCanute (talk) 11:18, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In Taranaki, it looks like he played for:

Hawera 1910-? (Now part of Southern RFC)
Star Club (of New Plymouth?) ?-1912/3 (Now part of Spotswood United RFC)
Stratford 1913-1914 (from which he was selected for NZ)

FunkyCanute (talk) 18:30, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FunkyCanute (talk) 20:23, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shield defence[edit]

I've uncovered plenty of contemporaneous articles dealing with these games. I'll flesh out the final sentence in Rugby career into a proper paragraph. FunkyCanute (talk) 11:20, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Flags in infobox[edit]

As per MOS:INFOBOXFLAG we should avoid the use of flags in the infobox. So I removed the flag next to the New Zealand flag. -- Shudde ^talk 09:11, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]