Ernest Button
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Linton Button | |||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Canterbury | ||||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | hooker | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1914 | City (CRL) | |||||
| 1915–19?? | Linwood (CRL | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1914 | Canterbury | |||||
| 1914 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Ernest Linton Button[1] was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country.
Playing career
Originally a rugby union player, Button represented Canterbury.[2]
Button switched codes and played for City in the Canterbury Rugby League in 1914.[2] During that season he represented Canterbury and was selected to play for New Zealand in a Test match against the Great Britain Lions. Button later joined Linwood.[2]
References
- ↑ BUTTON, Ernest Linton 1914 – Kiwi #106 nzleague.co.nz
- 1 2 3 Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
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