Ernie Carr
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Ernest Thomas A. "Ernie" Carr (1890–1965) was a rugby union
player who represented Australia
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Carr, a wing, was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 13 March 1890 but moved to Sydney, New South Wales.
He played rugby for NSW in 1913 and 1914 and after the World War, in 1919. He played as a Wallaby in six internationals against New Zealand – three each in 1913 and 1914. In a feat noted in Jack Pollard’s rugby “bible” Australian Rugby – The Game and the Players, (Sydney, Ironbark 1994), Ernie scored three tries and his younger brother Edwin “Slip” Carr scored four in the 42-12 defeat of a Queensland XV by NSW in 1919. Ernie was the most capped rugby player of his family, with 16 NSW matches and 6 Australian tests.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player who represented Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Carr, a wing, was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 13 March 1890 but moved to Sydney, New South Wales.
He played rugby for NSW in 1913 and 1914 and after the World War, in 1919. He played as a Wallaby in six internationals against New Zealand – three each in 1913 and 1914. In a feat noted in Jack Pollard’s rugby “bible” Australian Rugby – The Game and the Players, (Sydney, Ironbark 1994), Ernie scored three tries and his younger brother Edwin “Slip” Carr scored four in the 42-12 defeat of a Queensland XV by NSW in 1919. Ernie was the most capped rugby player of his family, with 16 NSW matches and 6 Australian tests.