Walter Phipps
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Walter James Flower Phipps (31 January 1908 – c. 1987) was a rugby union
player who represented Australia
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Phipps, a hooker, was born in Moss Vale, New South Wales
and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.
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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Phipps, a hooker, was born in Moss Vale, New South Wales
Moss Vale, New South Wales
Moss Vale is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. It has a population of 7,339 and is sited on the Illawarra Highway, which connects to Wollongong and the Illawarra coast via Macquarie Pass...
and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.