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Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand as a goalkeeper at international le

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand as a goalkeeper at international level.Clansey represented New Zealand U-20 at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia, playing all three group games.

Is an Australian cricketer who played for the Western Warriors. He made his debut in October 2008, r

Is an Australian cricketer who played for the Western Warriors. He made his debut in October 2008, replacing the injured Ben Edmondson.

Was an Australian civil engineer, physician, journalist, author, soldier, anti-imperialist and polym

Was an Australian civil engineer, physician, journalist, author, soldier, anti-imperialist and polymath. He served as MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and represented Galway Borough from 1901 to 1902, subsequently West Clare from 1909 to 1918. Unlike most of his compatriots, Lynch fought on the Boer side during the Boer War, in South Africa and raised his own Irish battalion towards the end of World War I.

Mailey used leg-break and googly bowling, taking 99 Test wickets, including 36 in the 1920-21 Ashes

Mailey used leg-break and googly bowling, taking 99 Test wickets, including 36 in the 1920-21 Ashes series. In the second innings of the fourth Test at Melbourne, he took nine wickets for 121 runs, which is a record for an Australian bowler against England.

He emigrated to Australia in 1889. He was a professional athlete as well as a poet. He died in 1958.

He emigrated to Australia in 1889. He was a professional athlete as well as a poet. He died in 1958.

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was born in Holland, and made such an impression on Canterbury and New Zealand hockey after being

Was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austr

Was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages.Capell graduated from the University of Sydney in 1922 as the University medallist in Classics. After teaching high school for three years, he was ordained in 1925 as a clergyman in the Church of England (now the Anglican Church of Australia). He ministered in churches in the diocese of Newcastle, New South Wales for 10 years, while continuing his studies in linguistics. Having graduated with an honours M.A. in Classics from Sydney in 1931, he left Australia in 1935 and commenced doctoral studies at the University of London. He graduated in 1936 with a Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies. His thesis, The linguistic position of south-eastern Papua, was published in 1943.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in one Ashes Test in Melbourne in 1894 in which he took a wic

Was an Australian cricketer who played in one Ashes Test in Melbourne in 1894 in which he took a wicket with his very first ball. He took 2 for 17 in England's first innings but failed to add to that tally in the second.

Was an Australian rugby union player , a state and national representative three-quarter who captain

Was an Australian rugby union player , a state and national representative three-quarter who captained the Wallabies' on 25 occasions in the 1920s as well as representing for Scotland early in his career.

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington and was one of the first players who played fo

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington and was one of the first players who played for Central Districts in the early 1950s. He was the younger brother of Fen Cresswell.

Played 17 Tests for New Zealand.

Played 17 Tests for New Zealand.

Was a New Zealand politician of Christchurch and Napier in the North Island and a member of the Labo

Was a New Zealand politician of Christchurch and Napier in the North Island and a member of the Labour Party. He was the son of Hubert Thomas (Timmy) Armstrong.

Was a New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman and athlete. He served as Governor-General

Was a New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman and athlete. He served as Governor-General of New Zealand between 1967 and 1972.He represented New Zealand at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, winning a bronze medal in the 100 metre dash; the winner was Harold Abrahams. The race took place at 7pm on 7 July 1924. Abrahams and Porritt dined together at 7pm on 7th July every year thereafter, until Abrahams' death. The race was later immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire, but due to Porritt’s modesty his name was changed to "Tom Watson".

Was a rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Br

Was a rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Was a British Conservative politician. Jeffreys was the son of Arthur Jeffreys, member of the New So

Was a British Conservative politician. Jeffreys was the son of Arthur Jeffreys, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, who had emigrated to Australia in 1839. During his youth he was a successful cricketer with Hampshire and New South Wales. He was elected to the House of Commons for Basingstoke in 1887, a seat he held until his death, and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1902. He served briefly under Arthur Balfour as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from June to December 1905. Jeffreys died in February 1906, aged 57. His son George became a prominent military commander and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Jeffreys in 1952.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Tests from 1934 to 1938. He is one of only three player

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Tests from 1934 to 1938. He is one of only three players to make 99 on his Test match debut.[1]

Was an Australian wicket-keeper who played for Australia and South Australia.

Was an Australian wicket-keeper who played for Australia and South Australia.

Is an Australian former rugby league player and coach. He represented Queensland and Australia from

Is an Australian former rugby league player and coach. He represented Queensland and Australia from 1964 to 1981. His position was at prop. Beetson became the first Indigenous Australian to captain his country in any sport and is frequently cited as the b

Was a journalist and author.Arthur Adams was born in Lawrence, New Zealand, and educated at the Univ

Was a journalist and author.Arthur Adams was born in Lawrence, New Zealand, and educated at the University of Otago, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and began studying law. He abandoned law, and worked as a journalist in Wellington, where he began contributing poetry to The Bulletin. He moved to Sydney in 1898, and took up a position as literary secretary to J.C. Williamson.[1]

Was an Australian politician. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar Sc

Was an Australian politician. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar School before becoming a boot importer. He sat on Hobart City Council before undertaking military service 1914-1918. In 1940, he was elected to the Australia

An organic chemist

An organic chemist

Was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1940 unti

Was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1940 until 1956. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) .

Was an Australian Test cricketer who played nine Tests for Australia.

Was an Australian Test cricketer who played nine Tests for Australia.

Was an Australian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the se

Was an Australian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Sten Suvio.

Was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics

Was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularizing the sport of running and making it commonplace across the sporting world. His training methods are b