Ernest Currie

Ernest Currie

Birth name	Ernest William Currie
Date of birth	(1873-04-09)9 April 1873
Place of birth	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Date of death	23 October 1932(1932-10-23) (aged 59)
Place of death	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) scrum-half International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1899 Australia 1 (0)

Ernest William Currie (9 April 1873 – 23 October 1932) was a New Zealand-born rugby union international for Australia and a first-class cricketer.

Cricket career

Currie, who was born at Dunedin, represented Otago in six first-class cricket matches during the 1894–95 and 1893–94 New Zealand cricket seasons, as a wicket-keeper. He was regarded as one of New Zealand's best wicket-keepers of his time, "a lightning hand behind the sticks".

After moving to Australia, he appeared in one further first-class match for Queensland, against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1899.

Currie shown front row 2nd from right, after the 1 July Queensland match against the 1899 British Lions.

Rugby union career

Currie, a scrum-half, claimed one international rugby cap for Australia. He played against Great Britain, at Brisbane, on 22 July 1899, the second ever Test match played by an Australian national side. His performance in that match was noted as "excellent" by the press.

Personal life

Currie worked as a clerk. He and his wife Annie had a son and two daughters. He died at Randwick in 1932 aged 59.

External links

• Ernest Currie at ESPNcricinfo